Agricultural & Applied Economics: Academics: Undergraduate

Agribusiness Major

The agribusiness major prepares students for professional careers in agribusiness marketing, management, and finance. Agribusinesses process and market food and fiber products, supply inputs to agricultural production, and manage agricultural production. Agribusiness majors learn economic principles and strategies for agribusiness marketing and management. Students take courses in agribusiness management, marketing, accounting, economic theory, communications, mathematics, computers, and agriculture. Students learn decision-making skills for agribusiness management, finance, marketing, sales, processing, manufacturing, transportation, and international trade. The agribusiness degree, provides career flexibility for students planning to work in private industry or government.

Practical Experience

Agribusiness students develop management and financial strategies using case study data and microcomputer programs. Students forecast market prices, develop strategies for marketing new agribusiness products, and participate in case studies. Students develop communication skills for more effective agribusiness management. The agribusiness program is enriched by the student participation in internships and cooperative projects with agribusiness companies and government agencies.

Career Opportunities

The agribusiness program is designed to place students in businesses supplying inputs to agricultural production, processing, and transportation, in businesses engaged in food and fiber marketing, and in agencies that service and regulate agribusiness industries. Agribusiness majors develop skills to start their own businesses. Agribusiness accounts for 15 percent of the nation's total economic activity. The University of Georgia's agribusiness program is expected to play a major role in meeting the agribusiness education needs of the state, region, and nation.