2024 KNUST Undergraduate Courses under BSc Agribusiness Management, Year 1-4. Students shall undertake practical attachment with selected agribusiness institutions during the long vacation at the end of Year Three and shall submit a report in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the BSc Agribusiness Management Programme.
The Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Extension (DAEAE) is one of four departments of the Faculty of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Kwame National University of Science and Technology (KNUST). In Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Agribusiness Management, and Sustainable Integrated Rural Development, the Department conducts teaching, research, and community service.
The Department’s vision and mission are in line with the KNUST Corporate vision and mission of to be among the top Departments to advance knowledge in science and technology through creating an environment for undertaking relevant research, quality teaching, entrepreneurship training and community engagement to improve the quality of life.
The Department has over the past maintained its core values of ensuring a culture of excellence, high integrity and stewardship of resources.
YEAR ONE Course Outline
| FIRST SEMESTER | SECOND SEMESTER |
| ABM 151: Introduction to Agriculture | ABM 152: Foundation Agriculture |
| ABM 153: Farm Records Mgt. & Accounting | ABM 156: Business Comm. and Customer Relations |
| ABM 157: Principles of Agribusiness Management | ABM 158: Agribusiness Accounting, Auditing & Taxation |
| CS 157: Arable Crop Production and Management | AGEC 152: Economics for Agriculture &Natural Recourses |
| AE 157 Farm Power and Machinery Management | AGEC 154: Statistics for Agriculture& Natural Resources |
| ENGL 157: Communication Skills I | ABM 160: Apiculture |
| MATH 157 : Algebra | ENGL 158: Communication Skills II |
YEAR TWO Course Outline
| ABM 251: Agribusiness Planning and Analysis | ABM 252: Agribusiness Risk and Resource Management |
| ABM 253: Introduction to Macroeconomics | ABM 254: Principles of Marketing |
| AGEC 253: Computer Applications in Agriculture | ABM 256: Cost and Accounting Management |
| AE 291 Irrigation Systems Management | AGEC 254: Rural Sociology |
| CS 257: Crop Protection | AS 254 Poultry Production and Management |
| CS 259: Sustainable Land Management | AS 256 Micro Livestock Production |
| HORT 255: Seed Science and Technology | CS 352: Plantation and Industrial Crop Production Mgt. |
| ENGL 263: Literature in English I | HORT 254: Ornamental Nurseries and Nursery Mgt. |
| LAW 265: Land Law I | ENGL 264: Literature in English II |
YEAR THREE Course Outline
| ABM 351: Agric. Trade & Policy in Dev. Country | ABM 352: Financial Analysis |
| ABM 353: Marketing in Agribusiness | ABM 354: Agricultural Produce Export Management |
| ABM 355: Research Methods for Agribusiness | ABM 356: Supply Chain Management |
| AGEC 351: Extension Comm. & Teaching Methods | ABM 358: Management Information System |
| AE 260: Processing & Preservation of Agric. Produce | ABM 360: Quantitative Methods for Agribusiness Mgt. |
| AS 351 Cattle, Sheep and Goat Production | ABM 364: Agricultural Cooperatives |
| FSA 353: Principles and Practices of Aquaculture | AS 352: Swine Production |
| HORT 351: Fruit Crop Production and Management | HORT 352: Vegetable Crop Production |
YEAR FOUR Course Outline
| ABM 451: International Agribusiness | ABM 452: Production/Operations Management |
| ABM 453: Marketing Management | ABM 454: Strategic Agribusiness Management |
| ABM 455: Vertical Coordination in Agri-Food System | ABM 456: Entrepreneurship |
| ABM 457: Food Safety and Quality Standards | ABM 458: Project Appraisal and Management |
| AS 455 Meat Science & Animal Products Processing | ABM 460: Financial Management |
| HORT 451: Landscape Design and Construction | ABM 462: Human Resource Management |
| ABM 491: Seminar I | ABM 492: Seminar II |
| ABM 493: Student Project I | ABM 494: Student Project II |
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Programmes and Courses
The Department runs a 4-year undergraduate programme in BSc (Agribusiness Management) and also hosts two undergraduate final year options under the BSc (Agriculture) in the Faculty of Agriculture as follows:
The Departments runs four postgraduate programmes as follows:
- MPhil/PhD Agricultural Economics
- MSc*/MPhil/PhD Agribusiness Management
- MSc/MPhil/PhD Agricultural Extension and Development Communication
- MPhil Sustainable and Integrated Rural Development in Africa
*MSc Agribusiness Management available on IDL mode.
Cut Off Point for Degree in KNUST Agriculture
An applicant for admission to a degree Programme in the University must have CREDITS in the THREE WASSCE/SSSCE Core Subjects (English Language, Mathematics and Integrated Science), and CREDITS in THREE WASSCE/SSSCE Elective Subjects or its equivalent relevant to the chosen Programme with aggregate 24 or better (WASSCE: A1- C6/SSSCE A-D) D7, E8 & F9 ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR ADMISSION PURPOSES.