Stephen Devadoss, Ph.D.

Dr. Stephen Devadoss received his PhD from Iowa State University. He is currently the Emabeth Thompson Endowed Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He is a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association and a Fellow of the Western Agricultural Economics Association. He has published more than 180 articles in reputable journals and procured $7 million in grants. He has received 22 research awards (including Outstanding Journal Articles), 18 teaching awards (including the AAEA Graduate Teaching Award and Undergraduate Teaching Award), and 47 graduate mentoring awards (including the AAEA Mentoring Award, CWAE Mentoring Award). He has also helped his students publish more than 100 journal articles and receive 80 awards, including 20 thesis and dissertation awards from AAEA, WAEA, SAEA, and Texas Tech.

Courses

AAEC 4306 International Agricultural Trade

AAEC 5301 Mathematical Economics

AAEC 5316 International Agricultural Trade

AAEC 6315 Applied Microeconomics

AAEC 6316 Advanced International Trade and Policy

Prerequisite Courses for Successful Graduate Studies

I frequently get emails from potential graduate students all over the world wanting to get into graduate program in agricultural/applied economics. Unfortunately, most of the applicants do not realize the amount of mathematics, statistics & probability theory, and undergraduate economics courses preparation needed for performing well in the graduate studies.

If you plan to get a M.S. degree and then go on for Ph. D. in Economics or Agricultural Economics and pursue a career in academics (particularly doing teaching and research), you would be better off taking the following courses and knowing the materials before entering a graduate program.

MATH COURSES

Pre-calculus Algebra and Analytic Geometry
Analytic Trigonometry
Analytical Geometry and Calculus I
Analytical Geometry and Calculus II
Analytical Geometry and Calculus III
Introduction to Higher Mathematics
Ordinary Differential Equations
Linear Algebra

STAT COURSES

Statistical Methods
Probability and Statistics
Statistical Analysis
Probability Theory
Mathematical Statistics

These math and stat courses are not an exclusive set by any means. Taking additional math and probability theory courses would be very useful.

UNDERGRADUATE ECON CLASSES

Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
Money and Banking
International Economics
International Trade
International Finance
Labor Economics
Monetary Economics
Natural Resource Economics
Environmental Economics
Development Economics
Industrial Organization
Econometrics
Game Theory