Bachelor of Agricultural Management
Overview
The Bachelor of Agricultural Management is offered from the Pietermaritzburg Campus. It has a duration of three years. The programme reflects both the humanities and the sciences explaining the importance of understanding the ways in which the agribusiness sector functions and engages in problem solving. The programme will produce graduates who understand economics, finance and business management and who will be able to apply their knowledge to farm and agribusiness management.
SAQA
72828
NQF LEVEL
07
DURATION
3 Years
CAO CODE
KN-P-BAQ
CLOSING DATE
30 September
DISCIPLINE
Entry Requirements
- National Senior Certificate (NSC) – Degree (Pass).
- Engl and LO and Maths 4 and Agric Sci or Econ or Life Sci or Phys Sci 4
- National Senior Certificate (NSC) – 28 Points.
Modules
In order to complete the qualification, a student shall obtain no fewer than 384 credits and shall complete the modules laid out in the table below.
Semester 1
- The Smaller Side of Life – BIOL101 (16 Credits)
- Principles of Microeconomics – ECON101 (16 Credits)
- Accounting 101 – ACCT101 (16 Credits)
- Quantitative Methods 1 – MATH134 (16 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits
Semester 2
- Accounting 103 – ACCT103 (16 Credits)
- Principles of Macroeconomics – ECON102 (16 Credits)
- Management 120 – MGNT120 (16 Credits)
- Introduction to Statistics – STATS130 (16 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits.
Semester 1
- Agricultural Mechanisation – AGEN216 (16 Credits)
- Introduction to HR Management – HRMG2HM (16 Credits)
OR
- Introduction to Marketing – MARK2IM (16 Credits)
- Farm Management – AGEC220 (16 Credits)
- Introduction to Soils & the Environment – SSCI217 (16 Credits)
- Elective (8 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits
Semester 2
- Introduction to Plant Production – AGPS200 (16 Credits)
- Pig & Poultry Production – ANSI201 (16 Credits)
OR
- Beef and Dairy Production – ANSI209 (16 Credits)
- Introduction to Entrepreneurship – ENTR2IE (16 Credits)
- Agribusiness Finance & Marketing – AGEC270 (16 Credits)
- Electives (16 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits.
Semester 1
- Irrigation Design & Management – AGPS301 (16 Credits)
- Field Crop Management – AGPS305 (16 Credits)
32 credits from:
- Agricultural Development – AGEC380 (16 Credits)
- Orchard Management – AGPS307 (16 Credits)
- Protected Cultivation of Plants – AGPS309 (16 Credits)
- Introduction to Ruminant Nutrition – ANSI312 (16 Credits)
- Animal Growth & Meat Quality – ANSI333 (16 Credits)
- Animal Health – ANSI352 (16 Credits)
- Employment Resourcing – HRMG3ER (16 Credits)
- Individual Employment Relations & Law – HRMG3IE (16 Credits)
- Corporate Strategy – MGNT307 (16 Credits)
- International Business – MGNT315 (16 Credits)
- Operations and Supply Chain Management – SCMA301 (16 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits
Semester 2
- Production Economics & Price Analysis – AGEC370 (16 Credits)
- Current Issues in Agricultural Management – AMAN300 (16 Credits)
32 credits from
- Applied Reproductive Physiology – ANSI370 (16 Credits)
- Collective Employment Relations & Law – HRMG3CE (16 Credits)
- Individual & Organisational Development – HRMG30D (16 Credits)
- Business Ethics – MGNT310 (16 Credits)
- Logistics and Physical Distribution – SCMA306 (16 Credits)
- Special Topics in Supply Chain Management – SCMA311 (16 Credits)
Total Credits: 64 Credits.
- Total Credits for Qualification: 384
What do they actually do?
- Agricultural Managers are responsible for:
Forward planning and making policy decisions. - Budgeting and maintaining accurate financial records.
- Organising sales and purchases of livestock, farm equipment, crops and agricultural products.
- Overseeing all functions to ensure that targets and objectives of the organisation are met.
- Students also have the option of using this qualification to work as a Sales and Marketing Consultant within the Agricultural Sector.
Areas of Employment
- Large farm estates
- Smaller farms
- Farm management consultancy firms
- Research institutes
- Agricultural colleges
- Food producing companies
- The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural
Development
Apply today and take the next step toward your future.