Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Business & Economics

The Academic Accelerator Program is a two-semester program designed specifically for students who are ready to succeed in immersive English-speaking classrooms, but who also want the benefit of English-language and student support that will help them thrive. The program curriculum offers a balance of university-wide and Academic Accelerator program exclusive courses, with English-language course supplements that equip students with the practical, subject-specific vocabulary and skills that they need to excel in their coursework. Upon completion of the program, students progress into year two of their undergraduate education with a full year’s worth of academic credits. 

Students in agricultural business and economics will fully tap into the diversity and complexity of today’s agriculture through extensive training in business, agricultural science and biology. They will learn how each of these fields influences the the industry. Graduates of this program will be prepared for a variety of careers in agribusiness, the financial sector or other private or government organizations.

The agricultural business and economics major includes a variety of courses to prepare students  to enter the many different careers available in the business and agricultural industries. In first two years, students take business courses such as Microeconomics, Financial Accounting, Macroeconomics, Managerial Accounting and Statistics, as well as other core courses that will provide the knowledge base necessary for advanced agricultural economics classes. As students progress through their four years, students will take Agricultural Finance, Agribusiness Marketing, Agricultural Law, Resource Economics, Agricultural Business Management, Agricultural Policies and Trade, Farm Management and Agricultural Prices.

A number of professional and agricultural electives are available to help students tailor their education in specific ways. Some students choose emphases in management, marketing or finance. Others choose to train in management and decision-making at the farm level, along with the technical aspects of production agriculture.

Many students in this program choose to concentrate their studies around resource scarcity and environmental and rural development issues that have become critical. Public institutions that steward and safeguard natural and human resources are primary employers in these areas.