Master of Agricultural Business Management

What is this course about?

CSU's Master of Agricultural Business Management aims to provide students with a well-developed understanding of issues in agricultural business by concurrently developing advanced, comprehensive skills in business, management and finance.

Graduates will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of specific interest areas, including agribusiness planning or agribusiness research. Graduates from the Master will be industry ready to enter senior management careers.

Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Business Management
This course is designed to provide professional development opportunities at any point in the agricultural supply chain. Graduates will have a strong overview of the responsible management of agricultural businesses. They will be upskilled professionals ready to take up management positions.

Graduate Diploma of Agricultural Business Management
The principal aim of the course is to provide students with a foundation in agricultural business management by concurrently developing skills in business, management and finance. In addition, students will have the opportunity to deepen understanding of specific interest areas and be ready to take up management positions.

Master of Agricultural Business Management
This course is designed to develop a professional in agricultural business management at any point in the agricultural supply chain. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of specific interest areas including agribusiness planning or agribusiness research.  Graduates from the Master will be ready to enter senior management careers.

Graduates of the Master of Agricultural Business Management will:

• be able to critically analyse farming systems and the agricultural sector within national and global contexts

• have a widely developed understanding of farming systems and be able to apply scientifically sound knowledge to the management of agricultural production systems

• be able to apply scientific, economic and business principles to the sustainable management of an agribusiness using a rational decision making framework

• be able to competently undertake the management and development of an agribusiness

• be able to integrate the financial, human and biophysical resources of an agricultural business, and to plan and design viable, sustainable management systems and practices

• be capable of completing tasks autonomously and as a member of a multi disciplinary team

• be able to clearly define and implement a strategic vision as an agricultural business manager as well as observe and describe that of others

• have well developed and effective communication skills. 

Articulation

The Master degree, the exit point only Graduate Diploma and the Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses, and credit is awarded in the Master degree for the Graduate Certificate subjects.

Students may elect to exit from the Master degree after completion of eight specified subjects and graduate with the Graduate Diploma of Agricultural Business Management.

Study by distance education

Charles Sturt University is a leader in flexible delivery and offers an extensive range of course materials in a supported online environment. Interaction with teaching staff and other students is supported through online tools such as forums, as well as by phone and email.

Studying by distance education offers students the flexibility to complete their degree while still working or meeting family and lifestyle commitments.

Graduates of this course will have opportunities to take on senior management positions in the agriculture and agribusiness industries.

Admission requirements

Applicants to the Master of Agricultural Business Management should hold at least:

• a three-year undergraduate degree, or equivalent, related to agricultural science or agribusiness; or
• an Honours level degee in an unrelated field; and/or
• relevant work experience of three years or more in agriculture or agribusiness systems, and they are primarily focused on developing their agricultural business management skills.

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma provide a pathway for recent graduates of a business or non-business degree, in a field such as Agricultural Science, Equine Scienece, Horticulture or Viticulture. 

English language proficiency

Applicants will be deemed to have sufficient English proficiency if they:

• have completed all their formal studies in one or more of the following countries; or
• were born in one of the following countries and have completed at least one qualification in one of those countries; or
• have completed senior secondary study or at least one year of full-time University study in one of the following countries: American Samoa, Australia, Canada, Fiji, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia
  or
• have successfully completed one year of full-time (or part-time equivalent) post-secondary study at an affiliate institution of the University, with English as the medium of instruction and assessment.

All other applicants must explicitly demonstrate proficiency.

Acceptable tests for English proficiency

Any of the following results, attained within the last two years, can be used to demonstrate English proficiency:

• an Academic IELTS (International English Language Testing System) overall score of at least 6.0, and with no score below 5.5;
• a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) paper-based score of 550 and TWE of 5.0;
• a TOEFL computer-based score of 213 and Essay Rating of 5;
• a TOEFL internet-based score of 80 for undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs, and 90 for postgraduate research candidates with a minimum score of 25 in the writing section.
• a Combined Universities Admission Test (CULT) overall score of at least 65;
• a C pass in English at the GCE 'A' level examinations in either Singapore or the United Kingdom;
• completion of the International Baccalaureate diploma with English A2 at higher or sub. Level;
• a C pass in 'Use of English' in the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE);
• completion of the UNSW Foundation Studies Certificate with a C pass in 'Use of English';
• completion of an AQF Certificate IV (including English for Academic Purposes);
• successful completion of at least one year of study in a course at Associate Diploma or Diploma level on the Register of Australian Tertiary Education;
• a score of 155 in the verbal component of the STAT test;
• a Pass grade in the Uniworld English College English for Tertiary Entrance course; or
• IRI Diploma of English.

An applicant who does not otherwise meet the University's requirements may be admitted on the recommendation of the Dean of the appropriate faculty.

Internet access

CSU places great emphasis on services to its students. It is a leader in the provision of online services and, in particular, the use of the internet in the support of teaching, administration and communications with students.

The online environment is so integrated into all aspects of student life and the learning experience at CSU that the University now assumes that all on campus and distance education students at CSU will have ongoing access to an internet connected computer capable of communicating with CSU online systems.

Students enrolled in Information Technology subjects (i.e. with an ITC subject code) may be required to have additional hardware and/or software that is deemed essential for the completion of the learning activities in that subject.

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This course is available to commence study in

Session 1; Session 2