https://www.uwplatt.edu/department/agribusiness
Contact: Lucie Kadjo
Office: 310 Pioneer Tower
Phone: 608.342.7652
Email: kadjol@uwplatt.edu
Mission Statement
The Wisconsin agricultural industry of production, processing, distribution, retail, and services is the largest industry in Wisconsin with annual revenues of more than $84 billion. Additionally, the food and agriculture sector offers many job opportunities nationwide, accounting for 10.4% of total U.S. employment. With a very high job placement record, the baccalaureate degree program in Agribusiness is a direct feed into the number one industry of the state and region—agriculture.
The Agribusiness program provides a curriculum that combines the study of business and economic principles with specialized agricultural sciences. The purpose of this program is to equip students with economic, financial, management, and marketing skills needed to run profitable, sustainable agricultural operations and manage the global food supply.
The Agribusiness curriculum includes core courses required to be taken by all students. In addition, students must choose either a minor or one of the following Agribusiness areas of emphasis:
- Commodity and Price Analysis
- Management
- Communications and Marketing
- Agricultural Engineering Technology
- Comprehensive
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will gain knowledge, comprehend, apply, analyze, synthesize and/or evaluate, as appropriate, principles, tools, and processes in the following overall areas:
- Agribusiness management principles
- Economic principles and concepts
- Financial analysis and record keeping
- Agricultural science
- Mathematical and quantitative tools of agribusiness management and analysis
- Commodity and identity-based marketing
- Oral and written communication skills
- Professional and personal development
- Experiential, hands-on learning
- Working understanding of the current status and trends in the local and global structure of the agriculture and food system
Specific student learning outcomes for each of the overall areas is available upon request from the director of the program.
Majors
- Agribusiness Major with Minor, B.S.
- Agribusiness Major with an Emphasis, B.S.
- Commodity and Price Analysis Emphasis
- Management Emphasis
- Communications and Marketing Emphasis
- Agricultural Engineering Technology Emphasis
- Comprehensive Emphasis