This mix of course work will be challenging, yet should provide the student with the background necessary to make a successful contribution to agribusiness. Students in the agribusiness option also are required to take specific courses in speech and writing. Agribusinesses who hire our students continually emphasize the importance of good communication skills. Hopefully, we also instill in our students the importance of being involved in campus, community, and church organizations during their four years at Purdue. Students must possess the ability to do well in the classroom but also exhibit leadership and management skills during their degree work at Purdue.
Leadership skills are of critical importance to agribusiness firms today.
The four year agribusiness management option provides the student with fundamental and practical training in production, management, marketing, finance, economics, accounting, and financial analysis and control. In addition, courses in mathematics and computer science will give you the quantitative skills needed to keep pace with the wide range of new technologies available to agribusiness firms. You should have a strong high school background in English, Mathematics, Speech, and Accounting or Business and Economics. Courses that will prepare you for the Agribusiness Management program at Purdue also include Biology and Chemistry. Your SAT scores and your current class rank are important determinants of admission to Purdue in the School of Agriculture.