Graduate Certificate in Agri-Business Management

at Fanshawe College - London South Campus Canada

They are the elders who teach us. The voices of our history. The link to our past. And it’s our responsibility to listen, nurture and provide a safe, caring environment so they can continue to be productive and inspiring.

Managing a retirement residence requires a dynamic set of flexible skills, leadership and strong ethics. Fanshawe’s Retirement Residence Management program will propel you to the forefront of this ever-expanding field. By 2030, more than a quarter of Canadians will be over the age of 65, and the retirement they want is one you can help give them. You’ll enhance your critical thinking skills, your ability to deliver effective service and to market retirement living. You’ll also learn the latest motivational techniques in leadership.

With your undergraduate degree or diploma under your belt, this intensive and unique program will cap off your skills with mentoring in the workplace. You’ll learn how to lead a team of professionals who have the same goal – to provide seniors with the opportunity to live independent and active lifestyles.

The skills you’ll learn are in demand, and that demand is growing as the population ages. They’ve raised us. They’ve helped us. It’s time to give back.

The Health Care Management program is designed as a four-semester program for international college or university graduates from the healthcare field or from other disciplines.

Within the first semester, students will learn about the Canadian health system, health care providers, and agents. It will inform students regarding the various provincial and federal bodies involved. 

Students will then implement their previous experience within health sciences to advance their  knowledge on health care management, reporting tools, legal and ethical issues, database management, quantitative and qualitative research methods, and employee relations.

The Information Technology Infrastructure Graduate Certificate will focus on the practices and skills currently being used in support of the IT infrastructure. Students will gain valued knowledge and experience working with Windows and Linux operating systems, Windows server administration, virtualization technologies, and network and security devices. Students will also have the opportunity to develop communication, interpersonal, project management and business skills to work effectively in the corporate world.

The program will include hands-on applications and simulations to provide students with marketable skills in operating systems, networks, and security and will contribute to preparing the graduate to write a variety of professional certification exams.

Agribusiness is the study of agricultural production - managing every step of the supply chain from farm to table and everything in between. A dynamic and complex field, agribusiness is adaptive and flexible, responding to new technological advances while remaining sustainable globally.

Fanshawe's Agri-Business Management graduate certificate will allow you to enter the agricultural sector at a supervisory level, preparing you to either manage an existing organization or as an entrepreneur. You'll graduate with a competitive edge – understanding business fundamentals and industry specific training. In just eight months, our program will cover:

• Sales and marketing;
• Human resources and relationship management;
• Occupational health and safety;
• Accounting and finance;
• Food safety and traceability;
• Safe handling and application of pesticides;
• Precision technologies such as GPS and drone applications.

Finding the balance between theory and practice is what Fanshawe does best. Our Agri-Business Management program offers traditional lectures and practical hands-on training, as well as a six week field placement, giving you the experience you need to succeed.

This two-year (four-semester) program is designed for international college or university graduates from any field or discipline. This program will develop and enhance skills in: general management, leadership, human resources, finance, and sales and marketing. The program will provide opportunities for experiential learning through case-study analysis as well as a community consultancy project

Learning Outcomes 

• Interpret, record, and apply financial information to the preparation of basic financial statements and to support financial decision-making;
• Select and utilize appropriate tools and technologies to complete a range of management analyses and practices;
• Research and analyze business situations to develop business solutions and policies, practices, or procedures that respond to the needs of the organization;
• Formulate and apply strategies for leadership and personnel management based on best practices in human resources and organizational behaviour to establish and maintain effective workplace environments;
• Analyze a marketing situation and develop appropriate advertising recommendations and sales promotion strategies;
• Compare and contrast various pricing strategies and their effects on sales and profits;
• Conduct meetings and make formal presentations employing effective public speaking skills and techniques;
• Complete all work according to relevant and accepted business ethics and legislation and within the scope of corporate responsibility;
• Plan, implement, and evaluate projects using project management principles and tools;
• Engage in research activities to critically assess current management practices and trends;
• Develop and use strategies for ongoing professional development to enhance work performance and explore career opportunities in a Canadian and global workplace.

This two-year (four semester) program is designed for international college or university graduates with a strong academic background, who require additional knowledge in information technology and computer systems technologies.

The first year will focus on the practices and skills currently being used in support of the IT infrastructure. The second year will expand upon the skills in networking operating systems and security learned in the first year by adding systems and solutions architecture components as a senior application of those courses.

This is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program with minimum laptop requirements.