MSc, PG Diploma and PG Certificate in Agricultural Economics
Structure and Syllabus
MSc: 10 modules (4 core, 4 elective plus 2 research)
Postgraduate Diploma: 8 modules (4 core plus 4 elective)
Postgraduate Certificate: 4 modules (at least 3 core plus up to one elective)
Core modules
Either Economics
and institutions for development (C116)
or Economic
principles (C02) [the chosen module must be taken in the first year]
Agricultural trade and policy (C110)
Food security and social protection (C125)
Political economy of public policy (C127)
Elective modules
Applied econometrics (CO5)
Climate change and development (C124)
Marketing for small agribusinesses (C138)
Natural resource economics (C105)
Project planning and management (C134)
Rural development (C230)
Socioeconomics of rural livelihoods (C135)
Understanding poverty (C119)
Water resources management (C126)
Rural finance (C128) [scheduled for 2012]
One module selected from another
programme
Research modules (MSc only)
Research methods (R106)
Research report (RR01)
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 2011 the cost of taking a module is £960. To apply please fill in the short course application form available on the Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (SOAS) website[external link].