Agribusiness

Specialisation (formal)Year: 2020

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Overview

The Agribusiness specialisation offered within the Master of Agricultural Sciences provides students with knowledge of the trends and underlying influences impacting the agribusiness value chain and the global environment. The specialisation focuses on the methods or tools relevant to business decision making under the influence of risk and uncertainty across the areas of economics, finance and management decision making in the agrifood and fibre context. Developing the capacity to lead, innovate, manage change and project manage are also strong themes.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Be able to demonstrate advanced knowledge of trends and underlying influences impacting the agribusiness value chain and global business environment
  • Interpret, critically analyse and evaluate data generated through discipline based techniques across the core areas of economics, finance and management in the agribusiness context
  • Investigate and apply innovative approaches and concepts to the contemporary
  • Interdisciplinary management in agribusiness
  • An understanding of the pervasive elements of risk and uncertainty impacting decision making in agribusiness enterprises and industry segments

Last updated: 18 December 2020

Structure

50 credit points

Subject Options

Notes:

  • Three of the subjects within this specialisation run as February intensive subjects, and therefore commence prior to the start of standard Semester 1.
  • Some subjects have prerequisites.

Agribusiness Specialisation Subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90088 Business Strategy
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90090 Leadership
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90016 Managing Risk
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90013 Financial Management for Agribusiness
March (On Campus - Parkville)
March (Online)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90014 Managing Markets
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90094 Managing Innovation and Change Not available in 2020 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
AGRI90012 Agribusiness Management Economics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
 12.5

Links

http://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/study/courses/master-of-agricultural-sciences/overview

Last updated: 18 December 2020