Course Content
The Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours requires the completion of 400 credit points comprising:
- 100 credit point Major
- 100 credit points of Core units
- 100 credit points of Elective units
- 100 credit points for embedded Honours (50 credit points core and 50 credit points in either a research stream or a professional stream)
Core units
Year 1
- Food and Fibre Production in a Global Market
- Sustainable Resource Management
- Animal Production Systems
- Crop Production
Year 2
- Agrifood Research Methods
- Soil, Nutrients and Water
- Industry Analysis and Adoption
- Introductory Entomology and Plant Pathology
Major (choose 1)
Crop Science and Plant Health
Year 1
- Biology of Plants
(choose 2)
- Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
- Chemistry 1A
- Introduction to Chemistry
Year 2
- Crop Physiology
(choose 1)
- Farm Business Economics
- Microbiology
Year 3
- Crop Protection and Biosecurity
(choose 3)
- Insect Ecology and Behaviour
- Agronomy
- Plant Pathology
- Horticultural Science
- Agribusiness Placement
- Agricultural Landscape Systems
Sustainable Agriculture
Year 1
(choose 1)
- Chemistry 1A
- Introduction to Chemistry
(choose 1)
- Introduction to Spatial Information
- Ecology
- Chemistry 1B
Year 2
- Pasture and Animal Science
(choose 1)
- Farm Business Economics
- Microbiology
Year 3
(choose 2)
- Farming Systems
- Agricultural Technology and Innovation
- Agricultural Landscape Systems
(choose 1)
- Animal Science
- Soil Science
(choose 1)
- Agronomy
- Horticultural Science
Elective unit
Eight elective units (2 electives are normally selected in Years 1 and Year 2 and 4 electives in Year 3).In your Elective component you can choose from any units marked as "Student Electives" which you meet the pre-requisites for, at any level, from across the university.
Additional units
Honours (Year 4)
- Global Food Supply
(choose 3)
- Insect Ecology and Behaviour
- Animal Science
- Agronomy
- Plant Pathology
- Horticultural Science
- Soil Science
Choose Research Stream or Professional Stream:
Research Stream
- Agricultural Science Honours Thesis A
- Agricultural Science Honours Thesis B
- Honours
Professional Stream
- Case Studies in Agriculture A
- Case Studies in Agriculture B
Exit Award
On completion of your major, core and elective units (300 credit points), you may request to exit the course and graduate with a three-year Bachelor of Agricultural Science.
