Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Sociology Program
SPECIALTY : Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Sociology
DURATION : 4 years (8 Semesters)
DEGREE IN VIEW : Bachelor of Science (BSc)
DEPARTMENT : XXXXXX
SCHOOL : School of Tropical Agriculture and Natural Resources (STANR)
Category : Undergraduate
Mission
The mission of the department is to produce well trained, well-disciplined and fully qualified graduates at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, who are of international repute in the discipline of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, and Rural Sociology, and are capable of successfully facing all the challenges of these disciplines.
Program Objectives
The objective of the Department is to train students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the fields of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, and Rural Sociology for the immediate consumption of both the public and private sectors. The undergraduate program also prepares its graduates for postgraduate studies.
Career Opportunities
Agricultural Economists are more micro-economics oriented and they easily find jobs in the following sectors of the economy.
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Breweries, distilleries and bottling plants
- Cigarette manufacturing
- Food processing mills
- Governments and NGOs
- Information Technology
- Pulp and paper industry
- Saw/lumber mills and wood products
- Textile processing and manufacturing, logistics and supply chains
- Leather tanning, foot wear and hand bag production
- Cooperatives
- Research
- Government and parastatal agricultural institutions and programmes
- Teaching in universities and rural development training centres
Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology specialists usually serve in the bottom three in the above list. However, first degree graduates of the department can serve in openings in any of the departments listed above.
Specialization
There is no specialization in the department at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level, specializations are envisaged in the future to be in Agricultural Extension Education, Rural Sociology and Agricultural Economics. Other possible fields of specialization include: Production Economics/Farm Management, Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Finance, Agribusiness Management, Development economics, and Quantitative Methods.
Fees
The tuition fee per year is 502,500 FCFA for Cameroonians . To read more about fees click here.
