309711 (v.2) Advanced Agricultural Technologies 402

Area:	Department of Agribusiness
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	303365 (v.6) Cropping Systems 301 or any previous version AND 303368 (v.4) Sustainable Agricultural Systems 301 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Provides students with a working background in new technologies associated with agriculture. The focus of the course is on two technologies: genomics and precision agriculture. The utility of other technologies associated with agriculture, such as nanotechnology and green chemistry, is also explored along with the interelationships between these technologies and the information and communications technology. The genomics component of the course covers the basics of the technology in the laboratory, its role in agriculture in Australia and internationally, ethics of the technology, and supply chain, business and policy considerations. The precision agriculture component starts with understanding the keys to successful cropping: recognising yield variability within the farm or paddock, diagnostic tools for identifying the underlying causes of spatial variability, and using precision agriculture to improve cropping decisions. Case studies are used extensively.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	059999 Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Northam Campus	Semester 2	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