农业生态计划提供了一个理学硕士学位课程，该课程有两个课程，课程工作要求和最终项目的性质不同。研究方向为学生提供了获得原创研究奖学金的机会，并最终撰写了论文。在此选项中，绝大多数学生将在农业生态计划的一个或多个教职员工的监督下担任研究助理。该选项中的学生研究主题涵盖了学院的许多传统学科和部门，同时保持了农业生态框架。在这两个领域中，研究领域较为普遍，约占农业生态学硕士毕业生的75％。研究方向的学生通常会收集两个实地调查季节的数据，从而需要两年半的时间完成学位课程。但是，类似于大多数其他MS学位，一个人的课程
The research pathway addresses the need for continued research and scholarship in order that discussions and negotiations are well informed. Students will have the opportunity to obtain experience in the scholarship of original research, culminating in the writing of a thesis. Created in 2007, the Agroecology MS program at UW–Madison trains students to research and analyze agricultural systems within a broader environmental and socioeconomic context. Housed in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, the agroecology program achieves through working with affiliated faculty members from nearly 20 departments across campus.<br><br>A typical cohort consists of 8–12 incoming students with diverse backgrounds and undergraduate majors. Agroecology MS students work with faculty on focused projects across a wide range of the traditional departments of the academy. Our core curriculum brings together these students for a multidisciplinary, agroecological analysis of agricultural systems in a broadened context.