A degree in Resource and Agribusiness Management positions you for a career in tomorrow’s rapidly changing global economy. This degree cultivates the business skills necessary to succeed in sales, marketing or management careers while developing applied tools to operate in small-business, finance, food, forestry or other natural resource-based industries. Students may focus on areas that include resource-based marketing, banking, retail sales, municipal or state government, hotel/restaurant management or other applied business areas.
In addition to the standard degree, three specialized concentrations are available. The Equine Business Management concentration leads to a Resource and Agribusiness Management degree with specialized training to excel in the equine industry. The second concentration, Agribusiness Administration, leads to the completion of both BS and MBA degrees in five years and the International concentration prepares students to enter a growing sector of the U.S. and world economy.
Other opportunities include cooperative field experience, summer internships and study abroad. Some students participate in a unique opportunity to learn about cooperatives, small business credit systems and worldwide financial markets while gaining college credit. Students spend one week working hands-on in a Maine-based cooperative business, they visit the regional Farm Credit Bank in Springfield, Massachusetts to learn about bank administration and they visit Wall Street banking firms and financial institutions for four days to learn about national financial markets. Some students are also employed in departmental research projects.
Other programs offered by the Department Economics include an Environmental Management and Policy degree with six concentrations: Adventure Recreation Business Management, Adventure Recreation Management, Environment Leadership and Communication, Environmental Pre-Law, Policy Development and Analysis, and Quantitative Analysis. The department’s faculty also cooperate in the Ecology and Environmental Sciences degree.
Out-of-state students residing in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont enrolled in the Resource and Agribusiness Management degree pay reduced tuition (in-state plus 50%) rather than full out-of-state tuition rates under the New England Regional Student Program.
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