Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Business - International 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. As a student in the Academic Accelerator, one will receive the right amount of support for academic and English-speaking needs, a full year’s worth of college credits, access to courses exclusively for international students, English-language help with words needed for classes, and a mix of classes with international and U.S. students.

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: Agribusiness Finance, Food Industry Management, International Business, or Rural Development.

These areas of concentration are of interest for students who plan to work in these subfields of agricultural business upon graduation. Students with an International Business concentration will learn how to identify international markets for raw agricultural and processed food products and address logistical challenges faced in a global marketplace. This program provides students with skills that can be applied to working with importing and exporting raw and processed agricultural products, and addressing government regulations in both domestic and foreign markets.

The potential career paths for graduates holding a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business with an International Business concentration are in the fields of Foreign Trade Analyst, Consultant, Forecaster, or Market Research Analyst.