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Ph.D. Programs in Agricultural Economics in the United States
Author(s) -
Cramer Gail L.,
Sokoloski Adam A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1236873
Subject(s) - agriculture , agricultural economics , economics , political science , geography , archaeology
This article summarizes portions of a mail survey of “official study plans” of Ph.D. candidates in agricultural economics with programs in progress during the school year 1964–65. All course work was classified into agricultural economics, economics, statistics, mathematics, and miscellaneous groupings, by size of agricultural economics departments. Additional information is given on areas of emphasis in the masters and undergraduate programs of these candidates. Two major conclusions may be drawn from the data: (1) Whatever the stated requirements may be, there is a wide gap between the amount of quantitative training suggested for “ideal” programs and the amount actually acquired by most graduate students, a gap which has been underestimated by contributors to this journal. (2) Part of the problem of graduate training in agricultural economics results from the differences in graduate students' undergraduate training.