Dual MS-MBA Program, Agricultural and Resource Economics - Business Administration

Option Available

Agricultural and Resource Economics (Course Only with Comprehensive Exams)

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures

Applicants for the dual MS-MBA program must make separate applications to and be accepted by Graduate Admissions for the Master of Science with a major in agricultural and resource economics and the Master of Business Administration. Students should indicate on both applications the intent to pursue the dual MS-MBA program. Students accepted for both the MS and MBA degree programs will be assigned to an advisor from the agricultural and resource economics MS program and another from the MBA program. These advisors will be responsible for course approval and supervision of the students’ progress through the dual program.

After the MBA application deadline of February 1, applications by United States citizens and permanent residents will still be considered as space allows. Additional information is required and different application dates are established by Graduate Admissions for international students.

Credit Hours Required

60 graduate credit hours

Required Courses

• The dual MS-MBA curriculum consists of 60 credit hours of coursework, 30 credit hours for the Master of Science and 30 credit hours for the Master of Business Administration.

• Haslam College of Business Courses (30 credit hours):

• ACCT 505 - Financial Accounting I
• ACCT 506 - Managerial Accounting I
• BULW 505 - Foundations of Business Law and Ethics
• BZAN 505 - Operations Management
• BZAN 506 - Prescriptive Modeling
• ECON 505 - Economics of Strategy
• ECON 506 - Market Forces in Global Environment
• FINC 505 - Financial Management I
• FINC 506 - Financial Management II
• MGT 505 - Leading Complex Organizations
• MGT 506 - Competitive Strategy
• MARK 505 - Marketing Strategy I
• MARK 506 - Marketing Strategy II
• SCM 505 - Supply Chain Management Strategy, Customer Value, and Innovation
• SCM 506 - Supply Chain Management Operating Elements, Enablers, and Execution
• STAT 505 - Quantitative Methods
• BUAD 515 - Business Skills Development
• BUAD 516 - Business Skills Development II
• BUAD 517 - Business Skills Development III

• Of the 30 credit hours required for the Master of Science:

• a minimum of 21 credit hours must be at the 500 level, excluding 500 and 502,
• 9 credit hours of electives may be from the Haslam College of Business, the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and/or other courses approved by the student’s Master’s Committee, and
• a minimum of 21 credit hours must be from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics:
• AREC 595 - Professional Internship
• AREC 505 - Microeconomic Analysis
• AREC 512 - Advanced Agribusiness Finance
• AREC 524 - Econometric Methods in Agricultural Economics
• AREC 525 - Optimization Methods for Agricultural and Resource Management
• AREC 542 - Decisions, Uncertainty, and Resource Allocation
• AREC 550 - Microeconomic Applications to Agricultural and Resource Markets

Additional Course Requirements

• AREC 595 can occur during Summer or Fall-Second Year. The internship report and oral presentation must be completed before the end of the semester of registration.
• A student completing the series of two MBA concentration courses in finance, operations management or marketing can substitute another agricultural and resource economics course for AREC 512, AREC 542 or AREC 550, respectively.
• Electives must sum to nine or more credit hours.

Non-Course Requirements

• The program includes a 10-week internship experience.
• A written comprehensive examination is required in the form of an approved written internship report integrating relevant coursework material with an approved internship project.
• The dual degree candidate must satisfy the curriculum and graduation requirements of the agricultural and resource economics major and the Haslam College of Business. Students withdrawing from the dual degree program before completing both degrees will not receive credit toward graduation in either degree program for courses taken in the other degree program, except as such courses qualify for credit without regard to the dual degree program. The MS and the MBA degrees will be awarded upon successful completion of the requirements of the dual program.