BTech Agribusiness with Entrepreneurship

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Progamme 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 agriintrapreneurs 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
Degree Programmes
Programme Duration
4 Years
Programme Area
Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development
Programme Type
Undergraduate Programme
Programme Department
Department of Agropreneurship
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About KsTU

Kumasi Technical University was established in 1954 as Kumasi Technical Institute (K. T. I. ) to offer craft courses. In 1963, the Institute was converted to a non-tertiary Polytechnic status under the Ghana Education Service to start offering, in addition, technician diploma and sub- professional courses.

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Location: Kumasi - Ashanti Region, Ghana, W/A

Postal Address: P. O. Box 854, Kumasi 

Email: info@kstu.edu.gh 

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