ECTS
120 credits
Duration
2 years
Training structure
Faculty of Economics, CIHEAM IAM Montpellier - Partner institution, l'Institut Agro Montpellier - Partner institution
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
This program is intended for students who wish to acquire a research-based education, mainly focused on economic analysis but also including some courses in management and economic sociology.
The training is based on the transmission of theoretical and methodological knowledge applied to issues of agricultural and agri-food development, food, natural resource management and the environment, both in developed and developing countries.
Objectives
- Preparation through research and high-level teaching for various professional activities in the field of research and economic and management studies applied to development in the agricultural, agrifood and rural sectors.
- The positions of professional responsibility targeted in the field of the master's degree generally involve an ability to deal with.
- This Research Master's program is intended for students who wish to acquire training through research for positions that require autonomy, initiative and quality of economic knowledge.
- Focused on the transmission of fundamental theoretical and methodological knowledge, it places great emphasis on the use of advanced modeling and quantification techniques in contemporary economic analysis, as well as on approaches from institutional economics and management sciences.
- At the same time, it allows students to acquire in-depth knowledge in many diversified sectors of the economic world thanks to the specializations offered.
Organization
Special arrangements
Study and exam accommodations are possible for students with disabilities and/or high-level athletes.
Program
See Terms and conditions of knowledge control
Your choice: 1 of 2
Optional
Agricultural economics and policy
4 creditsProject management and financial evaluation
3 creditsEconometrics
Introduction to R software
1 creditsEnvironmental economics
PIR
Public economics
3 creditsSurvey methods
Stata
Your choice: 1 of 2
Optional
Corporate social responsibility
4 creditsEconomics of risk and uncertainty
Excel VBA
3 creditsGovernance of natural resources
4 creditsEconometrics of qualitative variables
4 creditsPIR
5 creditsData analysis
3 creditsBehavioral economics
UE1 Common core
3 creditsUE3 Specialty courses 1
Choice of 3 to 4 among 4
UE2 Methodology courses
Choice of 3 out of 4
UE4 Specialty courses 2
Choice of 3 out of 5
Memory
22 creditsTD research support (Supagro)
And then
Further studies
The program prepares students for immediate professional integration as well as for a thesis, which is possible under specific conditions.
Professional integration
Economists holding this degree are capable of exercising management responsibilities in companies, public organizations and associations operating in the environment, agriculture and agri-food sectors. They master the statistical and computer tools of economics, as well as an aptitude for modeling and data processing.
The holder of the Master ECONOMY course Economics of Agricultural Development, Environment and Food carries out his/her activities in the following sectors
- At the University. Higher education in agronomy or economics, large public applied research organizations: INRA, CIRAD, IRD, IRSTEA, CNRS, IFREMER
- In engineering and design offices, large international organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), research and development departments of large companies, local authorities, certain public or semi-public administrations
- In banks, insurance companies, large industrial and commercial companies in the sector
- In the French and European civil service (after competitive examination)
Generally speaking, the holder of the EcoDEVA Master's degree works as an executive in the public or private sector.
He or she may hold the following jobs: Local development advisor, analysis and development officer, study officer, project manager, economic consultant, economist or statistician engineer, teacher/researcher, researcher.
His degree makes him a specialist in environmental and natural resource economics, agricultural and agri-food development.