Agribusiness Management
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The Agribusiness Management Program emphasizes the application of
economics to management, marketing, and finance issues in the business
and government sectors. This program option emphasizes analytical
and decision-making skills and provides graduates with many career
alternatives.
Program Advantages
In addition to excellent career opportunities and employment,
the Agribusiness Management Program offers students high quality instruction
through small class settings and personalized advising. Students receive
individual attention from faculty while having access to the resources
of a major university. Internship course credits with private and
public employers is an important feature of the program. Finally,
the faculty in Agricultural and Resource Economics has a long-standing
tradition of excellence in teaching and research.
Course Requirements
The Agribusiness Management Program offers students both
flexibility and a well-defined curriculum. After taking a common core
of freshman and sophomore courses, students are offered a variety
of agribusiness courses at the junior and senior levels. Of the 36
credits required from 200 level courses for Agribusiness Management
students, at least 15 credits must be taken from the following Agricultural
and Resource Economics (ARE) courses:
- Business Management
- Business Finance in Food and Resource Industries
- Organization and Strategies in Food Industries
- Food Trends and the Changing Consumer
- Marketing and Price Analysis
- Principles of Agribusiness
- Food and Agricultural Policy
- International Commodity Trade
And 9 credits must be taken from the following non ARE courses:
- Principles of Managerial Accounting
- Business Law
- Intermediate Microeconomics
- Money and Banking
- Business Finance
- Economic Geography
- Managerial and Interpersonal Behavior
- Managerial Behavior in Cross-Cultural Settings
- Introduction to Marketing Management
Electives, internship course credits and independent studies can
be used to fulfill the remaining program requirements.
Scholarships
A number of scholarships from the departmental Russell Palen
Fund are available for incoming freshmen and transfer students. These
awards are based on academic merit. Students may also apply for scholarships
awarded by the College and University.
Contact
For further information about the Agribusiness Management
Program in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department contact:
Dr. Rigoberto Lopez
Interim Department Head
Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Connecticut
1376 Storrs Road, Unit 4021
Storrs, CT 06269-4021
Phone: 860-486-1929
Fax: 860-486-1932
E-Mail: resourceeconomics@uconn.edu
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