Master of Agribusiness

The Master of Agribusiness is less about developing practical skills and instead emphasises business development and management, entrepreneurship and leadership. Our student cohort includes professionals who are managers in superannuation, global accounting, banking, commodities trading, pastoral companies, real estate and rural valuation, among other sectors.

Marcus Oldham College postgraduate programs are designed for people wanting to enhance their career prospects in agribusiness. With an emphasis on management and critical thinking, the programs are designed to

• Build on professional experience,
• Develop high‐level analytical skills, and
• Broaden understanding of the agribusiness sector.

We have built the program for those who want to lead in agriculture‐related industries in either government or corporate roles. This might include managers of food and fibre production, logistics, commodity trading, banking and finance, property, government regulation, rural research and development, food processing and more.and more.

Our student cohort includes professionals who are managers in superannuation, global accounting, banking, commodities trading, pastoral companies, real estate and valuations.

Australian agriculture employs approximately 270,000 people who produce enough food to feed about 61 million people. Australian farmers export about 60% of what they grow and produce, which is valued at more than $48 billion per annum.

The Agribusiness sector has a rapidly increasing requirement for professionals who are not only capable of generating success within their industries but are also equipped with the creativity, expertise and thought leadership to drive agribusiness growth into the rest of this century.

Graduates of the Marcus Oldham postgraduate programs are highly sought in:

• Commodity Trading
• Corporate Agriculture
• Food Processing Industries
• International Market Development
• Finance Industry
• Advisory Services to Agriculture
• Equity Markets
• Business Development Units of Multinational companies
• Export and Trade Organisations
• Agri-policy/Politics

The postgraduate program is offered online with study guides, text books, tutorial support, library access, administrative assistance and student discussion/chat groups. Students can design a tailored study plan which can include a combination of part‐time and full‐time study and the flexibility to choose the order in which units are studied. Units are delivered over twelve‐week trimesters with approximately 10 hours per week study time expected for each unit.

Full‐time study is equivalent to 4 units at 40 hours study time per week and part-time is anything less than this.

There are three trimesters each year; the first and second trimesters have the most comprehensive sets of units on offer and the third (summer) trimester has a  more limited number of units.

Compulsory Units

• Agribusiness Marketing
• Agribusiness Financial Analysis
• Agribusiness Systems Analysis
• Strategic Management for Agribusiness
• Thought Leadership through Inquiry – Proposal Development
• Thought Leadership through Inquiry – proposal Investigation

Elective Units

• Agribusiness Risk Management
• Contemporary Managerial Issues in Agriculture and
• Agribusiness – Australian Perspective
• Developing the New Venture
• International Agribusiness
• Leadership
• The Rural Entrepreneur Context
• Case Studies in Global Agribusiness
• Strategic Human Resource Management

In some instances, a student might be granted entry into a course lower than the level they have applied for on a probationary basis. On satisfactory completion of their entry level program they are then eligible to apply for progression to the higher order qualifications.

If you are ineligible for the Master of Agribusiness, you may be able to enrol in the Graduate Certificate  or Diploma of Agribusiness and on completion progress to the Master of Agribusiness, possibly with advanced standing.