303450 v.2 Agribusiness Marketing Major


Introduction

This major provides skills and knowledge in agribusiness marketing and management but also provides sufficient grounding in technical subjects such as crop and pasture production, soils and animal production to enable them to interpret and apply new information as it becomes available. Graduates mainly gain employment in marketing and management roles in agribusiness organisations that provides input and services to agricultural industries, such as financial institutions, rural media companies, farm lobby groups, research and development, agricultural consultants, exporters, fertiliser and merchandise companies.

Course Structure

Hrs/Wk

Credit

Year 1 Semester 1

303220 v.2   Agribusiness Systems 101 5.0 25.0
303227 v.2   Communications 101 2.0 12.5
303292 v.2   Plant and Soil Resources 101 5.0 25.0
303294 v.2   Food and Fibre Production 101 5.0 25.0
303390 v.2   Information Literacy 101 3.0 12.5
  100.0

Year 1 Semester 2

303297 v.2   Animal Science 102 5.0 25.0
303298 v.2   Farm Business Systems 102 5.0 25.0
303299 v.2   Agribusiness Economics and Policy 102 5.0 25.0
303301 v.2   Plant and Soil Systems 102 5.0 25.0
  100.0

Year 2 Semester 1

303246 v.2   Agribusiness Accounting and Finance 201 5.0 25.0
303319 v.2   Agricultural Production Systems 201 5.0 25.0
303324 v.2   Food and Agribusiness Marketing 201 5.0 25.0
303325 v.2   Farm Business Systems Analysis 201 5.0 25.0
  100.0

Year 2 Semester 2

303251 v.2   Agribusiness Tax and Law 202 5.0 25.0
303330 v.2   Farm Business Systems Modification 202 5.0 25.0
303338 v.2   Agribusiness Finance 202 5.0 25.0
303340 v.2 # Advanced Animal Science 202 5.0 25.0
  OR  
303333 v.2 # Crop Protection 202 5.0 25.0
  100.0

Year 3 Semester 1

303277 v.2   Corporate Business Management 301 5.0 25.0
303345 v.2 # Intensive Animal Production 301 5.0 25.0
  OR  
303368 v.2 # Sustainable Agronomic Systems 301 5.0 25.0
308078 v.1   Agribusiness Marketing Research 301 5.0 25.0
308079 v.1   Operations Research for Agribusiness 301 7.0 25.0
  100.0

Year 3 Semester 2

303364 v.2 # Grazing Animal Production Systems 302 5.0 25.0
  OR  
303365 v.3 # Advanced Cropping Systems 302 5.0 25.0
303366 v.2   International Agribusiness Marketing 302 5.0 25.0
303369 v.2   Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems 302 5.0 25.0
303440 v.2   Agribusiness Planning (Capstone) 302 5.0 25.0
  100.0
# Students may select an elective instead of this unit with the approval of the Course Coordinator.