Food and Agribusiness
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| 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 and Leadership 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 |
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 Completion of a 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 N AFNR410X or AGRI410X or AVBS4015 or AVBS4016 or AVBS4017 or AVBS4018 or ENVX410X or FOOD410X or QBIO410X or SOIL410X or WILD410X 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 |
Semester 1a |
| 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 |
Semester 1a |
| 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 |
Semester 1a Semester 2a |
| 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 |