COURSE: BCOM IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

This option is for students who want to enter the field of agricultural management. After liberalisation of agricultural markets, job opportunities in this field showed a great increase both locally and internationally. Large agricultural co-operatives, international marketing companies and financial institutions offer good career opportunities in this field.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Economics


• Econometrics


• Agricultural economics


• Industrial psychology


• Business management


• Marketing


• Accounting


• Statistics


• Afrikaans for the profession


• Business English


• Information competency

Second year subjects:

• Economics


• Econometrics


• Agriculture economics


• Statistics


• Taxation


• Computer literacy

Third year subjects:

• Economics


• Econometrics


• Agriculture economics

Careers: agricultural managers, agricultural economists.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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