Term 1 Core Course

In Term 1, MFRE students take all courses together giving them the opportunity to gain core knowledge connected to the climate, food, and environmental sector and to be ready to move forward to Term 2 concentrations.

FRE 501

Strategic Economic Analysis of Agri-Food Markets

Examine the economics of agricultural commodity pricing, futures markets, and price volatility.


Topics: Climate change and risk assessment, pricing of weather derivatives, and energy pricing, along with the application of R, Python, and Excel.

FRE 501

FRE 502

Food Market Analysis in the Food and Resource Sector

Explore the intersection of environmental, global food policy, and trade economics. Using debates, lectures, and presentations.

Topics: Policy impact on welfare, trade flows, resource use, and climate, international taxation of carbon emissions, along with the application of R.

FRE 502

FRE 528

Applied Econometrics in the Food and Resource Sector

Learn data and regression foundations while developing quantitative skills for real-world applications in the food and resource sector.

Topics: Tableau for data visualizations, complex data communications such as CO2 emissions and impact, along with the application of R.

FRE 528

FRE 516

Financial and Sustainability Reporting

Learn financial, investment and ESG principles and analytics most relevant to the food and resource sector.



Topics: Fundamental finance, ESG metrics, green financial sector, capital budgeting, and Advanced Excel and Power BI as finance tools.

FRE 516

FRE 520

MFRE Professional Seminar

Gain insights to the climate, food and environmental sector through seminars from industry leaders and researchers.


Topics: Climate Change and Climate Impact, Environmental Management, Business and Agribusiness, Food Processing & Finance.

FRE 520