Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

MS in Agricultural Economics (Finance) consists of three semesters (duration of each semester is 6 months). First two semesters for course works and third semester is for doing active field research and writing thesis.

January - June Semester

A. Compulsory Courses: (10 Cr. hr.)

Courses		Credits
AF 505	Microfinance Management	3
AF 507	Risk Management in Agriculture	3
AF 509	Resource and Enviormental Economics	4

B. Elective Courses: (3 Cr. hr.)

Course No.	Title of the Course	Cr. hr.
AM 507	Market Structural Economics	3
AM 509	Agricultural Price Analysis and Policy	3
AM 511	Agribusiness Management	3

C. Research Work 3 Cr. hr.

Semester total 16 Cr. hr

July - December Semester

A. Compulsory Course: (6 Cr. hr.)

Courses			Credits
AF	501	Financial Management in Agriculture	3
AF	503	Capital Market in Agriculture	3

B. Elective Courses: (6/7 Cr. hr.)

Option 1*

Course No.	Title of the Course	Cr. hr.
AF 511	Agricultural Policy and Trade	3
AF 513	Rural Credit Project Analysis	3

Option 2*

Course No.	Title of the Course	Cr. hr.
AE 501	Economics of Agricultural Development	4
AE 503	Production Economics	3
AE 505	Econometrics	3

*(A student is required to take two courses taking one from each option)

C. Research Work 3 Cr.hr.

Semester total 15/16 Cr. hr.

Thesis Semester

AF	502	Research Work	2 Credits
AF	504	Evaluation of Thesis	5 Credits
AF	506	Thesis Defense	3 Credits

Grand total 41/42 Cr.hr.

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AF = Agricultural Finance, AE = Agricultural Economics, AM = Agribusiness and Marketing

Masters Program