The agribusiness sector is Australia’s largest and most vibrant industry sector, providing a broad range of exciting career opportunities. This specialisation in CSU’s Bachelor of Business provides a critical stepping-stone to a varied career by providing you with a strong foundation in agribusiness.
Careers in agribusiness are not necessarily involved in production agriculture.
Employment opportunities range from the rural service industries of regional Australia to international trade and finance activities undertaken by multinational corporations. Your options will be many as you acquire expertise in marketing, accounting, finance, people management, international business and sustainable resource management.
The high demand for graduates of this program means many have offers of permanent employment prior to graduation.
Careers available include:
Students who undertake a joint study in accounting may be considered as satisfying membership requirements of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia.
To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (24 subjects). These subjects are a combination of core subjects, specialisation subjects and electives. Students will graduate from the Bachelor of Business (Agricultural Commerce) with the award BBus(AgricCom).
All distance education students are required to have access to a personal computer (IBM PC or compatible) and spreadsheet software capable of reading Excel and/or Lotus 1-2-3 files. It is recommended that distance education students have access to appropriate hardware and software to enable them to communicate electronically with the University. The current specifications are available upon request.
Meritorious students may apply for acceptance into the Bachelor of Business (Honours) program.
| Study through | Orange |
| Study mode and normal course duration | 3 years full-time on campus 6 years distance education |
| Course code | Full-time on campus: 212608 Distance education: EBOA |
| Fees | Commonwealth supported place |
| Session available | February/July (Semester basis) |
| Apply through | UAC - Full-time on campus study CSU Admissions Office - Distance education study |
| UAI cut-offs | 65.00 |
| Study through | Orange |
| Study mode and normal course duration | 3 years full-time - onshore (within Australia) 6 years distance education - offshore |
| Course code | CRICOS code: 053647M Program code: 2428AG |
| Fees | Onshore - see fee list Offshore - see fee list |
| Session available | February (Semester basis) |
| Apply through | CSU Admissions Office |
As well as the core subjects and electives (see Bachelor of Business), you are required to complete the following subjects for the Agricultural Commerce specialisation:
AGB165 Agribusiness Systems 1
AGB211 Animal Supply Chain Technologies
FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
MGT250 Asia-Pacific Business
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT360 Risk Management
MGT362 Commodity Pricing Management
MKT220 Buyer Behaviour
MKT260 International Marketing
PSC270 Annual Crop Management
Honours is available
To be admitted into the course, prospective students need to indicate their likelihood of success through:
Previous studies include:
NSW and interstate school leavers are normally selected on the basis of their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) or interstate equivalent. You may also be admitted on the basis of a strong performance in subjects relevant to your course preferences.
Currently no secondary school subjects are prerequisites for admission to particular CSU courses however some courses assume a certain level of knowledge. This will be specified in the course information if applicable.
Applicants will be deemed to have sufficient English proficiency if they:
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 applicant who does not otherwise meet the University’s requirements may be admitted on the recommendation of the Dean of the appropriate faculty.
You may also be admitted to a course based on other attainments and experience. These may include:
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.
There are no additional requirements associated with the application for enrolment into this course
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