1999 Business and Economics Handbook - Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness

Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness - GradDipAgribus

General
Course objectives
Admission requirements
Fees
Duration
Mode of offering
Credit for work done previously
Course structure
Progression to further studies

General

Course code:1090
Course director: Dr Lawrie Dooley
Agribusiness includes all private firms, public agencies and statutory marketing authorities that bring food and fibre products to consumers or industrial customers.
This course provides applied and practical marketing and management training, including analytical and decision-making skills, for people working within agribusiness.

Course objectives

On completion of the course students should:

have a thorough appreciation and understanding of how the agricultural sector works, and in particular, the inter and intra-relationships which exist between the various subsectors, marketing channels, and firms which comprise international agribusiness;
have an understanding and appreciation of the role of public policy, and governmental and quasi-governmental institutions in agribusiness; and the interrelationships which exist between the public and private sectors;
be in a position to develop conceptual and managerial decision-making skills in strategic, functional, and operational areas of agribusiness.

Admission requirements

Applicants require a pass degree or an equivalent qualification from a recognised tertiary institution plus a minimum of two years relevant employment experience or an executive certificate from this faculty with an average grade of credit or above.

Fees

This is a fee-paying course. Candidates should refer to the Department of Marketing as to the 1999 course fee. Course fees are set and reviewed annually and are therefore subject to change.

Duration

The Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness is normally completed in two semesters of full-time study or four semesters of part-time study.

Mode of offering

The course is offered as a series of eight intensive five-day residential sessions on-campus at the Peninsula campus.

Credit for work done previously

Candidates may be eligible for a maximum of four credit exemptions for subjects considered to be equivalent to particular subjects in the course of study. Please refer to the course director for further details.

Course structure

The course consists of the following eight core subjects:

MKP9720 Agribusiness I
MKP9710 Agribusiness marketing
AFP9830 Agribusiness financial control
MGP9420 Agribusiness management
MKP9760 Agribusiness channels
MKP9740 Agribusiness trade and policy
MKP9730 Agribusiness II
MKP9770 Strategic agribusiness

Progression to further studies

Students who successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Agribusiness with an average grade of credit or above may apply for admission to the Master of Business (Agribusiness).