Orange Equine Centre
Activities at the Orange Equine Centre
Education
The Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management (Equine) is the only complete business degree that enables you to focus on the specialist field of equine business. The course has been developed in consultation with industry, both national and international. The aim of the course is to provide a solid education in management as it applies to rural enterprise, particularly of an equine nature, both large and small. The Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management (Equine) develops and strengthens the knowledge and skills of horse management and handling, nurturing the hands-on continuous involvement with horses, then sharpens these skills within a business arena.
The course integrates all aspects of business management including marketing, finance, human resource management, business law and holistic enterprise management with applied horse husbandry and management. The structure of the course enables students to progress from a position of caring for individual horses and developing an understanding of the different subsystems of a business, to becoming competent at managing commercial enterprises. Each subject studied integrates the technical and the managerial aspects. The course will enable graduates to successfully manage a business enterprise, ideally of an equine nature. However, one of the benefits of the course is its flexibility, whereby graduates will obtain a degree of business management, which could ultimately be applied to almost any type of business. In addition, students will also be able to enhance their commercial industry skills by completing industry practice in equine related establishments of their choice throughout the course.
The Orange Campus Equine Centre is an essential facility for the students of the Equine Business Management program. One of the necessary criteria for anyone wishing to work in the horse industry is 'hands-on' skills. These practical skills and experience are enhanced through involvement with the day-to-day operations management of the University's Equine Centre on the Orange Campus. Throughout the course, students will gain valuable experience by applying management theory to practice, with the actual running of the Equine Centre. This is a very powerful agent for learning and ensuring that graduates can make an immediate, valuable contribution to the businesses they are involved with.