COURSE: BSC (AGRIC) IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS ...

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to enter the agriculture industry.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 4 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Computer literacy


• General chemistry


• Academic literacy


• Financial accounting


• Molecular and cell biology


• Mathematics


• Plant biology


• Information literacy


• Introductory genetics

Second year subjects:

• Economics


• Introductory soil science


• Introduction to financial management in agriculture


• Introduction to agriculture production economics


• Sustainable production systems


• Statistics


• Animal science


• Economics


• Crop propagation


• Agroclimatology


• Agricultural economics


• Business management

Third year subjects:

• Business law


• Economics


• Introduction to food science and technology


• Agricultural economics


• Statistics


• Communication


• Taxation

Fourth year subjects:

• Agricultural and rural development studies


• Economics


• Agricultural economics


• Agricultural demand and supply analysis


• Commodity price analysis


• Introduction to resource economics

Careers: agricultural economist, agricultural manager.

Source: www.up.ac.za

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