Food and Agribusiness
Unit outlines will be available through 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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FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS |
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Food and Agribusiness stream |
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| The Food and Agribusiness stream is 156 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 96 credit point program in Food and Agribusiness | |||
| (iv) A major from Table S in one of the following: Economics, Economic Policy, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Financial Economics, Econometrics, Accounting, Banking, Business Analytics, Business Information Systems, Business Law, Finance, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, International Business, Management or Marketing | |||
Food and Agribusiness program |
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| This program is only available to students enrolled in Food and Agribusiness stream. | |||
| The program in Food and Agribusiness requires 96 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level program core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level program core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 4000-level internship units | |||
| (iv) 30 credit points of 4000-level units according to the following rules: | |||
| (a) For students undertaking advanced coursework in Food and Agribusiness: 12 credit points of 4000-level program project units and 18 credit points of 4000-level selective advanced coursework or project units | |||
| (b) For students undertaking Honours in Food and Agribusiness: 24 credit points of 4000-level Honours research project units and 6 credit points of 4000-level core Honours coursework | |||
| (v) A 48 credit point major in Food Science | |||
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 |
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)] |
Semester 1 |
Program core |
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| ITLS2000 Managing Food and Beverage Supply Chains |
6 | N AGEN2003 or AGEN1005 Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units |
Semester 2 |
4000-level units of study |
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Internship units |
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| FOOD4001 Industry Internship |
6 | P 12cp from (FOOD3000 or FOOD3001 or FOOD3002 or FOOD3888) This is a compulsory unit for all students undertaking the Food and Agribusiness stream and is for those students only. Students must enrol in the unit prior to Semester 1 to undertake an internship in the subsequent Intensive July session. |
Intensive July |
Program project |
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| LIFE4888 Applied Life Sciences Project |
12 | A Depth of knowledge in at least one Table A Science major P 144 cp of units of study of which a minimum needs to be 24 cp of 3000-level or 4000-level units of study This Unit of Study is best suited for students in Life and Environmental Sciences. Field work may form part of the project. |
Semester 2 |
Selective advanced coursework and project |
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| FOOD4002 Future Foods |
6 | P 144 credit point of units of study including 12cp of FOOD3XXX |
Semester 1 |
| LIFE4000 Data and Technology for the Life Sciences |
6 | A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level. P 144 credit points of units of study including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A or 1 |
Intensive March |
| SCIE4001 Science Communication |
6 | A Completion of a major in a science discipline. Basic knowledge of other sciences is beneficial. Experience in communication such as delivering oral presentations and producing written reports. An awareness of science in a societal context, e.g., of disciplinary applications. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. Mid-year honours students would take this unit of study in S1 (their second semester of study). |
Semester 1 |
| SCIE4002 Experimental Design and Data Analysis |
6 | A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. N ENVX3002 or STAT3X22 or STAT4022 or STAT3X12 |
Intensive March |
| SCIE4003 Ethics in Science |
6 | A Successful completion of a Science major. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A N HSBH3004 or HPSC3107 |
Intensive August Intensive March |
| SCPU4001 Industry and Community Science Project A |
6 | A Depth of knowledge in at least one Science discipline (completion of a major) . P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. C SCPU4002 |
Intensive February Intensive July |
| SCPU4002 Industry and Community Science Project B |
6 | A Depth of knowledge in at least one Science discipline (completion of a major) . P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. C SCPU4001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours research project |
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| AFNR4101 Research Project A |
12 | P 144 credit points of 1000-3000 level units of study |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR4102 Research Project B |
12 | P AFNR4101 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Core Honours coursework |
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| FOOD4002 Future Foods |
6 | P 144 credit point of units of study including 12cp of FOOD3XXX |
Semester 1 |