Programme Description 

The Bachelor of Technology in Agribusiness with Entrepreneurship programme aims to train students and equip them with adequate theoretical, technical, practical, entrepreneurial and managerial skills in agriculture and agribusiness to enable them function effectively as agribusiness professionals who can establish and operate their own enterprises and act as agri-intrapreneurs in the agribusiness subsector of the economy. 

 

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

 

SSSCE/WASSCE/GBCE APPLICANTS: 

(a) Senior Secondary School Certificate examinations (SSSCE), West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE). 

SSSCE Holders 

Credit Passes (A – D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus any three (3) elective subjects in any area of specialization. 

WASSCE Holders 

WASSCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A1 – C6) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) Core subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, plus any three (3) elective subjects in any area of specialization. 

GBCE Holders 

GBCE Candidates: Credit Passes (A – D) in six (6) subjects comprising three (3) core subjects including English Language and Mathematics plus any three (3) elective subjects. 

 

(b) General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level Candidates 

Passes in three (3) subjects (at least one of the passes should be grade D or better). Also, the applicant must have had credit passes (Grade 6) in five (5) GCE Ordinary Level subjects, including English Language, Mathematics and a Science subject (for non-science students), and an Arts subject (for Science students). 

 

(c) Admission of Higher National Diploma (HND) Candidates 

Applicants who have graduated and passed with an HND certificate in Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship or related areas shall be admitted into level 300 of the BSc. Program. HND graduates who have already done Industrial Attachment shall be exempted from Attachment I and Attachment II. 

 

(d) Admission of Diploma (Dip) Candidates 

Applicants who have passed and graduated with a Diploma Certificate in Agribusiness and Finance or a relevant diploma program shall be admitted into level 200 of the BSc. Program. Diploma graduates will be exempted from Attachment I. 

 

(e) Advanced Business Certificate Examination (ABCE) Candidates 

Full diploma certificate in ABCE. Also, the applicant must have had credit passes in five (5) subjects, including English Language, Mathematics, Integrated Science, or Social Studies in the General Business Certificate Examination (GBCE), Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE), or West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). ABCE candidates may be considered for admission at level 200 of the program. 

 

 

(f) Mature Students’ Entry 

Mature applicants must be 25 years old with legitimate documentary proof, which is at least five (5) years old at the time of application, pass Mature Students’ Entrance Examinations conducted by KsTU, and attend and pass an interview. Evidence of working experience will be an added advantage. 

 

(g) Foreign Applicants: 

Academic records of foreign applicants with the requisite qualifications will be referred to GTEC for the determination of equivalence and eligibility for admission as well as placement.

YEAR ONE SEMESTER ONE

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 101

Principles of Accounting

2

0

2

Core

AGB 103

Foundations of Entrepreneurship

3

0

3

Core

COS 101

Communication Skills I

2

0

2

Mandatory

CLT 101

Computer Literacy I

1

1

2

Mandatory

AGB 105

Introduction to Agriculture

2

0

2

Core

AGB 107

Principles of Crop Production 

2

0

2

Core

AGB 109         

Principles of Agribusiness and Management

2

0

2

Core

Total

14

1

15

 

            

YEAR ONE SEMESTER TWO

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AFS 100

African Studies                         

2

0

2

Mandatory

COS 102

Communication Skills II

2

0

2

Mandatory

CLT 102

Computer Literacy II                               

1

1

2

Mandatory

AGB 102

Principles of Accounting II       

2

0

2

Core

AGB 104         

Introduction to Soil Science                           

2

1

3

Core

AGB 106

Introduction to Farm Mechanization 

1

2

3

Core

AGB 108

Farm Business Management

2

0

2

Core

AGB 110

Principles of Animal Production

2

0

2

Core

Total

14

4

18

 

 

YEAR TWO SEMESTER ONE                        

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 201

Management Information System in Agribusiness   

1

2

3

Core

AGB 203

Irrigation & Sustainable Land Management

2

0

2

Core

AGB 205

Introduction to Agricultural Economics

2

0

2

Core

AGB 207       

Agricultural Extension                                     

2

0

2

Core

AGB 209

Entrepreneurship and New Ventures

1

1

2

Core

AGB 211       

Introduction to Postharvest Technology 

2

0

2

Core

AGB 213       

Elective – Apiculture                     

1

2

3

Elective

AGB 215       

Elective – Mushroom Production     

1

2

3

Electives

Total

12

7

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR TWO SEMESTER TWO

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 202

Production Economics                               

2

0

2

Core

AGB 204         

Agricultural Law

2

0

2

Core

AGB 206

Principles of Food Processing & Preservation

2

1

3

Core

AGB 208

Agribusiness Risk Management                     

2

0

2

Core

AGB 210

Food Safety and Quality Management

2

1

3

Core

AGB 212

Agribusiness Food Industry                                       

2

0

2

Core

AGB 214         

Industrial Attachment I

0

2

2

Mandatory

Total

12

4

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR THREE SEMESTER ONE

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 301

New Venture Creation I

0

3

3

Practical

AGB 303

Consulting for Small Businesses I

0

3

3

Practical

AGB 305         

Financial Management                                       

2

0

2

Core

AGB 307       

Agricultural Marketing                                               

2

0

2

Core

AGB 309

Principles and Practices of Aquaculture

2

0

2

Core

AGB 311         

Monogastric Production

2

1

3

Core

AGB 313

Research Methods                                           

2

0

2

Core

AGB 315 

Fruit Crop Production

2

0

2

Core

Total

12

7

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR THREE SEMESTER TWO

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 302

New Venture Creation II

0

3

3

Practical

AGB 304

Consulting for Small Businesses II

0

3

3

Practical

AGB 306

Project Planning, Analysis and Management

2

0

2

Core

AGB 308

Agricultural and Agribusiness Development

2

0

2

Core

AGB 310         

Poultry Production and Management                       

2

1

3

Core

AGB 312         

Arable Crop Production                                 

2

1

3

Core

AGB 314

Statistics & Quantitative Methods for Agriculture

2

0

2

Core

AGB 316

Industrial Attachment II

0

2

2

Mandatory

Total

10

10

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEAR FOUR SEMESTER ONE                            

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 401

New Venture Creation III                             

0

3

3

Practical

AGB 403

Strategic Entrepreneurship 

2

0

2

Core

AGB 405

Ruminant Production and Management 

2

1

3

Core

AGB 407

Plantation and Industrial Crops Production               

2

1

3

Core

AGB 409         

Agro-Industrial Management                           

2

0

2

Core

AGB 411       

Protected Cultivation                                                 

2

0

2

Core

AGB 413

Human Resource Management

2

0

2

Core

AGB 415

Seminar I

0

1

1

Core

Total

12

6

18

 

                                                            

 

 

 

YEAR FOUR SEMESTER TWO                                                                                                   

Course Code

Course Title

Credit Hours

Component

T

P

C

AGB 402       

New Venture Creation IV

0

3

3

Practical 

AGB 404       

Taxation and Auditing

2

0

2

Core

AGB 406

Vegetable Crop Production

2

1

3

Core

AGB 408       

Agribusiness & Agri-food Value Chain       

2

0

2

Core

AGB 410

Agribusiness Marketing Principles                       

2

0

2

Core

AGB 412

Seminar II

0

1

1

Research 

AGB 414

Student Project Work           

0

6

6

Research

Total

8

11

19

 

 

 

Programme Category
BSc / BTech Degree Programme
Programme Session
Evening
Programme Duration
Four (4) Years
Programme Department
Department of Agropreneurship