312379 v.1 Agriculture Stream (Bachelor of Agribusiness)

Introduction

The Agriculture stream is designed to provide people who want to work with the broadacre agriculture industries and related communities. The stream combines business management with the technical broadacre agricultural science subjects. Graduates can attain jobs working on farms as well as in the agribusiness that supply farm inputs (fertiliser, machinery, seed, feed, finance and advice) or market agricultural produce (marketing, commodity trading, logistics, importing and exporting).

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 2 Semester 1
303244	v.4	Agribusiness Management 201	5.0	25.0
303324	v.3	Food and Agribusiness Marketing 201	5.0	25.0
303340	v.5	Animal Production 201	5.0	25.0
312144	v.1	Agricultural Production Systems 201	5.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 2 Semester 2
303364	v.6	Agricultural Production Systems 202	25.0	25.0
303365	v.7	Broadacre Crop and Pasture Science 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
312368	v.1	Agribusiness Financial Management 202	5.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 3 Semester 1
303252	v.5	Commodity Trading and Risk Management 202	5.0	25.0
303368	v.4	Sustainable Agricultural Systems 301	6.0	25.0
312369	v.1	Agribusiness Marketing Research 301	5.0	25.0
312372	v.1	Advanced Cropping Systems 301	5.0	25.0
				100.0
Year 3 Semester 2
303440	v.3	Agribusiness Planning (Capstone) 302	8.0	25.0
312371	v.1	International Agricultural Trade 202	5.0	25.0
		OR
312370	v.1	Agricultural Extension and Information Systems 302	5.0	25.0
312373	v.1	Integrated Pest Management 302	4.0	25.0
312374	v.1	Advanced Livestock Production Systems 302	5.0	25.0
				100.0

309711 Advanced Agricultural Technologies 402 can be an alternative in Year 3 and Year 4 of the program.