Bachelor of Agricultural Management Honours
To produce graduates who understand economics, finance and business management at a specialist level and who are able to apply their knowledge at farm, agribusiness and policy levels. Agricultural development, marketing and finance are becoming increasingly important and require graduates with broad-based training in agriculture, commerce and social sciences. The qualification emphasise job mobility at the manager level. The following careers are open to graduates: commercial banks, National Department of Agriculture, farming, agribusiness sector and consulting.
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Qualification type
Honours Degree
Credits
128
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies
Subfield
Generic Management
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
N
Important dates
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Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
To produce graduates who understand economics, finance and business management at a specialist level and who are able to apply their knowledge at farm, agribusiness and policy levels. Agricultural development, marketing and finance are becoming increasingly important and require graduates with broad-based training in agriculture, commerce and social sciences. The qualification emphasise job mobility at the manager level. The following careers are open to graduates: commercial banks, National Department of Agriculture, farming, agribusiness sector and consulting.
Entry requirements and RPL
Rules of access and entry requirements for the programme (learning assumed to be in place prior to entry into the programme):
- An adequate exposure to physical science or biology
- An adequate level of development of knowledge and skills in mathematics.
- Adequate literacy skills in English
- Continuation in, or access into, programmes at level 7a or above presupposes completion of the exit level requirements at level 6b at the required standard.
These can be demonstrated in a number of ways
a) Matriculation Exemption with at least 40 % at Higher Grade or at least 60 % at Standard Grade for Mathematics and at least 40% at Higher Grade or at least 60% at Standard Grade for Biology or Physical Science.
b) Alternative access programmes such as the Science Foundation Programme (SFP)
- Students who have completed a diploma at an Agricultural College or Technikon may be admitted, provided they meet the criteria above.
- The SFP provides access to students who do not have a formal or adequate matric exemption.
- Completion of an appropriate Bachelors degree.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
1 The student is able to identify and solve agricultural economic and management problems, demonstrating critical and creative thinking.
2 The underlying intention of the programme is assist the student to develop entrepreneurial abilities. The student will also acquire computer literacy and information retrieval skills, which will enhance his/her management skills.
3 The student is able to collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate agricultural economic information and data.
4 The student is able to communicate effectively with peers in a variety of modes in the discourse of agricultural economics and management.
5 The student is able to demonstrate more insight into agricultural economic and management problems than under outcome 1.
6 The student is able to understand agriculture as an interrelated system and that, in a problem-solving context, components do not exist in isolation.
Associated assessment criteria
Evidence generated through assessment tasks shows that the leaner can
In addition to tests, examinations, practicals and tutorials, students have to complete a research project and seminars (Agricultural Economics 490 and 790, and Agribusiness 490 modules). Here the student is assessed as follows:
In seminar courses the student is assessed on outcomes 3, 4 and 5 of section 9.2. A critical evaluation of information must be demonstrated, while seminars are presented in front of peers.
The student must undertake a research project in an agricultural economic related field, which demonstrates competence in outcomes 3, 4 and 5. As the agricultural field is used as the source of data the industry needs to be viewed as an interrelated system (Outcome 6).
Integrated assessment
The University of Natal is currently reforming its assessment strategies to include the assessment of applied competence for each qualification. In the meantime, a combination of continuous assessment and traditional written examinations serve to assess the integration of all/most of the learning outcomes for each module in a qualification.
All students in their fourth year have to do a project and seminars. The project is an integrated assessment of the students` problem-solving abilities in a real world situation while the seminar is a review of literature covering economic theory, applications of techniques and interpretation of findings. These two assessment methods ensure that students have to simultaneously demonstrate their mastery of the learning outcomes
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Learners may shift into the programme at any level provided they meet all the prerequisite requirements for that level. Students from Agricultural Colleges and Technikons with completed Diplomas may carry credits into the programme.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
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