303432 v.2 Horticultural Management Major

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Introduction
This major provides agribusiness management and marketing education and training combined with technical training in principles of horticulture, soil management advanced intensive production system, crop husbandry and post-harvest handling and quality control. Students study horticulture within a systems framework that considers wider national and international market issues and environmental constraints that impact on the industry. There is an opportunity to take options in production areas such as fruit, viticulture, vegetable, ornamental and amenity horticulture. This major will enable graduates to assume leadership roles within the horticultural industry as well as in the broader agribusiness sector.

Course Structure				Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
303220	v.2		Agribusiness Systems 101	4.25	25.0
303224	v.2		Horticultural Production Systems 101	5.0	25.0
303226	v.2		Horticulture Plant and Soil Resources 101	6.0	25.0
303227	v.2		Communications 101	2.0	12.5
303390	v.2		Information Literacy 101	3.0	12.5
					100.0
Year 1 Semester 2
12617	v.2		Irrigation Science and Soil Technology 102	5.0	25.0
303231	v.2		Horticultural Plant and Soil Systems 102	5.0	25.0
303232	v.2		Agribusiness Systems 102	5.0	25.0
303299	v.2		Agribusiness Economics and Policy 102	5.0	25.0
					100.0
Year 2 Semester 1
1731	v.7		Plant Protection 201	5.0	25.0
303244	v.2		Agribusiness Systems Analysis 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
					100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
303251	v.2		Agribusiness Tax and Law 202	5.0	25.0
303252	v.2		Agribusiness Systems Modifications 202	5.0	25.0
303338	v.2		Agribusiness Finance 202	5.0	25.0
6769	v.3		Plant Physiology 212	5.0	25.0
					100.0
Year 3 Semester 1
303276	v.2		Post Harvest Horticulture and Quality Management 301	5.0	25.0
303277	v.2		Corporate Business Management 301	5.0	25.0
308078	v.1		Agribusiness Marketing Research 301	7.0	25.0
308079	v.1		Operations Research for Agribusiness 301	7.0	25.0
					100.0
Year 3 Semester 2
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 OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:		50.0
					100.0
Optional Units to Select From in Year 3 Semester 2				Hrs/Wk	Credits
10103	v.5		Nursery Production 302	5.0	25.0
11248	v.3		Parks and Amenity 312	5.0	25.0
12503	v.2		Landscape Management and Technology 302	5.0	25.0
303366	v.2		International Agribusiness Marketing 302	5.0	25.0
303375	v.3		Production Horticulture 302	5.0	25.0
303378	v.2		Ornamental Plant Production Systems 302	5.0	25.0
303393	v.2		Vegetable Production 302	5.0	25.0
307290	v.1		Olive Production, Processing and Marketing 302	5.0	25.0