All students entering the Master of Science program must have achieved the University required minimum 70% (B-) average or equivalent. In addition, they are expected to have already taken, or be expected to take at the initiation of the program, the following basic courses:

• Intermediate level micro- and macro-economic theory (ECON*2310 and ECON*2410 or equivalent)

• Calculus and matrix algebra with applications to economics (ECON*2770 or equivalent)

• Intermediate level statistics (ECON*3740 or equivalent).

These courses, if needed, normally are taken as make-up courses and do not carry graduate credit. In some instances they may be supplemented with other undergraduate courses at the discretion of the Departmental Graduate Program Committee. The Departmental Graduate Program Committee examines each application before the student is proposed to the School of Graduate Studies for admission into the program.

MSc students are required to complete successfully six taught courses plus a seminar course. The minimum course work requirements (assuming all undergraduate background requirements have been met) are:

ECON*6000	[0.50]	Microeconomic Theory I
or
ECON*3710 Advanced Microeconomic Theory

AGEC*6910	[0.50]	Applied Policy Analysis I
AGEC*6670		Applied Quantitative Methods for Agricultural Economics
AGEC*6610		Methodology of Economics
Two graduate courses in Food, Agricultural or Resource Economics as approved by the student's advisory committee
AGEC*6800	[0.00]	Seminar in Agricultural Economics