Bachelor of Agricultural Science Honours |
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| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Agricultural Science Honours, a candidate must complete 192 credit points, including: |
| (i) 90 credit points of Degree Core units |
| (ii) a major (48 credit points) from the prescribed list of cognate majors |
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level Selective units |
| (iv) 48 credit points of 4000-level Honours units |
| (v) One 0 credit point Placement Core unit, and at least one of three 0 credit point Placement Selective units |
| (vi) any additional Selective units of study from this table required to make up the 192 credit point total |
Majors |
Table A majors available in this course are:
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Honours |
| The required Honours units for this course are: |
| (i) 24 cp of Honours research project units of study |
| (ii) 18 cp of Honours core coursework units of study |
| (iii) 6 cp of Honours Selective coursework units of study |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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1000-level units of study |
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Degree Core |
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| AGRI1001 Economics and Business of Agriculture |
6 | |
| AVBS1002 Animal Management |
6 | A AGEN1004 or BIOL1XXX or AVBS1003 N AGEN2006 |
| BIOL1006 Life and Evolution |
6 | A HSC Biology. Students who have not completed HSC Biology (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Biology Bridging Course (offered in February) N BIOL1001 or BIOL1911 or BIOL1991 or BIOL1906 or BIOL1996 |
| BIOL1906 Life and Evolution (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1001 or BIOL1911 or BIOL1991 or BIOL1006 or BIOL1996 |
| BIOL1007 From Molecules to Ecosystems |
6 | A HSC Biology. Students who have not completed HSC Biology (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Biology Bridging Course (offered in February) N BIOL1907 or BIOL1997 |
| BIOL1907 From Molecules to Ecosystems (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1997 |
| BIOL1997 From Molecules to Ecosystems (SSP) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1907 |
| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | N AGEN1002 |
| ENVX1002 Statistics in Life and Environmental Sciences |
6 | N ENVX1001 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or MATH1115 or DATA1001 or DATA1901 or BUSS1020 or STAT1021 or ECMT1010 |
Selectives |
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| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
| 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 |
| CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A |
6 | N CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 |
| CHEM1111 Chemistry 1A |
6 | A Students are assumed to have prior experience through HSC (or equivalent) chemistry studies. For more information, see the Stage 6 HSC Chemistry Curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-science/chemistry-2017) N CHEM1011 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 |
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A A Students are assumed to have prior experience through HSC (or equivalent) chemistry studies. For more information, see the Stage 6 HSC Chemistry Curriculum (https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-science/chemistry-2017) N CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 |
| SCIE1001 Sydney Science 2050: Towards the Future |
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2000-level units of study |
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Degree Core |
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| AGRI2001 Plant Management in Agroecosystems |
6 | N AGRO3004 |
| AGRI2002 Agricultural and Environmental Markets |
6 | P AGRI1001 or ECON1001 |
| BIOL2031 Plants and Environment |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6 N AGEN2005 or BIOL3043 or BIOL3943 or BIOL2931 |
| ENVX2001 Applied Statistical Methods |
6 | P [6 credit points from (ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BIOM1003 or MATH1011 or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901)] or [3 credit points from (MATH1XX1 or MATH1906 or MATH1XX3 or MATH1907) and an additional 3 credit points from (MATH1XX5)] |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
Selectives |
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| AVBS2004 Animal Nutrition |
6 | P (BIOL1XX7 or MBLG1XXX) and 6 credit points from AVBS1002 N ANSC3101 |
| AVBS2006 Animal Farming Systems |
6 | A Basic handling skills for production animals P BIOL1XX7 and AVBS100X |
| BIOL2030 Botany |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6 N BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or PLNT2001 or PLNT2901 or PLNT2002 or PLNT2902 or PLNT2003 or PLNT2903 or BIOL2930 |
| BIOL2930 Botany (Advanced) |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6 P Annual average mark of at least 70 in previous year N BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or AGEN2001 or PLNT2001 or PLNT2901 or PLNT2002 or PLNT2902 or PLNT2003 or PLNT2903 or AGEN2005 or BIOL2030 |
| BIOL2033 Biology of Insects |
6 | N ENTO2001 |
| ENSC2001 Environmental Monitoring |
6 | A Understanding of scientific principles and concepts including biodiversity, human impacts on the environment, properties of substances (e.g., acidity, alkalinity, solvents) and basic knowledge of statistics |
| FOOD2000 Principles of Food Science |
6 | P BIOL1XXX or AGEN1004 or MBLG1XX1 N AGEN2002 |
| MICR2031 Microbiology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1 P 6 credit points from (BIOL1XX7 or BIOL1XX8 or MEDS1X01 or MBLG1XX1) N MICR2021 or MICR2921 or MICR2024 or MICR2931 |
| MICR2931 Microbiology (Advanced) |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1 P A mark of 65 or above in (BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX) N MICR2021 or MICR2921 or MICR2024 or MICR2031 |
Placement Core |
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| AFNR2001 Farm Placement |
0 | P AVBS1002 |
Placement Selective |
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| AFNR2002 Industry Placement |
0 | P AVBS1002 |
| AFNR2003 Research Placement |
0 | P AVBS1002 |
| AFNR2004 Elective Placement |
0 | P AVBS1002 |
3000-level units of study |
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Degree Core |
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| AGRI3888 Digital Crop and Pasture Production |
6 | P 12 credit points from (AGRO3004 or AGRI2001 or BIOL2X31 or AGEN2005) N AGRO4003 |
| BIOL3019 Plant Protection |
6 | P 6 credit points of MICR2X31 or BIOL2X23 or BIOL2X30 or BIOL2X31 or AGEN2001 or AGEN2005 N PPAT3003 |
| HORT3005 Production Horticulture |
6 | P 72 credit points of 1000-3000 level units |
Selectives |
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| AGEN3008 Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge |
6 | P 72 credit points in 1000-3000 level units |
| ANSC3100 Aquaculture and Poultry Production |
6 | P 6 credit points from (AVBS1002 or BIOL1XXX) and 6 credit points from (AVBS2XXX or BIOL2XXX) N AVBS3008 or AVBS4008 or AVBS3009 or AVBS4009 |
| ANSC3102 Animal Reproduction |
6 | A A background in animal anatomy and physiology P AVBS1002 and AVBS2XXX |
| AVBS3011 Animal Technologies |
6 | A Familiarity with data analysis and basic production animal handling P 12 credit points from (AVBS2XXX or ANSC3101 or BIOL2XXX or FOOD2000 or GEGE2X01 or GENE2001 or GENE2002 or ITLS2000) N AGRO4006 or ANSC3105 |
| BIOL3004 Plant Ecosystem Management |
6 | A Students should have a basic understanding of plant biology, plant ecology and/or plant physiology. Some background knowledge in mathematics and chemistry would be beneficial P 6 credit points of BIOL2X23 or BIOL2X30 or BIOL2031 or GEOS2X21 or BIOL2X09 |
| BIOL3033 Insect and Human Interactions |
6 | A An understanding of the main distinguishing features of the major insect orders, and a general understanding of basic insect anatomy P 12 credit points of 2000 level units N ENTO4003 |
| ENVX3001 Environmental GIS |
6 | P ENVI1003 or AGEN1002 or GEOS1XXX or BIOL1XXX or GEOS2X11 N GEOS3X14 |
| ENVX3002 Statistics in the Natural Sciences |
6 | P [6 credit points from (ENVX1002 or BIOM1003 or MATH1011 or MATH1015 or DATA1001 or DATA1901)] or [3 credit points from (MATH1XX1 or MATH1906 or MATH1XX3 or MATH1907) and an additional 3 credit points from (MATH1XX5)] |
| ENVX3003 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling |
6 | A SOIL2005 or GEOS2116 or ENVI1003 or GEOS1001 or ENSC2001 P Completion of 72 credit points of units of study N LWSC3007 |
| FOOD3000 Food Quality and Safety |
6 | A Concepts taught in FOOD2000 P (BIOL1XXX and CHEM1XXX) or FOOD2000 |
4000-level units of study |
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Honours Research Project |
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| AFAB4103 Agriculture and Food Honours Project A |
6 | C AFAB4104 N AFNR4101 or FOOD4103 or AGRI4103 or SOIL4103 |
| AFAB4104 Agriculture and Food Honours Project B |
6 | C AFAB4103 N AFNR4101 or FOOD4104 or AGRI4104 or SOIL4104 |
| AFAB4105 Agriculture and Food Honours Project C |
6 | C AFAB4106 N AFNR4102 or FOOD4105 or AGRI4105 or SOIL4105 |
| AFAB4106 Agriculture and Food Honours Project D |
6 | C AFAB4105 and SCIE4999 N AFNR4102 or FOOD4106 or AGRI4106 or SOIL4106 |
| SCIE4999 Final Honours Mark |
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Honours Core Coursework |
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| AGRI4002 Resilient Agricultural Systems |
6 | P Completion of 144 credit points in either the BAgSc or BAgSc(Hons) degrees |
| AGRI4003 Emerging Agricultural Systems |
6 | P AGRI4001 or AGRI4002 |
| AFNR4001 Professional Development |
6 | N AGRF4000 |
Honours Selective Coursework |
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| AGRI4001 Advanced Plant Production Systems |
6 | P 144 credit points of units including AGRI2001 and AGRI3888 |
| AVBS4002 Dairy Production and Technology |
6 | A Enrolled students are expected to have some understanding of key components of the dairy production system, including basic knowledge of animal physiology and nutrition P 48 credit points of 2000-level or 3000-level units |
| ENVX4001 GIS, Remote Sensing and Land Management |
6 | A Basic GIS knowledge. Completion of at least a major or minor P 144 credit points of 1000-3000 level units |
| FOOD4002 Future Foods |
6 | P 144 credit points of units of study including 12 credit points of FOOD3XXX |
| SOIL4000 Soil and Water in the Changing Environment |
6 | A Understanding of Soil Science concepts P 144 credit points of units including SOIL2005 |
| ANSC4100 Applied Livestock Systems |
6 | P Animal and Veterinary Bioscience years 1-3 or Bachelor of Science in Agriculture years 1-3 or {144 credit points of units of study including a minimum of 12 credit points from [ANSC3106 and (ANSC3888 or AVBS3888 or SCPU3001)]} N AVBS4012 or AVBS3010 A 3000-level knowledge in animal production management and behaviour and welfare of production animals |
