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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

303252 (v.6) Commodity Trading and Risk Management 202

Area: School of Management
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 303330 (v.4) Farm Business Risk and Resource Management 202 or any previous version
AND
309715 (v.2) Agricultural Commodity Marketing 402 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 303232 (v.6) Farm Management Practices 101 or any previous version
Syllabus: Provides a broad understanding of commodity marketing concepts, the critical role commodity marketing plays in the profitable operation of farming businesses and how marketing can be used by farmers in running businesses. Topics covered include: commodity market structures, factors affecting commodity markets, price setting and farmer marketing options. A commodity market of the student's choice will be studied in greater depth.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Northam Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External