Agribusiness Finance Certificate

Intake: Multiple Start Dates Throughout the Year

Delivery: Online

Advance your rural enterprise! Upgrade your management skills and improve your financial assessment skills! Whether you are a rural business owner or an agricultural lender, this online program will assist you in promoting better business practices within conventional and non-conventional agriculture. Certificate consists of 4 required course and 1 elective. The four required courses have no pre-requisits and can be taken on a stand-alone basis if desired.

This Certificate is designed for the rural businessperson. A heavily agri-related online education, this certificate is ideal if you're looking to upgrade your management skills and improve your financial assessment abilities. Whether you're a rural business owner or an agricultural lender, this online program will assist you in promoting better business practices within conventional and non-conventional agriculture.

Course Overview: Elective Course Overview

• Agricultural Business Management Principles

• Agribusiness Financial Management

• Marketing Principles

• Agribusiness Accounting

Career Opportunities:

Farm Succession Planning

Agricultural Lending

Agricultural Accounting

Would your employer consider funding your Agribusiness Finance courses?

This program may be eligible for the Alberta-Canada Job Grant, in which employers are reimbursed for 2/3 of the eligible training costs. Learn more about the Canada-Alberta job grant on Page 39.

One approved course (or more) in an area which supports your individual professional development needs and is consistent with the goals of this certificate. Elective course(s) must be from the following Continuing Education Certificate Programs: Agronomy Certificate Level 1 or 2; Agriculture Sales and SupportCertificate or Smart Agriculture Certificate - Agronomy Stream. Students may take an alternate Olds College course but it must be approved by the Continuing Education Programming Coordinator.