MAB Start Dates

The Master of Agribusiness program offers two start dates:

• Spring with campus sessions in January and March at the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, KS
• Fall: September and November at the K-State Olathe campus.

Here's a glimpse of the program schedule:

Year one
The program begins with an on-campus session in January at K-State campus in Manhattan, KS or September at K-State Olathe where students begin three classes and learn the distance education technology. Assignments and projects are completed via distance and the courses conclude with a second campus session at K-State in March (Manhattan) or November (Olathe). At this second campus session students take final exams and present group project work. The rest of the first year, students take courses at a distance.

Year two
he second year starts with a campus session in January (Manhattan) or September (Olathe) with courses in applied econometrics and policy analysis. Similar to the first year, these courses are conducted via distance and end with an on-campus session in March or November. The rest of the year, students take organizational behavioral management, marketing and agribusiness management via distance. A required business elective may be taken either at K-State or at a university of the student’s choice during the program.

K-State offers three electives depending on interests:

• AGEC 710, Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems, that is team taught by faculty at K-State Partner Universities in Russia, Uruguay, France, Thailand, India, New Zealand and Uganda
• AGEC 780, Economics Issues in the Global Animal Health Industry
• AGEC 750, MAB International Agriculture Tour

Year three
Year three of the program is spent researching and writing a thesis on a company-related issue. The project takes about six months to complete. The MAB program consists of 39 hours plus three elective hours for a total of 42 hours.

For full details and a list of courses, see the Program Schedule and Curriculum.