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

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!