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 with campus sessions in September and November at the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, KS

Here's a glimpse of the program schedule:

Year one
The program begins with an on-campus session in January or September at K-State campus in Manhattan, KS 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 or November. 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
The second year starts with a campus session in January or September 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.