Agroecosystems
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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AGROECOSYSTEMS |
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Agroecosystems program |
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| A program in Agroecosystems requires 60 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 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 | |||
| (ii) 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. | |||
2000-level units of study |
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Program Core |
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| 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 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 2 |
| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
Semester 1 |