College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Department of Applied Economics
About This Degree
The Agribusiness major with an Agricultural Marketing emphasis provides a foundation for employment in the agricultural sector and in businesses and institutions serving agriculture and rural regions, such as banks and financial institutions, production, marketing and buying cooperatives, value-added food producers, real estate and land management, agricultural chemical production and sales, and farms and ranches. Graduates of this program are employed in a variety of agribusiness operations throughout the United States. Agribusiness graduates have achieved prominence in positions in wholesale and retail sales and service, stock and commodity brokerage, real estate appraisal, banking and farm credit, insurance, and in farm and ranch operations. Classwork provides training in basic business and economics, as well as the specific management tools required for agricultural enterprises.
The Agribusiness major with Agricultural Marketing emphasis can be very versatile and, with careful selection of elective credits, students can be well trained for a wide variety of agribusiness careers. Students who want to pursue a career with a large agribusiness corporation could take additional coursework from the Huntsman School of Business where they can obtain a Business Minor or a Marketing Minor. Great opportunities abound for students with Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness with an Agricultural Marketing emphasis from USU.
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