Bachelor of Agribusiness
Bachelor of Agribusiness
Australia is a world leader in sustainable agriculture and food production. Globally, there is a severe shortage of agribusiness professionals. Leaders Institute’s Bachelor of Agribusiness is ideally placed to prepare graduates for this ready market nationally and internationally. Graduates will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding and skills, that will…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Australia is a world leader in sustainable agriculture and food production. Globally, there is a severe shortage of agribusiness professionals. Leaders Institute’s Bachelor of Agribusiness is ideally placed to prepare graduates for this ready market nationally and internationally.
Graduates will be equipped with the knowledge, understanding and skills, that will make them market and-business ready to work in small to large businesses in the areas of production, management and agribusiness finance. Graduates will also be equipped to be self-employed and establish their own businesses and employ others.
The course encourages all graduates to be advocates of lifelong learning and ethical practice through membership of professional associations and industry peak bodies.
Employment prospects are high and include positions in : farm management, agribusiness management, agricultural and resource economy management and analysis, policy development and analysis, sales and marketing, banking and finance, management consultancy.
Course Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Agribusiness degree will be able to:
- Synthesise and apply the principles, concepts and contributing parameters of Agriculture production, management, and agribusiness finance in an agribusiness environment;
- Interpret the impact of relevant legislation on agriculture operating environments and manage compliance;
- Create innovative solutions for complex agribusiness management issues;
- Display social, professional and ethical competence while working independently or in teams;
- Effectively communicate with government, business owners and other decision makers to influence agribusiness policy outcomes;
- Undertake appropriate research to analyse and evaluate multidiscipline contemporary practice for application, development and improvement in agribusiness;
- Apply principles of sustainability and life cycle analysis to current and emerging practices in agribusiness;
- Benchmark best practices to understand agribusiness locally and globally.
Career pathways may include but are not limited to:
- Farm management
- Agribusiness management
- Agriculture and resource economy
- Policy development and analysis
- Sales and marketing
- Banking and Finance
- Management consultancy
REQUIREMENTS
International candidates may also be considered for admission by:
- Satisfactorily completing vocational and or tertiary studies in Australia or overseas, accredited under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), or
- Satisfactorily completing equivalent overseas studies
Students enrolling from non-English speaking countries are required to undertake an English language test and demonstrate English proficiency with a minimum score of:
- IELTS: 6.0 (Academic) with no sub-band less than 5.5
- TOEFL (paper based) 550 with a score of 5 or better in the Test of Written English
It is expected that students can demonstrate that the English language test was successfully completed within two years of the date of application for admission.
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