New food and agribusiness major to commence at Warrnambool
Deakin newsQualified agribusiness graduates are in high demand.
From 2019, Deakin’s Warrnambool campus will be offering a food and agribusiness major sequence within the Bachelor of Commerce.
There is a strong demand for tertiary-qualified graduates in the agribusiness sector. Companies including major accounting and financial institutions are seeking graduates with critical business capabilities from resource management, to agritech, to skills in managing global climate challenges across the agricultural supply chain.
If you want to start studying in 2018, gain the technical skills and professional capabilities to be a business leader of the future with the first year units offered in a Bachelor of Commerce, with the opportunity to study this new major sequence from 2019.
Open the door to a world of opportunities with a range of international and domestic partnerships, volunteer experiences, exchange and overseas study programs, all while gaining credit towards your Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Find out more about the Bachelor of Commerce here.
Proposed units within the Food and Agribusiness major sequence
The Global Economy
This unit provides students with an understanding of the Australian economic system within the world economy and an ability to identify and assess current macroeconomic problems and policies. The unit provides insights for evaluating the workings and impacts of monetary and fiscal policy and how central banks and treasuries conduct such policies.
Agribusiness Resource Management
This unit deals with the fundamental principles of managing food and agribusiness and other natural resource-based businesses. Included are the impact that domestic and international commodity markets and uncertain weather events have on business profitability.
Agribusiness Technology
The food and agibusinesses sector continues to deal with the production challenges that have long existed within the sector; there is now also a need for farmers and their advisers to manage operations in an ever-more variable climate. This unit explores these issues and the application and effect that new and emerging technologies are having in the sector.
Work Integrated Learning
This unit aims to provide students with an opportunity to undertake an internship, with an approved organisation, as a means to develop the student’s knowledge, generic skills and graduate attributes that enhance future employment.
Strategic Supply Chain Management
The growing global economy has redefined the dynamics of competition for modern organisations, with product life-cycles shortening and worldwide commercial competition increasing. This unit provides students with an understanding of how to develop world class supply chains and operations through effective logistics management and collaborative initiatives.
Agribusiness Governance
This unit introduces students to major issues and practices in the governance of food and agribusiness industries. Students will undertake analysis, implementation and monitoring of existing strategies and tactics for enterprises and associated activities in agribusiness.
Global Challenges: Food, Water & Climate
The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to sustainable natural resource management, including the underlying principles of natural resource allocation and use. The global impact of the human population on land, food and energy resources is investigated and the key influences on Australia's agricultural and natural resources including climate, fauna, flora, soil and water are examined.
Applied Business Project
This unit involves students undertaking an industry-based information systems pilot project. Projects will involve project management, business or systems analysis, systems development or business case development. Students will be placed into a project team on the basis of their skills and experience and each team will be assigned a client. The unit also covers project management theory and techniques and provides students with the opportunity to apply the theory to their allocated project.
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