Agribusiness Entrepreneurship - Minor
The minor is for students interested in starting their own business, working in an existing family-owned business, working for an entrepreneur, pursuing employment with a bank or financial institution, or wanting a working knowledge of business development practices and strategies.
Using “real world” application, students engage in firm-level problem identification, analysis, decision making, and management control. Integrating ideas, numbers, and mentor interactions are central to the courses’ paradigms. The capstone characteristics of the classes afford the students connectivity opportunities to relate their other coursework to pragmatic applications in entrepreneurial pursuits of their individual interests.
Students will choose to develop a business plan for their own professional career pursuit, or to evaluate a business from an investor’s or consultant’s perspective in the coursework included in this minor. The instructor and student will mutually agree on a business venture and business settings selected. The options for students' businesses are wide and varied, with locations in either a rural or metropolitan setting. Students are encouraged to ‘think outside the box,’ with exploration of non-traditional production, marketing, financing, and management opportunities being requisite components of students’ individualized business plan development.
A critical ingredient in the Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Minor is learning to establish and develop a large network with successful entrepreneurs and other professionals. This minor offers ample opportunities for you to learn how to develop networking strategies in the classroom and in social settings.
Innovation and entrepreneurship are not limited to one field/degree area; therefore, the Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Minor is open to all majors.
Enrollment/Eligibility Criteria
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher, have a declared major and meet all prerequisites for each required course to pursue the minor.
Application Process
Students seeking to declare the minor must complete an application. Additional information is available on the Department of Agricultural Economics minors website.