Undergraduate Program

The Agribusiness Management program prepares students for exciting and satisfying careers in the dynamic and increasingly global agrifood and fiber system. The program provides a course of study that develops the requisite interpersonal and communication skills, knowledge base, critical thinking skills, and applied business skills that are required to have a successful career in an ever-changing economic, technological, political, and social environment. Our graduates are highly sought after by firms and organizations that span and support the agrifood system. Career opportunities for Cal Poly Agribusiness Management graduates range from companies that produce and market food and fiber products, provide logistics and transportation services, market research services, banking and finance services, to agricultural organizations that provide commodity promotion, lobbying, and information services, state and federal government agencies, and  non-food and fiber businesses.

The Agribusiness Department curriculum stresses the development of a solid foundation in communication and leadership skills, economics, accounting, finance, marketing and food and fiber policy, and encourages and supports student involvement in academic clubs and internship programs. The curriculum allows for students to gain knowledge of the technical and scientific issues associated with the production of agriculture.

The upper division curriculum structure provides students coursework that develops quantitative skills and with the flexibility to choose courses that allow them to pursue a generalist agribusiness perspective, or focus on a specific agribusiness interest area such as food marketing or finance. The course of study concludes with capstone courses that provide for the application of the interpersonal and communication skills, knowledge base, critical thinking skills, and applied business skills developed earlier in the curriculum, developing Cal Poly AGB graduates into the next generation of industry leaders.  

You can view our curriculum here or by navigating to the Advising Center webpage.