Agricultural Business
Cultivate Knowledge. Harvest Success.
What jobs can you do with an ag business degree?
Whatever your path, we will prepare you for a career in:
Farm Management
Agricultural Lending
Agricultural Finance
Ag Equipment Sales
Program Features & Policies:
- You may have the option to participate in college athletics if you maintain nine credits at DWU (NAIA requirement) and 12 credits total.
- Courses at Mitchell Tech begin after completion of your freshman year at DWU.
- You will earn your bachelor’s degree within four years if you follow the plan created with your adviser.
- Because of this agreement, financial aid will apply to both institutions, as long as you maintain a minimum of 12 credits between both schools.
- Dakota Wesleyan University scholarships will be prorated based on credit hours enrolled at DWU.
What You Will Learn
With an Ag Business degree, you’ll obtain a variety of skill sets:
- Apply problem-solving skills to various agriculture situations
- Apply the principles of human resource management to different situations in the ag business industry
- Analyze data and draw appropriate statistical conclusions
- Describe marketing’s strategic role in an agribusiness organization and design a marketing plan for a product
- Demonstrate the ability to research, analyze, and effectively communicate knowledge of agricultural business operations through direct industry engagement and peer-to-peer knowledge exchange
- Solve real-world problems by identifying a problem and its scope, evaluating resources to address the problem, formulating alternative solutions and selecting the solution(s) most consistent with the stated objective
Accreditation
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The Musick Family Department of Business at Dakota Wesleyan University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road, Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66213.
DWU + MTC
The best of two worlds: state-of-the-art facilities at nearby Mitchell Tech and strong business, communication and teamwork skills from DWU.
Ag Business Courses
Combine DWU and Mitchell Tech classes to apply your business knowledge and skills directly to a career in agriculture.
Take ag-related classes like:
- Animal Science
- Crop Science
- Fertilizers
- Soil Science
- Commodity Marketing
- Advanced Commodity Marketing
- Ag Sales & Service
- Fundamentals of Insurance
Take business-related classes like:
- Principles of Accounting
- Business Law
- Operations and Information Management
- Business Ethics and Social Policy
- Macro- and Microeconomics
- Principles of Marketing
- Business Analysis and Strategy
- Managerial Accounting
Get to Know Your Professors
Learn from our experienced professors! Our low student-to-teacher ratio offers valuable one-on-one interaction.
Christine Mauszycki, M.P.A., CPA
Diana Goldammer, Ed.D.
Jessica Dollahon, MBA
Steven Horan, DBA, CPA, CGMA
Stuart Keenan, M.A., M.S.
Tera Starr, M.S.
Tracy Dice, DBA
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