Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

303450 v.4 Agribusiness Marketing Major


Introduction

This major provides skills and knowledge in agribusiness marketing and management and also provides sufficient grounding in technical subjects such as crop and pasture production, soils and animal production to interpret and apply new information as itbecomes available. Graduates mainly gain employment in marketing and management roles in agribusiness organisations that provide 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.3   Agribusiness Communications 101 1.5 12.5
309728 v.1   Agricultural Soils 101 5.0 25.0
  SELECT 2 OPTIONS   37.5
  100.0

Year 1 Semester 2

303232 v.3   Agribusiness Management 102 5.0 25.0
309729 v.1   Agricultural Statistics 102 2.5 12.5
  SELECT 3 OPTIONS   62.5
  100.0

Year 2 Semester 1

303244 v.3   Agribusiness Management 201 5.0 25.0
303246 v.2   Agribusiness Accounting and Finance 201 5.0 25.0
303324 v.2   Food and Agribusiness Marketing 201 5.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  100.0

Year 2 Semester 2

303252 v.3   Agribusiness Risk and Resource Management 202 5.0 25.0
303338 v.2   Agribusiness Finance 202 5.0 25.0
309730 v.1   Agribusiness Taxation 202 2.5 12.5
309774 v.1   Agribusiness Law 202 2.5 12.5
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  100.0

Year 3 Semester 1

303277 v.3   Corporate Agribusiness Management 301 5.0 25.0
308078 v.1   Agribusiness Marketing Research 301 5.0 25.0
308079 v.1   Operations Research for Agribusiness 301 5.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  100.0

Year 3 Semester 2

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
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  100.0
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 1 Semester 1 Hrs/Wk Credits
303224 v.2   Horticultural Production Systems 101 5.0 25.0
303294 v.2   Food and Fibre Production 101 5.0 25.0
309734 v.1   Agronomy 101 3.0 12.5
309758 v.1   Horticultural Agronomy 101 2.5 12.5
 
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 1 Semester 2 Hrs/Wk Credits
303297 v.2   Animal Science 102 5.0 25.0
303299 v.2   Agribusiness Economics and Policy 102 5.0 25.0
309732 v.1   Agribusiness Economics 102 6.0 12.5
309750 v.1   Broadacre Crop Agronomy 102 5.0 25.0
309759 v.1   Horticultural Plants and Grapevine Physiology 102 5.0 25.0
309764 v.1   Irrigation Science and Technology 102 2.5 12.5
 
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 2 Semester 1 Hrs/Wk Credits
303276 v.3   Post Harvest Horticulture and Quality Management 201 5.0 25.0
303333 v.3   Crop Protection 201 5.0 25.0
303340 v.3   Animal Science 201 5.0 25.0
 
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 2 Semester 2 Hrs/Wk Credits
1730 v.7   Plant Propagation 202 5.0 25.0
303364 v.3   Grazing Animal Production Systems 302 5.0 25.0
 
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 3 Semester 1 Hrs/Wk Credits
303345 v.2   Intensive Animal Production 301 5.0 25.0
303368 v.2   Sustainable Agronomic Systems 301 5.0 25.0
303393 v.3   Vegetable Production 401 5.0 25.0
 
 
Optional Units to Select From in Year 3 Semester 2 Hrs/Wk Credits
9670 v.6   Agribusiness Project 392 5.0 25.0
9690 v.7   Comparative Agriculture 400 5.0 25.0
12503 v.2   Landscape Management and Technology 302 5.0 25.0
303365 v.4   Cropping Systems 302 5.0 25.0
 
 
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