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Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Diploma in Agricultural Management

The Diploma in Agricultural Management in Agriculture is offered by Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

Program Length: 3 YEARS.

Diploma in Agricultural Management offered by the Cape Peninsula University of Technology at the Faculty of Applied Sciences

The course is structured to provide career-oriented education in order to prepare students for employment in the management-related sector of the agricultural industry. The course equips the student with the skills and techniques necessary for the analysis of agricultural production systems and the solving of agricultural management, technical and related problems in a variety of downstream sectors of the agriculture industry.

The purpose of this programme is to provide the industry with people who have the required technical knowledge and managerial competencies to manage agricultural enterprises effectively as part of a production team. Graduates will be able to solve problems regarding financial planning, business management and human resource management within an agricultural context.

Career Opportunities

Graduates follow career paths in organised agriculture, including agricultural corporations, agricultural development institutions, the Department of Agriculture, agricultural input suppliers and production units.

Curriculum

FIRST YEAR
Semester 1
Agricultural Calculations
Agricultural Marketing Management 1a
Agricultural Operations Management 1a
Agricultural Soil Science 1a
Plant Production 1

Semester 2
Agricultural Human Resource Management 
Agricultural Marketing Management 1
Agricultural Operations Managements 1b
Agricutural Soil Science 1b
Livestock Production 1

SECOND YEAR
Semester 1
Agricultural Law
Agricultural Production Management
Livestock Production 2a
Plant Production 2a

Semester 2
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Marketing Management 2
Livestock Production 2b
Pasture Science
Plant Production 2b

THIRD YEAR
Agricultural Environment
Agricultural Labour Practice
Agricultural Practice
Management Information Systems
Production Systems Management
Research Methodology