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Grain, dairy, and member governance on the prairie—not a coastal ESG slogan course.
Online or on campus
Midwest cooperatives are firms with members, not NGOs with a harvest aesthetic. This MSc treats patronage, equity revolvement, and elevator operations as the core, and treats ‘sustainability’ as storage, energy, and labour facts rather than a logo wall. You will map a harvest surge against rail and truck capacity, cost a winter energy bill for drying, and explain why a coastal case on ‘regenerative branding’ does not replace a board packet. Mltio University is in Minneapolis because the metro is where many co-op headquarters, lenders, and commodity desks actually meet, while members farm Greater Minnesota and neighbouring states. Dual-pathway applicants name online or campus primary mode. Identity-checked exams prevent a second, easier award for remote students. Campus field conversations, if scheduled, are optional logistics, not a hidden assessment that online students cannot complete. You will read a member equity revolvement schedule the way a plant reads a maintenance backlog: as a promise with cash consequences. Cases include dairy, grain, and farm-supply co-ops that still run annual meetings in school gyms. Faculty will penalise a capstone that swaps a California almond brand narrative onto a Minnesota elevator without changing the operating constraints. Winter energy, labour, and rail are not colour; they are the model. The degree is academic. It is not a licence to buy grain, not a USDA job, not a claim that HLC or DEAC designed the co-op curriculum. Public copy must stay inside that fence.
Thirty-six credits: cooperative law-and-governance literacy, commodity and operations, member finance, and a supervised agribusiness capstone. Three-credit courses. Board memos plus identity-checked assessment.
Study online
Every program can be completed fully online with zero tuition fees — study from anywhere in the world.
On-campus study
Prefer to learn at our Minneapolis campus? On-campus delivery includes tuition fees, in-person seminars, and access to university facilities.
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT301 | U.S. Cooperative Forms and Midwest Practice U.S. Cooperative Forms and Midwest Practice — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT302 | Member Governance, Patronage, and Equity Revolvement Member Governance, Patronage, and Equity Revolvement — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT303 | Board Packets, Minutes, and Conflict Ethics Board Packets, Minutes, and Conflict Ethics — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT304 | Antitrust and Capper-Volstead Literacy (Not Legal Practice) Antitrust and Capper-Volstead Literacy (Not Legal Practice) — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT305 | Grain, Dairy, and Livestock Market Literacy for Managers Grain, Dairy, and Livestock Market Literacy for Managers — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT306 | Storage, Moisture, and Quality as Operations Storage, Moisture, and Quality as Operations — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT307 | Rail, Truck, and River Logistics in the Upper Midwest Rail, Truck, and River Logistics in the Upper Midwest — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT308 | Energy, Drying, and Winter Continuity Energy, Drying, and Winter Continuity — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT309 | Co-op Financial Statements without Dashboard Theatre Co-op Financial Statements without Dashboard Theatre — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT310 | Input Supply, Credit, and Member Services Input Supply, Credit, and Member Services — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT311 | Risk, Insurance Literacy, and Weather (Non-Licence) Risk, Insurance Literacy, and Weather (Non-Licence) — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT312 | Sustainability as Cost and Labour, Not a Logo Wall Sustainability as Cost and Labour, Not a Logo Wall — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MLT313 | Briefing Members without Slogan Agriculture Briefing Members without Slogan Agriculture — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT314 | Field Methods for Agribusiness Operations Field Methods for Agribusiness Operations — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT315 | Dual-Pathway Assessment in Rural Enterprise Education Dual-Pathway Assessment in Rural Enterprise Education — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
| MLT316 | Capstone: Cooperative or Agribusiness Operations Project Capstone: Cooperative or Agribusiness Operations Project — assessed module on the MSc Cooperative and Agribusiness Management pathway.
| 3 |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Mltio. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Mltio University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@mltio.com.
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