Agri-Business, AAS

This technical degree provides the skills necessary for employment and preparation for advancement in the agri-business industry. Graduates of this program may find employment as farm managers, salespersons, commodity brokers, store managers, or consultants.

Degree Outcomes:

• Demonstrate knowledge of accounting basics.
• Demonstrate ability to use computer software to create and use written documents, including spreadsheets, graphical presentations and databases.
• Prepare and orally deliver a sales presentation to a prospect which includes appropriate techniques for opening, presenting product, handling objections and closing.
• Identify and apply management tools used to measure business performance.
• List parts of a business plan and explain the benefits of creating a plan.
• Discuss structure and characteristics of the food product, agricultural production, food processing and retailing; and their influence on food marketing.
• Demonstrate the ability to prepare graphs to describe business relationships such as the production process, cost, revenue and profit values.
• Illustrate and describe market theory, including effects of changes in demand and supply on the market price and equilibrium quantity and the rationing function of prices.
• Describe advantages and disadvantages of various forms of market structures.
• Describe the factors which affect consumer choice.
• Explain the process and rationality for enacting government regulations impacting businesses and the effect of regulations on market decisions.

Transferability: The AAS Degree is designed for students planning to enter their chosen career upon graduation. Often only selected credits are considered transferable to public or private baccalaureate institutions.