Agricultural Economics (1 Viewer)

[jpk]

HI
i was wondering if any1 knows if finding a job is hard as an agricutlural economist. Also is this course hard?

 

[jpk]

and wats the pay like

 

[White Rabbit]

They had pretty high graduate outcomes..

http://www.agric.usyd.edu.au/courses/ug/c22_agec.htm#TopOfPage

That as some info on what you do, employment rate etc. Good luck

 

[jpk]

thx for the info
but wat exactly do agricultural economist do??
do they work for farms and do physical work? OR can they work for banks and other corporations.

 

[White Rabbit]

I guess so.. LOL. I'm really not sure mate, sorry. I think government departments employ them - like the dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the NSW Farmers Federation. It's pretty much was Economists do, only it's applied to Agriculture/Commodities.

 

[jpk]

hey melbournian
do u know anythin about the pay agri ecos get?

 

[White Rabbit]

Yeah, I know the Farmers Federation isn't a Government departmnent, but alot of Ag economists end up there, it was an example of an employer.

 

[duck.fluff]

I'm looking at AgEc as my likely alternative to Vet Science (not confident about the marks), but because I already have a strong interest in Agriculture, and unlike most other BAgEc kids, have no interest in Economics.

The pay apparently is fantastic, as is the employment prospects. It's an applied degree and many employers prefer an ag eco graduate to ordinary eco.
Average starting pay was 45-55k I think? Trying to think back to uni seminars at school.
Ofcourse the job of seminars and pamphlets is to talk up the degree, so I suppose you'd have to find some people who've finished it.

I'm hoping to enter ag product marketing. I wouldn't reccomend it to anyone with no interest in agriculture though. It IS Ag economics.

 

[Roga]

What's the popularity of this course like?

 

[Roga]

Oh, that's good to hear. I applied for it.

 

[babydoll14]

I do this course.
it is one hard mathematical course at times

 

[Roga]

How many people do the course?

 

[Raven3333]

I do this and i can tell you its an absoloute bitch of a course in terms of maths. There is alot of hardcore maths in it, on the upside the degree is quite flexible in terms of electives. Contact time is about 12-15h per week.

My advice is unless you are prepared to do alot of maths don't do it.

 

[sjay91]

Can you move into mainstream eco at any time during the degree?