Bachelor
The Bachelor of Agribusiness prepares you for employment in areas related to agriculture, including finance, marketing, policy formation, business management and rural development. Learn the business and economics skills needed to assume managerial and leadership roles. As part of the degree, take 12 core units with the opportunity to take electives to pursue your interests.
Agribusiness refers to the collective business activities involved in production, financing, processing, and marketing of food and fibre to sustain humanity. With the need to feed the growing world population, the agribusiness sector is emerging to be one of the most important and dynamic in terms of production, consumer spending and employment.
Undertaking the Agribusiness major will provide you with the opportunity to be part of this growing sector. You will learn about the management of businesses operating from the farm gate to consumer plates, applying business and economic principles to address the managerial challenges in the food systems and value chains.
The Bachelor of Agribusiness is designed to prepare you for employment in a variety of fields related to agriculture, including finance, marketing, international trade, policy formation, business management, and rural development. You will learn to understand the unique nature of businesses related to agriculture, and develop the business and economics skills needed to assume managerial and leadership roles in agriculture and related industries.
Along with the 12 core units you will take in the business and economics of agriculture, you also have the opportunity to take electives to pursue your interest in other areas related to agriculture and business, or something completely different.
The Bachelor of Agribusiness prepares you for a challenging and rewarding career in food production, food wholesaling and retailing, financial services, agricultural supply logistics, procurement, and input suppliers.
Graduates may take on positions such as policy analyst, commodity trade analyst, financial analyst, production supervisor, and marketing coordinator. Graduates can also further their studies by taking a master's degree in agribusiness economics, agricultural economics or economics.
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) helps bridge the gap between theory and practice by providing opportunities for students to gain hands-on, practical industry relevant experience and for employers to help shape the graduates of tomorrow.
Develop your employability skills through a science work placement. The following units are available to all science undergraduate students who are looking to gain practical hands-on industry relevant experience:
The UWA Plant Growth Facility (PGF) provides a high-quality, functional and practical growing site for carrying out experiments under controlled conditions.
The UWA Plant Growth Facility (PGF) provides a high-quality, functional and practical growing site for carrying out experiments under controlled conditions. Users are able to control light quality, temperature, water, nutrients and soil composition while eliminating the variability found in nature. The facility has the capacity for a wide range of research projects and is available to all staff and students while also supporting national and international collaborative research.
The PGF consists of 19 greenhouses, 8 phytotrons, 29 plant growth rooms and 8 plant growth cabinets. Other facilities include an autoclave, soil storage areas and sterilisation equipment, ancillary equipment storage spaces and a deionised water production facility.