B.Sc. Agribusiness Degree

Take your ideas to market. Unleash your inner entrepreneur. Learn the tricks of global trade. Add value to your education. Manage your business for profit. These are just a few of the opportunities available to you when you choose an Agribusiness degree at the University of Saskatchewan.

Program Description

The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness combines science, economics, agricultural economics and business courses. Students learn about business management, marketing, finance and sales, as well as the legal and institutional environment that characterize agribusiness. Moreover, graduates will understand the structure and organization of the agri-food sector and possess business skills relevent to farm input, on-farm businesses, processing, transportation, credit and marketing.

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Program Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness degree program is made up of a combination of science, economics, agricultural economics and business courses. Graduates will understand the structure and organization of the agri-food sector and will possess business skills with particular application to the value-chain extending from farm inputs, through on-farm businesses, to processing, transportation, credit and marketing. The B.Sc.(Agbus) is comprised of a greater number of agriculture and science requirements than is typically found in a business program, but with a greater range of electives than found in the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree.

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Notice to Students

Course Identifier Change: In the fall of 2008 The Department of Agricultural Economics changed its name to the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business & Economics. As a result, the course identifier AGEC has changed to BPBE. So instead of looking up Agricultural Economics, look up Bioresource Policy, Business & Economics and then the course identifier BPBE.

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Booking an Advising Appointment

- It is best to book an advising appointment by email.
- When you email to book an advising appointment, please include your student number in the email.
- Always use your University email account for academic advising and other University related correspondence.
- If for some reason you are unable to attend your advising appointment, please email or phone prior to your scheduled meeting to let your advisor know.

Once an advising meeting is set, you need to prepare for the meeting as follows:

• Review your past program forms as well as the Degree Works planning tool through PAWS.
• If it applies to you, review the social science/fine arts/humanities and natural science elective courses and begin thinking about the ones you plan to take.
• If it applies to you, review the open elective and restricted elective courses and begin thinking about the ones you plan to take.
• Plan out a rough schedule/timetable of courses you plan to take through completion of your program and bring to the meeting.
• Bring your entire file of all past program forms, letters, etc. to the meeting.

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