Agriculture
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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AGRICULTURE |
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| Advanced coursework and projects will be available in 2021 for students who complete this stream. | |||
Agriculture stream |
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| The Agriculture stream is 120 credit points, consisting of: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level stream core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level stream core units | |||
| (iii) A 108 credit point program in Agriculture | |||
Agriculture program |
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| This program is only available to students enrolled in Agriculture stream. | |||
| A program in Agriculture requires 108 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level program core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level program core units, according to the following: | |||
| a) AGRI- and SOIL- coded units for students in the Animal Production major | |||
| b) GEGE- and SOIL- coded units for students in the Plant Production major | |||
| c) AGRI- and GEGE- coded units for students in the Soil Science and Hydrology major | |||
| (iii) 36 credit points of 4000-level program core units | |||
| (iv) A 48 credit point major in Animal Production, Plant Production or Soil Science and Hydrology | |||
Units of study |
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| The units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Stream core |
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| ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Methods |
6 | N ENVX1001 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 or ECMT1010 Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, and Food and Agribusiness, and Taronga Wildlife Conservation streams |
Semester 1 |
Program core |
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| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
Semester 2 |
| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
Semester 1 |
| GEOS1901 Earth, Environment and Society Advanced |
6 | A (ATAR 90 or above) or equivalent N GEOS1001 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
2000-level units of study |
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Stream core |
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| ENVX2001 Applied Statistical Methods |
6 | P [6cp from (ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BIOM1003 or MATH1011 or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901)] OR [3cp from (MATH1XX1 or MATH1906 or MATH1XX3 or MATH1907) and an additional 3cp from (MATH1XX5)] Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, Food and Agribusiness and Taronga Wildlife Conservation streams |
Semester 1 |
Program core |
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| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
Semester 1 |
| AGRI2001 Plant Management in Agroecosystems |
6 | A Understanding of experimental design and analysis including dependent and independent variables, random and representative sampling, t-tests a simple designs and interpretation of univariate analysis. N AGRO3004 |
Semester 1 |
| GEGE2001 Genetics and Genomics |
6 | A Mendelian genetics; mechanisms of evolution; molecular and chromosomal bases of inheritance; and gene regulation and expression. N GENE2002 or MBLG2972 or GEGE2901 or MBLG2072 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GEGE2901 Genetics and Genomics (Advanced) |
6 | A Mendelian genetics, mechanisms of evolution, molecular and chromosomal bases of inheritance, and gene regulation and expression. P Annual average mark of at least 70 N GENE2002 or MBLG2072 or GEGE2001 or MBLG2972 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
4000-level units of study |
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Program core |
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| AFNR4001 Professional Development |
6 | N AGRF4000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR4101 Research Project A |
12 | P 144 credit points of level 1000-3000 units of study |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR4102 Research Project B |
12 | P AFNR4101 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR4XXX to be developed for offering in 2021 | |||