303432 v.3 Horticulture Major
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. This major will enable graduates to assume leadership roles within the horticultural industry as well as in the broader agribusiness sector.
Course Entry Requirements/Prerequisites
None
Duration and Availability
3 years full-time study or equivalent part-time
Further Information
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 | |||||
| 303220 | v.4 | Food Chain Systems 101 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303224 | v.3 | Horticultural Production Systems 101 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303227 | v.4 | Agribusiness Communications 101 | 1.5 | 12.5 | |
| 309728 | v.3 | Land Resources 101 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 309758 | v.2 | Horticultural Agronomy 101 | 2.5 | 12.5 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 1 Semester 2 | |||||
| 303232 | v.5 | Farm Management Practices 101 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303299 | v.4 | Agricultural Market Analysis 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 | |||||
| 303244 | v.4 | Agribusiness Management 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303324 | v.3 | Food and Agribusiness Marketing 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312367 | v.1 | Agribusiness Accounting Practices 102 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312432 | v.1 | Post Harvest Horticulture and Quality Management 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
| 1730 | v.7 | Plant Propagation 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303252 | v.5 | Commodity Trading and Risk Management 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 | |||||
| 303277 | v.4 | Corporate Agribusiness Management 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303393 | v.4 | Vegetable Production 401 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308079 | v.2 | Operations Research for Agribusiness 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312369 | v.1 | Agribusiness Marketing Research 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| 303440 | v.3 | Agribusiness Planning (Capstone) 302 | 8.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312370 | v.1 | Agricultural Extension and Information Systems 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312371 | v.1 | International Agricultural Trade 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312433 | v.1 | Plants within the Built Landscape 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| OR | |||||
| 9670 | v.7 | Agribusiness Project 392 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 100.0 | |||||
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