5.3 Bachelor of Science (Agribusiness) Telephone: 204-474-9384 Email: agfoodsci@umanitoba.ca Web: umanitoba.ca/afs Chair: B. Oleson Program Advisor: G. Johnson Office: 379 Agriculture Building Telephone: (204) 474-9795

Office: 356 Agriculture

Agribusiness students specialize in the people component of agriculture. This begins with the consumer, ends with the producer and involves all those along the food chain. Food production and distribution is undertaken in a business environment and agribusiness is the study of decision-making within this setting. Graduates gain insight into the agribusiness environment through mastering concepts in economics, finance, marketing and management. In addition to the faculty core courses, all students are required to take the B.Sc. (Agribusiness) degree core requirements. Students in Agribusiness are not required to take University 1 Chemistry as part of the Faculty Core requirement.

Through the choice of restricted electives, students will specialize in either agricultural economics, agribusiness management or international agribusiness. The respective agricultural economics, agribusiness management or international agribusiness options involve selecting restricted electives from courses offered by either the Department of Economics, or the Faculty of Management, or the Faculty of Arts through their cross-disciplinary programs.

Students selecting an option in agricultural economics can declare a minor in economics, and by meeting the additional requirements can qualify for a major in economics as well.

The international agribusiness option involves taking a minor in one of the cross disciplinary programs in the Faculty of Arts. International agribusiness requires knowledge of languages, cultures, and international political history, in addition to the other business skills required by the B.Sc. (Agribusiness) degree.

Courses		Credit Hours
B.Sc. (Agribusiness) Degree Core Course Requirements
STAT 2000	Basic Statistical Analysis 2	3
ACC 1100	Introductory Financial Accounting	3
ECON 2450	Microeconomic Theory and Its Applications 1	3
ECON 2470	Macroeconomic Theory and Its Applications 1	3
HRIR 2440	Human Resource Management	3
ABIZ 2510	Introduction to Agricultural and Food Marketing	3
ABIZ 2520	Introduction to Management Science	3
ABIZ 3080	Introduction to Econometrics	3
ABIZ 3500	Agricultural and Food Policy	3
ABIZ 3540	Financial Risk Management	3
ABIZ 4500	Agribusiness Strategies Seminar	3
Restricted Electives
Three course (nine credit hours) from the following:
PLNT 2500	Crop Production	3
ANSC 2500	Animal Production	3
AGEC 2370 (BOTN 2370 or ZOOL 2370)	Principles of Ecology	3
ABIZ 2390	Introduction to Environmental Economics	3
Total credit hours		42
Faculty Core Requirements (Section 5.1)		36
Students must fulfil the requirements of one of the following options:

Agricultural Economics Option
At least nine credit hours from the Department of Economics, with three credit hours at the 3000 level.		9
Agribusiness Management Option
At least nine credit hours from the Faculty of Management		9
International Agribusiness Option
Minor in Asian Studies or Central and East European Studies or Latin American Studies as defined in the Faculty of Arts chapter of this Calendar under cross-disciplinary programs.		18
Free electives		24-33
Total credit hours for degree		120

Suggested progression of program:

Second Year
Courses		Credit Hours
STAT 1000	Basic Statistical Analysis 1	3
STAT 2000	Basic Statistical Analysis 2	3
ACC 1100	Introductory Financial Accounting	3
ECON 2450	Microeconomic Theory and Its Applications 1	3
ECON 2470	Macroeconomic Theory and Its Applications 1	3
ABIZ 1000	Introduction to Agribusiness Management*	3
ABIZ 2510	Introduction to Agricultural and Food Marketing	3
AGRI 2030	Technical Communications	3
ABIZ 2520	Introduction to Management Sciences	3
One course (three credit hours) from Restricted Electives		3
Total credit hours		30
* Recommended in second year only if not taken during University 1
Third Year
HRIR 2440	Human Resources Management	3
ABIZ 3080	Introduction to Econometrics	3
ABIZ 3500	Agricultural and Food Policy	3
ABIZ 3540	Financial Risk Management	3
Two courses (six credit hours) from Restricted Electives		6
Electives for Option and/or Free Electives		12
Total credit hours		30
Fourth Year
ABIZ 4500	Agribusiness Strategies Seminar	3
Electives for Option and/or Free Electives		27
Total credit hours		30
Students are encouraged to take free electives from the following ten courses:
ABIZ 1010	Economics of World Food Issues and Policies	3
ABIZ 2120	World Agribusiness Study Tour	3
ABIZ 2210	Transportation Principles	3
ABIZ 3120	Commodity Futures Markets	3
ABIZ 3520	Food Distribution and International Merchandising	3
ABIZ 3530	Farm Management	3
ABIZ 3550	Environmental Policy	3
ABIZ 3560	Agribusiness Portfolio Management	3
ABIZ 4120	Intermediate Econometrics	3
ABIZ 4260	Price Analysis	3