Overview
Our postgraduate program is offered online or alternatively, two units* may be studied in a blended (face to face as well as online) mode. We understand our students are wanting to enhance their career prospects in agribusiness are working all over Australia and throughout the world. With an emphasis on management and critical thinking, the program is designed to build on professional experience, develop high-level analytical skills and to broaden understanding of the agribusiness sector.
Our Graduate Certificate of Agribusiness is aimed for those returning to study or in an agribusiness related role. The Graduate Certificate of Agribusiness units are core units within the Master of Agribusiness course. The Master of Agribusiness is for those who want to lead in agriculture-related industries and government/corporate roles. This might include managers in banking and finance, property, government, food processing, supply chain management or commodity markets.
The Master of Agribusiness is less about developing practical skills and instead emphasises business development, management, and leadership.
Our student cohort includes professionals who are managers in superannuation, global accounting, banking, commodities trading, pastoral companies, real estate and valuations, among other agricultural and agribusiness sectors.
Graduate Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the Master of Agribusiness, graduates are able to demonstrate:
- Knowledge and application of methods relevant to business decision making across core areas of finance, management, marketing and strategy relevant to food and fibre enterprises.
- Insight about global and local trends and underlying influences impacting agribusiness supply and vaFlue chains.
- An ability to critically reflect on business and research analytic methods, frameworks and tools as they have developed over time and apply these to a range of decision making requirements.
- Knowledge and ability to integrate background and contextual information of emerging issues for food and fibre industries.
- As a thought leader in agribusiness, the confidence to articulate and lead discussions using appropriate communication styles, in person and using digital and print media.
* Two of our units are offered in blended mode, which is combination of an intensive residential study week on Campus in Geelong and online learning across the trimester of study. These are LDP905 Leadership and IRS901 Independent Reading Study which may be taken through Marcus Oldham College short course program or through another provider.