Advanced Studies in Agricultural Economics Option

This option targets students who plan to pursue graduate study in law (JD), business (MBA), public policy (MPA), or other areas including agricultural economics (MS) and international affairs (MA). This option is only available to students who maintain at least a 3.4 cumulative grade-point average. Students that complete this option will receive Departmental Honors in Agricultural Economics. Students in this option that have at least a 3.5 grade-point average in their major coursework are eligible to apply at the end of their Junior year for admission to the Department’s two University Scholars Programs where 12 credit hours from their undergraduate degree may also count towards a master’s degree at UK in Agricultural Economics (MS) or international affairs (Patterson School) or public policy (MPA). Students enrolled in the Lewis Honors College who complete this option will satisfy their 2nd Tier Honors requirements (6 credit hours), Honors Experience requirement (6 credit hours), and Honors Capstone requirement (3 credit hours).

Important: This option requires students to substitute 9 hours of lower-level major elective or specialty support credit with 9 hours of graduate-level course work completed for graduate credit and selected with their advisor’s approval. Graduate-level courses include 500+ level AEC courses and non-AEC courses at the 400G level or higher.

NOTE: MA 113  satisfies the UK Core Quantitative Foundations requirement and STA 296  satisfies the UK Core Statistical Inferential Reasoning requirement. Students must earn a C or higher in MA 113  to take AEC 303  and a C or higher in ECO 201  to take any AEC 300 level or higher course.