Agriculture and Environment
Unit of study table
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 |
| (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 |
| 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 of study |
Graduate Certificate in Agriculture and Environment |
| Students must complete 24 credit points including: |
| (i) 12 credit points of core units of study |
| (ii) 12 credit points of elective units of study |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Core | ||
| AFNR5511 Soil Processes, Assessment and Management | 6 | |
| AFNR5801 Climate Change: Process, History, Issues | 6 | A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues |
| AGRI5001 Sustainable Food Systems | 6 | N AGRI4001 |
| SIEN5001 Foundation in Strategy, Innovation and Mgmt | 6 | N IBUS5002 or WORK6002 |
Electives | ||
| AFNR5210 Sustainable Horticultural Cropping | 6 | N HORT3005 |
| AFNR5502 Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management | 6 | A Basic GIS knowledge |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry | 6 | |
| SUST5002 Food and Water Security | 6 | |
| GEOG5004 Environmental Mapping and Monitoring | 6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| ECON5001 Microeconomic Theory | 6 | N ECON5040 |
| ENVI5809 Environmental Simulation Modelling | 6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
| ENVI5708 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry | 6 | |
| GOVT6135 Global Environmental Politics | 6 | |
| PHYS5031 Ecological Econ and Sustainable Analysis | 6 | |
| PHYS5033 Environmental Footprints and IO Analysis | 6 | Minimum class size of 5 students. |
| PHYS5034 Life Cycle Analysis | 6 | Minimum class size of 5 students. |
| STAT5002 Introduction to Statistics | 6 | A HSC Mathematics |
| 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. |
| ENVI5903 Sustainable Development | 6 | |
| INFC7000 Inventing the Future | 6 | A Students are expected to be experienced in their own discipline at a postgraduate level |
| GEOG5001 Geographic Information Science A | 6 | A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level mathematics and understanding of basic statistics |
Capstone | ||
| AFNR5901 Research Review | 6 | C AFNR5904 N AFNR5902 or AFNR5903 |
| AFNR5904 Research Proposal and Approach | 6 | C AFNR5901 |
| AFNR5905 Research Paper | 6 | P AFNR5901 and AFNR5904 C AFNR5906 |
| AFNR5906 Research Communication | 6 | P AFNR5901 and AFNR5904 C AFNR5905 |