The program is designed to train graduates into becoming effective farm technologies, agricultural load researchers, and agricultural planners with skills both in the technical fields of Agriculture and Economics.

The curriculum

The curriculum includes a well-balanced set of courses in general economics, technical agriculture, 249-hour practicum in government agencies, agribusiness firms, and other related offices.

It includes a variety of subjects and courses of study with an introductory course in the economics of agriculture. It covers economic problems and related industries, marketing, processing of farm products, and agricultural price analysis.

As an applied science, it is primarily concerned with identification, description, and classification of economic problems in agriculture in order to find solutions.

The program is a five-year course with a licensure examination for agricultural engineers to practice their profession.

Objectives

• To educate the students in the application of engineering principles to agriculture particularly in the solution of problems related to agro-industrial development;
• To prepare them to become professionals with entry-level competencies;
• To develop the processes and techniques of identifying, diagnosing, analyzing, and relating problems in planning, designing, constructing tools, equipment implements and machines, management of agricultural engineering systems and extension in increasing land, labor, and capital productivity.

The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness degree program combines core agricultural discipline like Crop Science, Animal Science, and Agricultural Economics with business courses in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Law, and Management to provide students a solid orientation in the business of agriculture.

Students also take introductory courses in computer programming and agricultural engineering as well as an elective course in food processing, aquaculture, and agribusiness geographic or communication strategies to further strengthen their academic foundation.

Bachelor of Science in Food Technology is a four-year program that conducts training programs for rural communities, entrepreneurs, and trainees from academic, private, and government agencies.

Food Technology is the science of food because it is the systematic study of the composition, structure, and properties of food and their relationships, engineering of food because it is the application of scientific principles to practical ends such as design, construction, and operation of efficient and economic structures, equipment, and systems, and business management of food because a volume of commercial trade is handled, directed, or controlled. It links agricultural production to food marketing, distribution, and human nutrition.