303220 (v.4) Food Chain Systems 101
Note
Tutition Patterns
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Unit references, texts and outcomes
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| Area: | Department of Agribusiness and Wine Science |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
| Seminar: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Fieldwork: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
| Anti Requisite(s): |
303294 (v.3)
Food and Fibre Production 101
or any previous version
AND 308051 (v.2) Equine Industries 101 or any previous version |
| Syllabus: | Introduction to agribusiness systems to understand how agricultural products are produced and how they get to consumers. Exploration of the concepts of systems and systems analysis. Application of concepts to an analysis and evaluation of agribusiness systems (supply or demand chains). Topics include: Consumer markets (food service & retail); Chain intermediaries (import/export, wholesale, transport, processing); Agricultural production systems and Input supply industries. Agricultural production systems include intensive (aquaculture, horticulture, viticulture, pigs, horses, poultry), broadacre & pastoral (grain, beef, sheep, wool) and equine industries. There is a field trip component of this unit. |
| Field of Education: | 050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping) |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental *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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2011 | Northam Campus | Semester 1 | 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
