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.

  1. Distinguish among business career areas in agribusiness.
  2. Examine current agricultural issues.
  3. Prepare a business plan for an agricultural enterprise.
  4. Apply management theories to agricultural business operations through practical experience.
  5. 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:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Suggested Pathway to Graduation

Semester 1

Number Course Title Credits
SSC 100First Year Seminar1
BUS 101Introduction to Business3
AGS 102Introduction to Agriculture3
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning3
CIS 107Introduction to Computers/Application3
ENG 101Composition I3

Semester 2

Number Course Title Credits
OAT 152Excel3
ENG 102Composition II3
AGS 104Introduction to Agribusiness Management3
ECO 111Macroeconomics3
ElectiveAGS Elective3

Semester 3

Number Course Title Credits
AGS 226Agribusiness Management Work Experience3

Semester 4

Number Course Title Credits
ElectiveSocial Science Elective3
ElectiveAGS Elective3
MGT 212Principles of Management3
ElectiveSocial Science Elective3
ElectiveAGS Elective3

Semester 5

Number Course Title Credits
AGS 212Introduction to Agribusiness Marketing3
ElectiveScience Elective4/3
AGS 215Agriculture Leadership3
AGS 225Agriculture Seminar3
AGS 209Farm Records and Accounts3

Approved Electives

Select one (1) science elective.

Number Course Title Credits
BIO 140General Biology4
BIO 150Biology I4
BIO 151Biology II4
SCI 223Applied Ecology3
CHM 110General Chemistry4

Select two (2) social science electives.

Number Course Title Credits
POL 111Political Science3
PSY 100Human Relations3
PSY 121General Psychology3
SOC 111Sociology3

Select three (3) AGS electives.

Number Course Title Credits
AGS 101Soil Science3
AGS 105Principles of Plant Growth3
AGS 123Trfgrss Maintenance Practices3
AGS 240Hydroponics Production3
AGS 250Greenhouse Crop Production3

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!

Campus-Specific Program Information

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.

Contact Georgetown:

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.

This program is offered at the Georgetown campus.