Specialization in „International Agribusiness and Rural Development Economics“
You are taught by staff from Göttingen and Kassel-Witzenhausen who are representing the largest group of internationally recognised and internationally active agricultural economists in Germany (14 professors and many post-docs and lecturers). This enables us to provide you with specialised, cutting-edge teaching and supervision, and thus prepare you for exciting careers in research, business, national and regional governments and administration, and international organisations.
Please note that this specialisation does not require that you have a background in economic theory and quantitative methods as a prerequisite. However, the compulsory courses do include several modules that emphasize theory and methods (e.g. World Agricultural Markets and Econometrics) at an advanced MSc level.
Study Plan
- Compulsory modules
- M.SIA E11 Socioeconomics of rural development and food security
(Göttingen, Prof. L. Colen) - M.SIA. I12 Sustainable International Agriculture: basic principles and approaches
(Witzenhausen, Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht ) - M.Agr.0086 World agricultural markets and trade
(Göttingen, Prof. Dr. B. Brümmer) - M.WIWI-QMW.0004 Econometrics I
(Göttingen, Prof. Dr. H. Herwartz)
The following four compulsory modules must be taken:
For a detailed module description, please refer to the current module catalogue.
Winter Term (WiSe)
Summer Term (SoSe)
Winter or Summer Term (WiSe/SoSe)
Elective Compulsory Modules
Five elective compulsory modules must be chosen (among these, at least one methodological module). In the Study Guide you can find a list of the elective compulsory modules for this specialization track on page 32.
Elective modules
Six elective modules are to be chosen. You can also chose elective modules from the list of so far not attended elective compulsory modules. Language courses at level B1 or B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or comparable totaling 6 C may be considered once as electives, provided that the course is not English or the student's native language. Click here for the list of elective modules.
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