X. Degree Programs

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)

Agricultural Business (AGBU)

Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Ontario Agricultural College

The Agricultural Business major is concerned with the management problems of business firms and prepares students for a range of management careers in agribusiness.

Graduates of the Agricultural Business program meet the educational requirements for membership in the Ontario Institute of Agrologists. The Ontario Institute of Agrologists is the professional organization in agriculture in the Province of Ontario. Professional institutes in the various provinces in Canada and the scientific societies in agriculture collectively comprise the Agricultural Institute of Canada. The program has been fully accredited by the Agricultural Institute of Canada.

Included in the core requirements, the Agricultural Business major requires students to select a stream of Restricted Elective courses that will complement their studies. The agribusiness stream is designed for students more interested in developing and enhancing their knowledge and understanding of agribusiness. The agricultural science stream emphasizes the production aspects of farming and involves biology and either animal or plant systems.

The major is administered by the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics in the Ontario Agricultural College and students are urged to consult the departmental advisor. For this major, 17.50 of the 20.00 credits (including 1.50 credits from the agribusiness or agricultural science restricted elective streams) are specified as core requirements and the remaining 2.50 credits are specified as electives. (including the 1.50 Liberal Education requirements).

Liberal Education Requirement

As part of the graduation requirement all students within the B.Comm. Program are required to complete 1.50 credits from at least two different subject prefixes as listed under the B.Comm. Program Information section of the undergraduate calendar.

Major

Semester 1
AGR*1100 [0.50] Introduction to the Agrifood Systems
CIS*1200 [0.50] Introduction to Computing
CME*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Business
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
MATH*1000 [0.50] Introductory Calculus
Note: Students who are exceptionally strong in mathematics may substitute either MATH*1080 or MATH*1200 for MATH*1000.
Semester 2
AGR*1250 [0.50] Agrifood System Trends & Issues
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
FARE*1300 [0.50] Poverty, Food & Hunger
PSYC*1200 [0.50] Dynamics of Behaviour
0.50 electives
Semester 3
AGR*2400 [0.50] Economics of the Canadian Food System
BUS*2220 [0.50] Financial Accounting
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON*2740 [0.50] Economic Statistics
0.50 electives or restricted electives
Semester 4
BUS*2230 [0.50] Management Accounting
ECON*2410 [0.50] Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON*2770 [0.50] Introductory Mathematical Economics
FARE*2410 [0.50] Agrifood Markets and Policy
0.50 electives or restricted electives
Semester 5
ECON*3740 [0.50] Introduction to Econometrics
FARE*2700 [0.50] Survey of Natural Resource Economics
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
FARE*3400 [0.50] Agribusiness Financial Management
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
Semester 6
BUS*2090 [0.50] Individuals and Groups in Organizations
ECON*3560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*4240 [0.50] Futures and Options Markets
1.00 electives or restricted electives
Semester 7
BUS*4250 [0.50] Business Policy
FARE*3030 [0.50] The Firm and Markets
FARE*4370 [0.50] Food & Agri Marketing Management
1.00 electives or restricted electives
Semester 8
AGR*4500 [0.50] Agrifood Industry Problem-Solving
FARE*4000 [0.50] Agricultural and Food Policy
FARE*4220 [0.50] Advanced Farm Management
FARE*4360 [0.50] Marketing Research
0.50 electives or restricted electives
Restricted Electives

1.50 credits must come from one of the two following streams:

Agribusiness Stream
Three of:
FARE*3170 [0.50] Cost-Benefit Analysis
FARE*3250 [0.50] Food, Nutrition & International Development
FARE*4210 [0.50] World Agriculture and Economic Development
FARE*4290 [0.50] Land Economics
FARE*4310 [0.50] Resource Economics
FARE*4500 [0.50] Decision Science
Agricultural Science Stream
BIOL*1020 [0.50] Introduction to Biology
Two of:
AGR*2320 [0.50] Soils in Agroecosystems
AGR*2350 [0.50] Animal Production Systems, Health and Industry
AGR*2470 [0.50] Introduction to Plant Agriculture
FOOD*3090 [0.50] Food Science and Human Nutrition
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