MBA – Master of Business Administration (Agribusiness)
MBA – Master of Business Administration (Agribusiness)
Australia is a world leader in sustainable agriculture and production of food and fibre. Inadequate production and uneven distribution of food has lately become a high priority global concern regarding food security. This, coupled with changing global norms reflected in World Trade Organisation (WTO) rulings, increased global competitiveness, and more…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Australia is a world leader in sustainable agriculture and production of food and fibre. Inadequate production and uneven distribution of food has lately become a high priority global concern regarding food security. This, coupled with changing global norms reflected in World Trade Organisation (WTO) rulings, increased global competitiveness, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic invites a tremendous need for professional courses in Agribusiness, and makes it one of the most challenging and exciting sectors to be in.
Globally, there is a severe a shortage of agribusiness professionals. The Leaders lnstitute’s MBA (Agribusiness) is ideally placed to prepare professionals in the field of Agribusiness. A field as vast and important as agribusiness has wide range of career prospects.
The Leaders Institute MBA in Agribusiness will help students to reap satisfying employment outcomes and make valuable contributions to the sector, given its challenges and opportunities. This course emphasises participating in advancements and management of agribusiness. The focus is on the sustainability and the knowledge acquired by the graduate revolves around the business of agriculture ‘from farm to fork’. The topics involved explore the innovative strategies that can be employed to achieve the objective of sustainable food and fibre production, processing and distribution.
The objective of the course is to transform the students into graduates who are competent professional agribusiness managers across the value chain that spans from ‘farm to fork’, across scales from the local community to global market.
Course Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Agribusiness degree will be able to:
- Farm management.
- Agribusiness management.
- Agriculture and resource economy.
- Sales and marketing of agribusiness input and outputs.
- Rural and Rural finance.
- Agricultural consultancy service.
- Research centers.
- Government and non-government organisations including government departments and research establishments, universities, industry marketing and research organisations, representative and peak bodies and multilateral agencies.
REQUIREMENTS
International students who have not completed an Australian qualification must have appropriate educational qualifications, deemed equivalent to the Australian Higher School Certificate under the NOOSR guidelines
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 (Academic): Minimum overall 6.5 bands with no module less than 6.0 bands
PTE: Minimum overall score of 59 with no module less than 51
TOEFL (paper based) Minimum overall score of 79 with no module less than 60
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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