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Online Master's in Agribusiness

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DEGREE TYPE

Master's Degree

PROGRAM TYPE

Graduate

LOCATION

Online

DEPARTMENT

Agriculture
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Preparing Agribusiness Leaders for More Than 122 Years

The Department of Agriculture at SEMO provides you an educational experience to boost your skills, knowledge, and careers with a master's in agribusiness. We synergize creativity, innovation, and analysis to support the real-world decision-making skills required to succeed in the rapidly changing fields of Agribusiness. Since SEMO has been preparing agribusiness leaders for more than 122 years, you can feel confident in our history, our reputation, and our accreditation.

What to Expect From Your Online Agribusiness Degree

As a master's in agribusiness student, learn the tools to become a transformative leader in agriculture. More specifically, you’ll drive real change:

  • Learn from faculty who own farms or agribusiness operations – they practice what they teach
  • Obtain grants and perform research seeking to improve agribusiness using regenerative and sustainable practices
  • Apply for departmental scholarships and externships
  • Study marketing, international affairs, liability & risk, communications, and other emerging topics in agribusiness

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Agribusiness Curriculum

The degree program is designed to be completed in two years. Students should contact an academic advisor each semester and use Degree Works to monitor their progress. Students may begin the degree during any semester.

In addition to the criteria established for general admission to graduate studies, applicants must also meet the following:

  • an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is
    recommended (GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale is
    acceptable);
  • a grade of C or better in a college statistics
    course is recommended;
  • background in an agriculture-related field
    (through experience or coursework) is
    recommended

Required Courses:

  • AG515 Agribusiness Communication (3)
  • AG525 Agribusiness Seminar (3)
  • AG550 Personnel and Operations Management in Agribusiness (3)
  • AG580 Research Methods in Agriculture (3)
  • AG608 Liability and Agribusiness Risk (3)
  • AG633 Agribusiness Policy (3)
  • AG647 Advanced Agribusiness Marketing (3)
  • MA580 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance (3)
Choose 3 hours:
  • AG601 Current and Emerging Topics in Agribusiness (3)
  • AG610 International Agriculture (3)
Choose 3 hours:
  • AG600 Thesis (3)
  • AG603 Externship Related Project (3)
Choose one with the advice of the program coordinator:
  • GR698 Master's Final Comprehensive Examination (0)
  • GR699 Master's Oral Examination (0)

Online Agribusiness Degree by the Numbers

  • 90%

    Job Placement

    The Online Agribusiness Degree's projected job placement rate based on similar undergraduate degree programs.

  • 2

    Two options: Thesis or Externship

    Masters in Agribusiness students can choose to graduate with a thesis or externship option.

  • 2

    Years

    You can finish the online agribusiness program in as little as two years.

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Getting The Job

Your education is just one piece to advancing your career. Once you’ve mastered the material, you still have to sell your knowledge and experience. SEMO’s Career Services office is here to help you with the next step. They’ll provide the expertise and support you need to polish your resume and practice for the next interview.
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What Can You Do with an Online Master's in Agribusiness Degree?

One of the unique contradictions of agribusiness is how traditions create progress. In research, a control is used for comparison to show that something is different, that something better has been discovered.  In agribusiness, traditions, i.e., the way we always do it, functions as that control.  And each day’s discoveries provide incremental adjustments to the traditions thereby advancing or changing those control-traditions and forcing progress forward.  Be a leader in creating progress with our masters in agribusiness.

 

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Email

Office

online@semo.edu

Advising

OGS@semo.edu

Location

Office Location

Kent Library 305

Mailing Address

One University Plaza, MS 4610
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
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