Postgraduate
MSc,
Postgraduate Diploma/Certificate in Agricultural Economics
Structure
and Syllabus
MSc:
10 modules (4 compulsory, 4
optional plus 2 research)
Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 compulsory
plus 4 optional)
Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (at least 3
compulsory plus up to one optional)
Compulsory modules
Agricultural
trade & policy (C10)
Policy and reform in OECD and
transition economies (C15)
Political
economy of public policy (C12)
Either
Economics
and institutions for development (C116)
or Economic principles (C02)
[This must be taken in the
first year]
Optional
modules
Applied
econometrics (CO5)
Natural
resource economics
(C105)
Project
planning and management (C134)
Rural
development (C130)
Socioeconomics
of rural livelihoods (C35)
Water
resource management (C126)
One module selected from
any other programme
Research
modules (MSc only)
Either
Research methods
(C106)
Research
report (R01)
Module
to be selected from another programme
Agricultural
trade & policy (C10)
Agrifood marketing in developing countries (C38)
Agroecosystem sustainability (C83)
Animal genetic resource conservation (C96)
Applied econometrics (C05)
Applying economics in business & development (C06)
Assessing and understanding biological diversity (C91)
Biodiversity utilisation (C98)
Conservation and society (C118)
Corporate environmental management (C67)
Ecological science and management* (C100)
Economic principles (C02)
Economics of environmental policy (C21)
Entrepreneurship for the agrifood industry (C112)
Environmental auditing (C108)
Environmental ethics (C63)
Environmental impact assessment (C107)
Environmental monitoring (C71)
Environmental sociology (C69)
Environmental valuation (C22)
Financial and management accounting (C49)
Information and communication technologies for development* (C104)
International environmental law (C25)
Introduction to agricultural sustainability & development (C86)
Introduction to biodiversity conservation and management (C117)
Introduction to environmental economics & policy (C70)
Land resource conservation (C68)
Management in rural development (C31)
Marketing research techniques (C53)
Natural resource economics (C105)
NGO management (C32)
Organisational Behaviour & HRM (C47)
Plant genetic resource conservation (C95)
Policy and reform in OECD and transition economies (C15)
Political economy of public policy (C12)
Problem evaluation & solution (C62)
Project planning and management (C34)
Quantitative methods (C04)
Research methods* (C106)
Rural development (C30)
Science of environmental change (C61)
Society, gender & development (C40)
Socioeconomic research methods in rural development (C36)
Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C35)
Socioeconomics of sustainable development* (C102)
Strategic international marketing (C51)
Supply chain management (C111)
Sustainable development: approaches and indicators* (C101)
Sustainable development: design & innovation* (C103)
Sustainable farm management (C84)
Sustainable forest management (C85)
Water resource management (C26)
Short courses
Short courses Modules
can also be taken as short courses for professional development or as a
taster of the full degree, diploma or certificate programme. In 2009 the
cost of taking a module as a short course is £925.