Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
General information relating to unit of study offerings
The unit of study information listed is for 2011 and was correct at the time of printing of this handbook.
Students should refer to the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources website (sydney.edu.au/agriculture) or the University of Sydney's unit of study handbook (https://ssa.usyd.edu.au/ssa/handbook/uossearch.jsp) for the latest information regarding unit of study descriptions, assessment or other requirements.
Most units of study will be offered in standard semesters (either Semester 1 or Semester 2). Some units are also offered in intensive mode. The intensive sessions are explained in the following table.
Key to intensive unit of study offering sessions
|
Session code |
Description of how the unit will be offered |
|---|---|
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1a (7) |
the unit of study will run intensively in the first half of Semester 1 |
|
1b (8) |
the unit of study will run intensively in the second half of Semester 1 |
|
2a (9) |
the unit of study will run intensively in the first half of Semester 2 |
|
2b (10) |
the unit of study will run intensively in the second half of Semester 2 |
| S1 Intensive (6) | the unit of study will run intensively in Semester 1 (non-standard start/end dates) |
|
S1 Late Intensive: S1 Late Int (61), S1 Late IntA (63), S1 Late IntB (64) and S1 Late IntC (65) |
the unit of study will run intensively in Semester 1 (non-standard late start/end dates) |
| S2 Intensive (5) | the unit of study will run intensively in Semester 2 (non-standard dates) |
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S2 Intensive: S1 Late Int (51), S1 Late Ib (52), S1 Late IntA (53) and S1 Late IntB (54) |
the unit of study will run intensively in Semester 2 (non-standard late start/end dates) |
|
Summer School: Summer Early (42), Summer Main (43), and Summer Late (44) |
the unit of study will be offered intensively in the Summer School session |
|
Winter School: Winter Main (11) |
the unit of study will be offered intensively in the Winter School session |
Intensive sessions were introduced to cater for units of study that are delivered in non-standard ways. Sessions 6 and 5 have census dates that correspond to sessions 1 and 2 respectively. Sessions 61, 63, 64, 65, 51, 52, 53 and 54 are in the same half years as 6 and 5 but have census dates later in the year.
Table of undergraduate units of study: Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Please Note: Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources units of study are NOT available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws and the Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws combined degrees.
Students who wish to complete a major in Agricultural Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce (Liberal Studies) can find details of available units of study in the following table.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Agricultural Economics |
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Junior units of study |
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| AGEC1101 Agricultural and Resource Systems |
6 | A HSC Mathematics or HSC Mathematics Extension 1 N AGEC1001 |
Semester 2 |
| AGEC1102 Agricultural Economics 1 |
6 | A HSC Mathematics or HSC Mathematics Extension 1 N AGEC1002 |
Semester 1 |
Senior units of study |
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| AGEC2101 Market and Price Analysis |
6 | P AGEC1006 or (AGEC1003 and AGEC1004) or AGEC1002 or AGEC1102 or RSEC1031 or AGEC1031 N AGEC2001 |
Semester 2 |
| AGEC2103 Production Economics |
6 | P ECON1001 or AGEC1006 or ( AGEC1003 and AGEC1004) or RESEC1031 N AGEC2003 |
Semester 1 |
| AGEC3102 Agricultural and Resource Policy |
6 | P (AGEC2001 or AGEC2101) and (AGEC2003 or AGEC2103) N AGEC3002 |
Semester 1 |
| AGEC3103 Applied Optimisation |
6 | P (AGEC2001 or AGEC2101) and (AGEC2003 or AGEC2103) N AGEC3101 |
Semester 1 |
| AGEC4101 Agricultural Marketing Analysis |
6 | P (AGEC2001 or AGEC2101) and (AGEC2003 or AGEC2103) N AGEC4004 |
Semester 2 |
| AGEC4102 Agricultural Development Economics |
6 | P AGEC2001 or AGEC2101 and AGEC2003 or AGEC2103 |
Semester 2 |
| AGEC4104 Industrial Organization of Agribusiness |
6 | P (AGEC2001 or AGEC2101) and (AGEC2003 or AGEC2103) |
Semester 1 |
| AGEC4107 Special Topics |
6 | N AGEC4007 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AGEC4108 Quantitative Planning Methods |
6 | P AGEC3101 or AGEC3103 or AGEC3031 or AGEC3001 N AGEC4008 |
Semester 2 |
| AGEC4109 Agricultural Finance and Risk |
6 | P {(AGEC3001 or AGEC3101) and (AGEC2003 or AGEC2103)} OR (AGEC1102 and AGEC3103) N AGEC4009 |
Semester 2 |
Resource Economics |
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Junior units of study |
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| RSEC1031 Resource Economics 1 |
6 | N AGEC1031 |
Semester 2 |
Senior units of study |
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| RSEC4131 Benefit-Cost Analysis |
6 | P (ECON2001 or ECOS2001) and (AGEC2103 or AGEC2003) N AGEC4037 |
Semester 1 |
| RSEC4132 Environmental Economics |
6 | A (ECON2001 or ECOS2001), (ECON2002 or ECOS2002), AGEC3001, AGEC2101, AGEC2105 P ECON2001 or ECOS2001 or AGEC2103 or AGEC2003 N ECON3013, AGEC4035 |
Semester 1 |
| RSEC4134 Economics of Water & Bio-resources |
6 | A (ECON2002 or ECOS2002), AGEC3001, AGEC2101, AGEC2105 P (ECON2001 or ECOS2001) and (AGEC2103 or AGEC2003) N ECON3013 |
Semester 2 |