They are Agribusiness Management and Agricultural Economics. This degree prepares students for management careers in agricultural sales and marketing, brokerage, market research, international market development, finance, public relations, food manufacturing product and distribution, and farm input supply. This list is only a small sample because the critical thinking skills developed can be used in many careers. Courses include agricultural marketing, accounting, finance, and agricultural business management and strategy. This option prepares students to be farm or ranch operators, either as entrepreneurs or as professional managers in an organization related to production agriculture.
Graduates also find many opportunities in farm credit and finance, appraisal, and insurance.
This option emphasizes business functional areas such as production, marketing and finance, and includes courses in commodity markets and farm and ranch management. This option prepares student in focus areas such as environmental and natural resource management, international economic development, international trade and agricultural policy. This option includes the same fundamental core of agricultural economics, and provides alternative course groupings to fit the student s chosen focus area. The Advisor Chair, Jan Dauve, provides backup advising for both degrees and must sign all programs for graduation. The undergraduate administrative assistant, Melinda Poole, can help secure information and help students get to the right people.