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Food and Agribusiness

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Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS

Advanced coursework and projects will be available in 2021 for students who complete this stream.

Food and Agribusiness stream

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

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) 24 credit points of 4000-level core units
(iv) 6 credit points of 4000-level internship units
(v) 6 credit points of 4000-level advanced coursework units
(vi) A 48 credit point major in Food Science

Units of study

The units of study are listed below.

1000-level units of study

Stream core
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
ENVI1003
Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate
6    N AGEN1002
Semester 2

2000-level units of study

Stream core
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)]


Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, Food and Agribusiness and Taronga Wildlife Conservation streams
Semester 1
Program core
ITLS2000
Managing Food and Beverage Supply Chains
6    N AGEN2003 or AGEN1005
Semester 2

4000-level units of study

Core
AFNR4101
Research Project A
12    P 144 credit points of level 1000-3000 units of study
Semester 1
Semester 2
AFNR4102
Research Project B
12    P AFNR4101
Semester 1
Semester 2
Internship units
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
Advanced coursework
FOOD4XX2 to be developed for offering in 2021.