Agribusiness Management
Associate Degree Program
If you’re seeking a career in agriculture and its related occupations, the need for a formal education is now greater than ever. The investment in a modern agricultural enterprise is too costly to permit poor planning and preparation. Sound principles of production, management, and marketing are vital to the successful undertaking of an agricultural business. Delaware Tech’s Agribusiness Management is an innovative program that will prepare you to obtain positions with large corporations and Fortune 500 companies, as well as small businesses or government agencies. If you prefer to be self-employed, entrepreneurs will view this program as a means to prepare themselves for ownership of an agribusiness.
Offered at the following campus(es): Georgetown
What You Can Do
In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills to prepare you for positions such as:
- Agricultural business owner
- Agricultural/marketing service
- County agricultural official
- Government/private foundation
- Production agriculture salesperson
- Production manager
- Real estate and appraisal
What You Will Learn
Program Graduate Competencies
The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.
- Distinguish among business career areas in agribusiness.
- Examine current agricultural issues.
- Prepare a business plan for an agricultural enterprise.
- Apply management theories to agricultural business operations through practical experience.
- Apply basic recordkeeping and accounting procedures to agribusiness operations.
Core Curriculum Competencies
The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:
- Apply clear and effective communication skills.
- Use critical thinking to solve problems.
- Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
- Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
- Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
- Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.
Suggested Pathway to Graduation
Semester 1
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
SSC 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
AGS 102 | Introduction to Agriculture | 3 |
MAT 152 | Quantitative Reasoning | 3 |
CIS 107 | Introduction to Computers/Application | 3 |
ENG 101 | Composition I | 3 |
Semester 2
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
OAT 152 | Excel | 3 |
ENG 102 | Composition II | 3 |
AGS 104 | Introduction to Agribusiness Management | 3 |
ECO 111 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
Elective | AGS Elective | 3 |
Semester 3
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AGS 226 | Agribusiness Management Work Experience | 3 |
Semester 4
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
Elective | AGS Elective | 3 |
MGT 212 | Principles of Management | 3 |
Elective | Social Science Elective | 3 |
Elective | AGS Elective | 3 |
Semester 5
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AGS 212 | Introduction to Agribusiness Marketing | 3 |
Elective | Science Elective | 4/3 |
AGS 215 | Agriculture Leadership | 3 |
AGS 225 | Agriculture Seminar | 3 |
AGS 209 | Farm Records and Accounts | 3 |
Approved Electives
Select one (1) science elective.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
BIO 140 | General Biology | 4 |
BIO 150 | Biology I | 4 |
BIO 151 | Biology II | 4 |
SCI 223 | Applied Ecology | 3 |
CHM 110 | General Chemistry | 4 |
Select two (2) social science electives.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
POL 111 | Political Science | 3 |
PSY 100 | Human Relations | 3 |
PSY 121 | General Psychology | 3 |
SOC 111 | Sociology | 3 |
Select three (3) AGS electives.
Number | Course Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
AGS 101 | Soil Science | 3 |
AGS 105 | Principles of Plant Growth | 3 |
AGS 123 | Trfgrss Maintenance Practices | 3 |
AGS 240 | Hydroponics Production | 3 |
AGS 250 | Greenhouse Crop Production | 3 |
To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 65 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on college readiness and the elective courses offered in your program major (if electives are a part of the program).
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Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree?
This is a Connected Degree program that enables you to complete your associate degree and then transfer to a four-year degree program as a junior. See a program advisor for details!
This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.
Daniele Kidd
Department Chair, Instructor,
and Program Advisor
dkidd@airllevant.com
(302) 259-6444
This program of study is based at the Owens Campus and offered through online courses at all campus locations.
This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.