Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Business

The Academic Accelerator Program (AAP) is a balanced first-year program for international students with good English-language skills. It supplements immersive classes taught in English with just the right amount of support.

Students in the Academic Accelerator receive:

Agricultural business accounts for over half of the global economy and employs approximately one quarter of Americans. The Bachelor of Science degree program in Agricultural Business provides students with a comprehensive business background combined with a working knowledge of production agriculture.

In this program, students focus on management, marketing, finance, and economics while addressing questions and concerns involving the economics and sociology of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Students may opt for one of the following areas of concentration:

Declaring an area of concentration is not mandatory. Opting not to declare an area of concentration gives students more flexibility to choose coursework that meets their unique objectives.

Career sectors commonly entered by Agricultural Business graduates include commodity and wholesale marketing, banking and investment, management, consulting, production agriculture, general wholesale and retail, state or federal government, and graduate or professional school.