This degree introduces students to a broad range of topics that affect agriculture, while dealing with the industry's role in provincial, Canadian, and international society. It combines perspectives from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences with the teaching of applied agriculture; and it offers opportunities throughout the agricultural industry- on farms, in agribusinesses and government agencies, and in research labs. Students enter this degree program from one of our partner institutions that offer two-year diploma programs: Fairview College, Lakeland College, Lethbridge Community College, and Olds College. They are required to complete 20 courses at the University in order to meet our general liberal education requirements and one of two focus areas: Agricultural Economics or General Agriculture. Students also may choose to do an additional 5 course concentration in agricultural business (this would bring their total number of courses to 25). Students can even put their college training to work before they begin their first University course through an option that allows them to complete their first Co-op placement in an agriculturally-related business before their first semester of classes.

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