Program Overview

Programme: BComHons Agricultural Economics

Introduction

The BComHons Agricultural Economics programme is offered by the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

Programme Information

• Code: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
• Credits: 120
• Duration: Minimum duration of study: 1 year
• NQF level: 08

Admission Requirements

• Relevant BCom degree
• At least 60% for Economics and Agricultural Economics on 3rd year level
• Statistics on 2nd year level

Other Programme-Specific Information

Students intending to continue with the MCom degree in Agricultural Economics are advised to choose their elective modules from MIE 780, EKT 713, EKT 723, and LEK 711.

Examinations and Pass Requirements

In calculating marks, General Regulation G12.2 applies. Subject to the provisions of General Regulation G.26, a head of department determines, in consultation with the Dean:

1. when the honours examinations in his/her department will take place, provided that:
   • honours examinations which do not take place before the end of the academic year must take place no later than 18 January of the following year, and all examination results must be submitted to Student Administration by 25 January
   • honours examinations which do not take place before the end of the first semester may take place no later than 15 July, and all examination results must be submitted to Student Administration on or before 18 July
2. whether a candidate will be admitted to a supplementary examination, provided that a supplementary examination is granted, only once in a maximum of two prescribed semester modules or once in one year module
3. supplementary examinations (if granted) cover the same subject matter as was the case for the examinations
4. the manner in which research reports are prepared and examined in his/her department

Core Modules

• LEK 713: Agricultural marketing 713 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Agricultural marketing, price discovery and margins, dynamics of agricultural and food marketing channels, competition and concentration on horizontal and vertical level, conflict and power relationships in agricultural marketing, economics of food consumption, consumer behaviour and consumer action
• LEK 720: Agribusiness management 720 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Strategic management in agriculture, dynamics of agricultural management, entrepreneurship, environmental scanning, productivity measurement and improvement
• LEK 722: Agricultural finance and risk management 722 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Agricultural finance, economic theory underlying agricultural finance and agricultural finance institutions, supply and demand of agricultural financial services, risk assessment and management
• LEK 777: Agribusiness research report: Case study 777 (Credits: 30.00)
  • Module content: In this module students have to select a specific agribusiness and analyse one key dimension of this business
• LEK 782: International agricultural trade and policy 782 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: WTO/GATT-1994 and agricultural related Agreements and Understandings, regionalism and trade blocks, international trade and economic development
• LEK 788: Agricultural supply chain management 788 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Agricultural supply chain analysis, explore the evolution of supply chain management in the global food industry

Elective Modules

• EKT 713: Econometrics 713 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: An introductory yet comprehensive course in econometrics, encompassing an in-depth examination of elementary statistics and regression analysis
• EKT 723: Econometrics 723 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: An advanced course in econometrics that goes beyond elementary statistics and regression analysis
• LEK 711: Advanced production economics 711 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Advanced production economics, primal approach, structure of the production technology and properties
• LEK 784: Advanced rural finance 784 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Advanced rural finance, economic theory underlying rural financial markets and institutions
• LEK 785: Agricultural project planning and appraisal 785 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: Project planning and priority setting, economic analysis of agricultural development projects through CBA
• MIE 780: Microeconomics 780 (Credits: 15.00)
  • Module content: The core concepts of microeconomic theory, including demand and supply, consumer theory, firm theory, markets and market structure

Minimum Credits

Minimum credits: 120. Credits to the amount of 120 must be obtained - 105 from core modules and 15 from elective modules.