Overview
To provide the country with qualified personnel who can work as agricultural economists and are competent in research, appraising, developing, managing and evaluating agricultural development programmes and projects towards the development of the agricultural sector, agricultural business and rural communities.
Qualifications in the programme
BSc Agriculture with Agricultural Economics
MSc Agricultural Economics
MSc Agricultural Extension
PhD Agricultural Economics
PhD Agricultural Extension
Core modules
AECM111- Introduction to Agricultural Economics
AEXM211- Fundamental Concepts of Agricultural Extension
AEXM212- Communication and Agricultural Technology Transfer
AECM311- Agricultural Micro-Economics
AECM313- Agricultural Statistics for Research I
AECM314- Farm Management and Accounting
AECM315- Food Security Analysis
AECM316- Agricultural Production Economics
AECM321- Land Resource and Environmental Economics
AECM321- Agricultural Macro-Economics
AECM326- Agricultural Finance
AECM327- Agricultural Trade
AECM411- Agricultural Project Appraisal and Management
AECM412- Research Project and Seminar I
AECM413- Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics
AECM414- Agricultural Statistics for Research II
AECM415- Agribusiness Management
Admission requirements
APS: 26
English level 4
Mathematics level4, Technical Mathematics level 5
Physical Sciences or Life Sciences level 4
Career opportunities
- Agricultural Economist
- Agribusiness Manager
- Agricultural Marketing Specialist
- Agricultural Policy Analyst
- Agricultural Finance Officer
- Farm Management Consultant
- Bank Consultant
- Market Analyst
- Data Analyst/Agricultural Statistician
- Research Scientist
- Academic
- Development Economist
- Agricultural Consultant
- International Trade Specialist
Agricultural Extension
- Agricultural Extension Officer
- Agricultural Advisor / Agricultural Consultant
- Rural Development Officer
- Agricultural Advisory Services Specialist
- Agricultural Research Extension Liaison Officer
- Digital/Agric Media Consultant
- Agricultural Researcher
Contact Us
018 389 2749
G27 F1E (School of Agricultural Sciences)