Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3| Courses
Year one
The program begins with an on-campus session in January at K-State campus in Manhattan, KS or September at the K-State Olathe campus 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 (Manhattan) or November (Olathe). 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.
The thesis project ties together all of the skills and concepts learned throughout the program. It is an avenue to develop managerial talent with the skills to manage and organize information into a decision-making framework.
Courses
Year 1 courses
| Course | Cr | Title |
| AGEC 701 | 1 | Introduction to Computer Decision Tools for Agribusiness |
| AGEC 713 | 3 | Agribusiness Financial Management |
| AGEC 730 | 3 | Applied Agribusiness Logistics |
| AGEC 700 | 3 | Applied Agribusiness Economics |
| AGEC 761 | 2 | Optimization Techniques for Agribusiness |
| AGEC 720 | 3 | Agribusiness Risk Management (Year 2 for Animal Health) |
Year 2 courses
| AGEC 760 | 3 | Applied Econometric Analysis |
| AGEC 770 | 3 | International Agribusiness Policy Analysis |
| MANGT 820 | 3 |
Managing Organizational Behavior |
| MKTG 810 | 3 | Marketing Concepts and Research (Year 1 for Animal Health - AGEC 735 Sales and Marketing in the Animal Health Industry) |
| 3 | Business Elective OR AGEC 710 Comparative Food and Agriculture Systems OR AGEC 780 Economic Issues of the Global Animal Health Industry | |
| AGEC 890 | 3 | Advanced Food and Agribusiness Management |
Year 3 courses
| AGEC 740 | 3 | Seminar in Agricultural Economics Analysis |
| AGEC 899 | 6 | Master's Thesis Research |
For a detailed list of courses, see Program Booklet.