Business Management

Dalhousie University · Agricultural Campus, Truro and Bible Hill

Business and Management: blue ink subject illustration

2 years
Duration (years)
2 years
Dalhousie Business Management programme
No co-op route listed
Work experience
No co-op route listed
Dalhousie Agriculture internship and co-op policy
60% minimum
Academic minimum
The university publishes a 60% academic minimum, not an entering-average range.
Dalhousie Business Management high school entry requirements

Deadlines

May 2027

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Next deadlineSaturday, May 1, 2027

Admission deposit
2027 entry
Official deadline

Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites

Check the university’s requirements for your province and applicant category.

Minimum overall average of 60%.
Complete Academic English 12 and four additional academic Grade 12 subjects.
Complete Academic Math 11, Academic Science 10 and one of Academic Biology 11, Academic Chemistry 11 or Agriculture 11.

Application steps

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
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Step 2Apply through Dal admissions
- Create your application and select this program.
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Step 3Academic records requested in your application portal
- High school applicants provide mid-year and final results; Ontario and Nova Scotia applicants can include their student ID for automatic retrieval. Early applicants upload Grade 11 final marks and Grade 12 course registrations. College/university applicants submit official records from every postsecondary institution attended.
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Step 4English proficiency evidence if required
- Applicants from a country or school where English is not the primary instructional language need accepted proficiency evidence unless they meet an exemption. An offer can be conditional on providing the requested evidence.
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Applicant pathways

Canadian high school prerequisites

Canadian high school applicants

Minimum overall average of 60%.
Complete Academic English 12 and four additional academic Grade 12 subjects.
Complete Academic Math 11, Academic Science 10 and one of Academic Biology 11, Academic Chemistry 11 or Agriculture 11.

Degree requirements

Work and practical requirements

The diploma includes technical-credit, degree-credit and required non-credit workplace-readiness components. The Agriculture concentration includes the Spring/Summer INTA 2001 internship.

References

Program facts

Academic minimum

Co-opNo co-op route listed

Check work experience options

Majors & specializations

Agriculture

DipTech

Study crop and plant resources, production systems and agricultural business.

Published requirements

Courses

Published Agriculture and Dairy Farming concentration sequences at the Truro Agricultural Campus.

Agriculture · Year 1 · Semester I5 listed

Choose ANSC 0112 or PLSC 1001. One elective.

ANSC 0112Animal Biology and Management2 credits
PLSC 1001Introduction to Plant Science3 credits
ECOA 0100Introductory Microeconomics2 credits
SOIL 2000Introduction to Soil Science3 credits
MGTA 1004Introduction to Business3 credits

Agriculture · Year 1 · Semester II2 listed

Three electives.

AGRN 2002Forages and Cover Crops3 credits
EGLA 1000Composition3 credits

Agriculture · Year 1 · Semester III (Spring/Summer)1 listed

Spring/Summer internship.

INTA 2001Internship3 credits

Agriculture · Year 2 · Semester IV3 listed

Two electives.

APSC 0200Environmental Management2 credits
MGTA 0209Agricultural Manager I2 credits
MGTA 2004Financial Accounting3 credits

Agriculture · Year 2 · Semester V4 listed

One elective.

MGTA 0210Agricultural Manager II2 credits
MGTA 0201Business Project2 credits
MGTA 2000Human Resource Management3 credits
MGTA 2001Introduction to Business Law3 credits

Dairy Farming · Year 1 · Semester I5 listed

ANSC 0112Animal Biology and Management2 credits
ECOA 0100Introductory Microeconomics2 credits
SOIL 2000Introduction to Soil Science3 credits
ANSC 2009Introduction to Dairy Production & Management3 credits
MGTA 1004Introduction to Business3 credits

Dairy Farming · Year 1 · Semester II6 listed

AGRN 2002Forages and Cover Crops3 credits
ENVA 2004Introduction to Integrated Pest Management Techniques3 credits
ANSC 0113Principles of Animal Welfare & Husbandry2 credits
ANSC 0114Animal Feed and Nutrition Management2 credits
ANSC 0205Optimizing Bovine Reproductive and Genetic Performance2 credits
EGLA 1000Composition3 credits

Dairy Farming · Year 2 · Semester III6 listed

AGRN 2001Cereal-Based Cropping Systems3 credits
ANSC 0206Managing Dairy Milking Systems and Housing Facilities2 credits
APSC 0200Environmental Management2 credits
APSC 0201Machinery and Building Technology2 credits
MGTA 2004Financial Accounting3 credits
MGTA 0209Agricultural Manager I2 credits

Dairy Farming · Year 2 · Semester IV5 listed

ANSC 0204Dairy Herd Health and Nutrition Management2 credits
MGTA 0210Agricultural Manager II2 credits
MGTA 2001Introduction to Business Law3 credits
MGTA 0201Business Project2 credits
MGTA 2000Human Resource Management3 credits

Elective choices

Agriculture requires seven electives. Three must come from AGRI, AGRN, ANSC, APSC, BIOA, HORT or PLSC. The other electives can be eligible diploma courses or 1000- and 2000-level degree courses. Course prerequisites still apply.
The Dairy Farming concentration has its own prescribed sequence. The calendar lists Equine Studies as suspended for new admissions.

Study locations