307519 v.3 Viticulture Major

Introduction

This major provides students with agribusiness management and marketing education and training combined with technical training in principles of viticulture, grape and wine production and sensory evaluation. Provides an opportunity to maximise Western Australia's competitive advantage by meeting the need for management and marketing skills education in the viticulture industry. This major combines key viticultural and wine science units with marketing, finance and management units. The learning model enables students to gain skills in communication, information technology, teamwork and cross-cultural skills which will enable them to assume leadership within the viticultural industry as well as in the broader agribusiness sector.

None.

STAT elements considered are E and either V or Q.

3 years' full-time study or equivalent part-time.

For further information about the program, contact the Muresk Academic Office on freecall telephone: 1800 246 622, email: muresk@curtin.edu.au or visit our website www.muresk.curtin.edu.au.

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
11247	v.5	Grape and Wine Production 101	5.0	25.0
303220	v.3	Agribusiness Systems 101	5.0	25.0
303227	v.4	Agribusiness Communications 101	1.5	12.5
309728	v.2	Agricultural Soils 101	6.0	25.0
309758	v.2	Horticultural Agronomy 101	2.5	12.5
				100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
303232	v.4	Agribusiness Management 102	5.0	25.0
303299	v.3	Agribusiness Economics and Policy 102	5.0	25.0
309729	v.2	Agricultural Statistics 102	4.0	12.5
309759	v.2	Horticultural Plants and Grapevine Physiology 102	5.0	25.0
309764	v.2	Irrigation Science and Technology 102	4.0	12.5
				100.0
Year 2 Semester 1
11402	v.5	Introduction to Wine Marketing and Business 201	5.0	25.0
13321	v.5	Viticulture Principles 201	4.0	25.0
303244	v.4	Agribusiness Management 201	5.0	25.0
303246	v.3	Agribusiness Accounting and Finance 201	5.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
12615	v.5	Viticulture Practices 202	5.0	25.0
303252	v.4	Agribusiness Risk and Resource Management 202	5.0	25.0
303338	v.3	Agribusiness Finance 202	5.0	25.0
309730	v.2	Agribusiness Taxation 202	3.0	12.5
309774	v.2	Agribusiness Law 202	3.0	12.5
				100.0
Year 3 Semester 1
303277	v.4	Corporate Agribusiness Management 301	5.0	25.0
308078	v.2	Agribusiness Marketing Research 301	5.0	25.0
308079	v.2	Operations Research for Agribusiness 301	5.0	25.0
309766	v.2	Viticulture Project 311	5.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 3 Semester 2
12620	v.4	Sensory Evaluation 202	5.0	25.0
303366	v.3	International Agribusiness Marketing 302	5.0	25.0
303369	v.3	Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems 302	6.0	25.0
303440	v.3	Agribusiness Planning (Capstone) 302	4.0	25.0
				100.0