Agriculture and Environment
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Agriculture and Environment |
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Master of Agriculture and Environment |
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| Students must complete 72 credit points from Table A below, comprising: | |||
| (i) 24 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points of elective units of study, including at least 12 credit points of specialisation units of study | |||
| (iii) 24 credit points of capstone units of study | |||
| Students who have completed relevant prior learning at an equivalent level may be given up to 24 credit points advanced standing. | |||
Graduate Diploma of Agriculture and Environment |
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| Students must complete 48 credit points from Table A below, comprising: | |||
| (i) 24 credit points of core units of study | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points of elective units including at least 12 credit points of specialisation elective units. | |||
Graduate Certificate in Agriculture and Environment |
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| Students must complete 24 credit points including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of Agricultural and Environmental Technologies specialisation electives | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of units of study from Table B | |||
Specialisations |
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| The specialisations are: | |||
| (a) Agricultural and Environmental Economics | |||
| (b) Agricultural and Environmental Technologies | |||
Table A |
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Core |
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| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues |
Semester 2 |
| AGRI4001 Advanced Plant Production Systems |
6 | P 144 credit points of units including AGRI2001 and AGRI3888 Some activities will take place at the University's Camden campus and/or at other field sites around NSW. |
Semester 1 |
| SIEN5001 Foundation in Strategy, Innovation and Mgmt |
6 | N IBUS5002 or WORK6002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Specialisation electives |
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Agricultural and Environmental Economics |
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| AREC3002 Agricultural Markets |
6 | P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3004 Economics of Water and Bio-Resources This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| AREC3005 Agricultural Finance and Risk |
6 | P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AREC2002 or AGEC2101 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2040 |
Semester 1 |
| AREC3006 Agricultural Production Economics |
6 | P AREC2005 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2003 N AREC2001 or AREC3001 |
Semester 1 |
| AREC3007 Benefit-Cost Analysis |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2005 or AREC2003 N (AREC2004 or RSEC4131) |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics |
6 | P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
Agricultural and Environmental Technologies |
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| AFNR5210 Sustainable Horticultural Cropping |
6 | N HORT3005 |
Semester 1 |
| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management |
6 | A Basic GIS knowledge |
Semester 1 |
| AGRO4006 New and Emerging Tech in Animal Science |
6 | A Animal husbandry and data analysis P 48cp of 1000-3000 level units including at least 6cp of BIOL1XXX |
Semester 2 |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | Semester 1 |
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General Electives |
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| AREC3003 Econ of Minerals and Energy Industries |
6 | P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 1 |
| ECOS3002 Development Economics |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902 |
Semester 2 |
| ECOS3005 Industrial Organisation |
6 | P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 N ECOS2201 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ECOS3013 Environmental Economics |
6 | P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory |
6 | N ECON5040 |
Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
Semester 2a |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 2 |
| STAT5002 Introduction to Statistics |
6 | A HSC Mathematics |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 |
Note: Students in the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability, Graduate Diploma in Sustainability or Master of Sustainability must take this unit in their first semester of study. This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Capstone |
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| AFNR5901 Research Review |
6 | C AFNR5904 N AFNR5902 or AFNR5903 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR5904 Research Proposal and Approach |
6 | C AFNR5901 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR5905 Research Paper |
6 | P AFNR5901 and AFNR5904 C AFNR5906 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| AFNR5906 Research Communication |
6 | P AFNR5901 and AFNR5904 C AFNR5905 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Table B |
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| AFNR5210 Sustainable Horticultural Cropping |
6 | N HORT3005 |
Semester 1 |
| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management |
6 | A Basic GIS knowledge |
Semester 1 |
| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues |
6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues |
Semester 2 |
| AGRI4001 Advanced Plant Production Systems |
6 | P 144 credit points of units including AGRI2001 and AGRI3888 Some activities will take place at the University's Camden campus and/or at other field sites around NSW. |
Semester 1 |
| AGRO4006 New and Emerging Tech in Animal Science |
6 | A Animal husbandry and data analysis P 48cp of 1000-3000 level units including at least 6cp of BIOL1XXX |
Semester 2 |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling |
6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
Semester 2a |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis |
6 |
Minimum class size of 5 students. |
Semester 2 |
| STAT5002 Introduction to Statistics |
6 | A HSC Mathematics |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SUST5001 Introduction to Sustainability |
6 |
Note: Students in the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability, Graduate Diploma in Sustainability or Master of Sustainability must take this unit in their first semester of study. This unit of study involves essay-writing. Academic writing skills equivalent to HSC Advanced English or significant consultation via the Writing Hub is assumed. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |