To produce graduates with knowledge and skills essential for transforming the agro-food sectors and rural economy.
ABOUT PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
SEMESTER 1: CORE COURSE
COURSE ANTE COURSE TTLE
CAEC 501 Microeconomics
CAEC 502 Mathematics for Economists
CAEC 503 Statistics for Economists
CAEC 504 Issues in Agriculture and Applies Economics
CAEC 505 Production Economics
CAEC 506 Macroeconomics
CAEC 507 Econometrics
CAEC 508 Research Methods and Management
Electives Courses (To choose at least 2 except for agribusiness)
COURSE ANTE COURSE TTLE
CAEE 5101 Social Organization in Agriculture
CAEE 5102 Gender and Economic Development
CAEE 5103 Project Planning & Management
CAEE 5111 Environmental Valuation and Policy
CAEE 5112 Quantitative Methods in Environment Economics
CAEE 5113 Natural Resource Economics & Management
CAEE 5121 Consumer Demand Analysis
CAEE 5122 Quantitative Analysis of Agricultural Policies
CAEE 5123 Food Policy Analysis
CAEE 5124 International Trade and Policy
CAEE 5131 Agricultural Marketing and Price Analysis
CAEE 5132 Factor Market Analysis
CAEE 5133 Farm Management and Production
CAEE 5134 Farming Systems and Sustainable Livelihood Analysis
CAEE 5135
Science and Technology Policy Analysis
CAEE 5143
Quantitative Methods in Agribusiness Management
CAEE 5144 Microfinance
Foundation/Required Courses
COURSE ANTE COURSE TTLE
CAEC 510 Institutional and Behavioural Economics
CAEF 511 Environment and Natural Resource Management
CAEF 512 Agricultural Policy Analysis
CAEF 513 Agricultural and Rural Development
CAEF 514 Agribusiness Management
CAER 5141 Finance and Risk Management
CAER 5142 Agribusiness Supply Chain Management
CAER 515 Thesis
SEMESTER 2:
COURSE ANTE
COURSE TITLE
CAEC 505 Production Economics
CAEC 506 Macroeconomics
CAEC 508 Research Methods and Management
CAEC 506 Macroeconomics
CAEC 507 Econometrics
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1) A candidate shall either hold a relevant honours degree of Sokoine University of Agriculture or a
qualification from an approved institution of higher learning, deemed to be equivalent to an honours degree
of Sokoine University of Agriculture.
2) Candidates who hold unclassified degrees (e.g. BVM) should have a credit or a distinction in the subject of
intended Master’s degree. Candidates wishing to pursue the Master of Preventive Medicine degree shall be
required to have at least credits in any five subjects of the BVM degree or its equivalent.
3) Candidates with pass degree may also be considered for admission if their undergraduate performance in
the proposed subject of study was a B Grade average or above and they have satisfied the relevant
Academic Units that they have exhibited academic potential through extensive field work, subsequent
research experience and/or additional training.
4) With the exception of the MPVM and MBA (Agribusiness) which are one year and one and half years
degree programmes respectively, all other Master degree programmes are tenable for two years for full time
students and three years for part time students. In the case of full time students, the first year is for
coursework, while the second year is for research and dissertation writing.
FEES
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HOW TO APPLY
Online application through http://suasis.sua.ac.tz:9092/index.php/welcome . Make sure that all relevant academic and financial documents are attached before final submission is made
CONTACT
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
THE DIRECTOR,
DIRECTORATE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND CONSULTANCY,
SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,
P.O. BOX 3151, CHUO KIKUU,
MOROGORO, TANZANIA.
Telephone:+255 023-2640013, Fax: +255 023 2640013
E-mail: drpgs@sua.ac.tz,
Website: http://www.dprtc.sua.ac.tz/