Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | AGEN5001 Agricultural and Environmental Extension will not be on offer in 2018 | 31/1/2018 |
| 2. | AFNR5107 Principles of Biochemical Analysis will not be on offer in 2018 | 31/1/2018 |
| 3. | ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Methods: Prohibitions have changed. They now read: N: ENVX1001, MATH1005, MATH1905, MATH1015, MATH1115, DATA1001, BUSS1020, STAT1021 and EMCT1010 | 1/2/2018 |
| 4. | BIOM 4003 Matrix Algebra and Linear Models: Departmental Permission has been added. | 20/2/2018 |
| 5. | ANSC3101 Animal Nutrition 3: Prerquisites should read: AVBS2001 OR [VETS1032 or AGEN2001 or (MICR2X31 or MICR2024). Co-requisites for this unit have been removed. | 6/3/2018 |
Unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Year 1 |
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| Year 1 will have the following 48 credit point structure: | |||
| GEOS1001 Earth, Environment and Society |
6 | N GEOS1901 or GEOG1001 or GEOG1002 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOL1902 or ENSY1001 |
Semester 1 |
| or | |||
| 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| 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 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
| or | |||
| 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 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| or | |||
| BIOL1996 Life and Evolution (SSP) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1001 or BIOL1911 or BIOL1991 or BIOL1006 or BIOL1906 or BIOL1993 or BIOL1998 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A |
6 | A There is no assumed knowledge of chemistry for this unit of study but students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February). N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February, and online year-round, see http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/studying-chemistry/bridging-course.shtml). |
Semester 1 |
| or | |||
| CHEM1111 Chemistry 1A |
6 | A Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) and HSC Mathematics (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry and Mathematics Bridging Courses (offered in February) N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed secondary school chemistry are strongly advised to instead complete Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A in the first semester of the calendar year (unless you require 12 credit points of Chemistry and are commencing in semester 2). You should also take the Chemistry Bridging Course in advance (offered in February, and online year-round http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/studying-chemistry/bridging-course.shtml). |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| or | |||
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A 80 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| or | |||
| CHEM1991 Chemistry 1A (Special Studies Program) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ENVX1002 Introduction to Statistical Methods |
6 | N ENVX1001 Available as a degree core unit only in the Agriculture, Animal and Veterinary Bioscience, and Food and Agribusiness streams |
Semester 1 |
| ENVI1003 Global Challenges: Food, Water, Climate |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| AGEC1006 Economic Environment of Agriculture |
6 | A HSC Mathematics N AGEC1003 or AGEC1004 |
Semester 2 |
| 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 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| or | |||
| BIOL1907 From Molecules to Ecosystems (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1997 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| or | |||
| BIOL1997 From Molecules to Ecosystems (SSP) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1907 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| CHEM1012 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1B |
6 | P CHEM1XX1 N CHEM1002 or CHEM1102 or CHEM1902 or CHEM1904 or CHEM1108 or CHEM1112 or CHEM1912 or CHEM1992 |
Semester 2 |
| or | |||
| CHEM1112 Chemistry 1B |
6 | P CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or (75 or above in CHEM1011 or CHEM1001) N CHEM1002 or CHEM1102 or CHEM1902 or CHEM1904 or CHEM1108 or CHEM1012 or CHEM1912 or CHEM1992 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| or | |||
| CHEM1912 Chemistry 1B (Advanced) |
6 | P CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or (75 or above in CHEM1111 or CHEM1101) or (90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent) N CHEM1002 or CHEM1102 or CHEM1902 or CHEM1904 or CHEM1108 or CHEM1012 or CHEM1112 or CHEM1992 Students who commence in semester 2 are strongly advised that you would be better served by taking the mainstream level units in sequence, Chemistry 1A before Chemistry 1B, rather than the Advanced units in the opposite order. |
Semester 2 |
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| CHEM1992 Chemistry 1B (Special Studies Program) |
6 | P 75 or above in CHEM1991 or CHEM1903 or (90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent) N CHEM1002 or CHEM1102 or CHEM1902 or CHEM1904 or CHEM1108 or CHEM1012 or CHEM1112 or CHEM1912 Entry is by invitation. This unit of study is deemed to be an Advanced unit of study. Students who commence in semester 2 are strongly advised that you would be better served by taking the mainstream level units in sequence, Chemistry 1A before Chemistry 1B, rather than the Special Studies Program units in the opposite order. |
Semester 2 |
Year 2 |
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| Year 2 will have the following 48 credit point structure: | |||
| ENVX2001 Applied Statistical Methods |
6 | P [6cp from (ENVX1001 or ENVX1002 or BIOM1003 or MATH1011 or MATH1015 or DATA1001)] 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, and Food and Agribusiness streams |
Semester 1 |
| MICR2031 Microbiology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1 N MICR2021 or MICR2921 or MICR2024 or MICR2931 |
Semester 1 |
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| MICR2931 Microbiology (Advanced) |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1 P A mark of 70 or above in 6cp from (BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX) N MICR2021 or MICR2921 or MICR2024 or MICR2031 |
Semester 1 |
| AGEN2001 Plant Function |
6 | P 6cp from (BIOL1XXX or AGEN1004) and 12cp from (CHEM1XX1 or CHEM1XX2 or AGEN1006) N PHSI2005 or PHSI2006 or PHSI2905 or PHSI2906 |
Semester 1 |
| SOIL2005 Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems |
6 | N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002 |
Semester 1 |
| AGEN2006 Animal Production and Management |
6 | A HSC level Mathematics and Biology P 12cp from (BIOL1XXX, AGEN1004) and 12cp from (CHEM1XX1, CHEM1XX2, AGEN1006) N AVBS1002 |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL2031 Plants and Environment |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6. N AGEN2005 or BIOL3043 or BIOL3943 or BIOL2931 |
Semester 2 |
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| BIOL2931 Plants and Environment (Advanced) |
6 | A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6. P Annual average mark of at least 70 in previous year N AGEN2005 or BIOL3043 or BIOL3943 or BIOL2031 |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL2033 Entomology |
6 | N ENTO2001 |
Semester 2 |
| GEGE2001 Genetics and Genomics |
6 | A Mendellian genetics, mechanisms of evolution, molecular and chromosomal bases of inheritance, and gene regulation and expression. N GENE2002 or MBLG2972 or GEGE2901 or MBLG2072 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| GEGE2901 Genetics and Genomics (Advanced) |
6 | A Mendellian 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 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| GEGE2X01 is intended to be taken in semester 2 | |||
Year 3* |
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| Year 3 will have the following structure: a core (24 credit points) of | |||
| AGCH3025 Chemistry and Biochemistry of Foods |
6 | A 6cp from (BCHM2XXX or BCMB2XXX or CHEM2XXX or AVBS2005) N AFNR5102 or AGCH3017 or AGCH3024 |
Semester 1 |
| PPAT3003 Plant Health and Disease |
6 | P 6 credit points of Microbiology units |
Semester 1 |
| AGRO3004 Managing Agro-Ecosystems |
6 | P (BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or PLNT2003 or AGEN2001) and (SOIL2003 or SOIL2005) |
Semester 2 |
| SOIL2004 The Soil Resource |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| And 24 credit points from Table D. | |||
Table D - Year 3 Electives |
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| AFNR3001 Agro-ecosystems in Developing Countries |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ANSC3102 Animal Reproduction |
6 | A ANSC3104 |
Semester 1 |
| ANSC3103 Animal Structure and Function A |
6 | A AVBS1002 P 12cp from (BIOL1XXX, VETS1032, AGEN2001) |
Semester 1 |
| AREC2001 Econ of Biological Production Systems |
6 | P ECON1001 or AGEC1006 or AGEC1102 |
Semester 1 |
| AREC2003 Concepts in Enviro and Resource Economics |
6 | P ECON1001 or ECON1040 or AREC1006 or AGEC1102 |
Semester 1 |
| BIOL3018 Gene Technology and Genomics |
6 | P (MBLG2X72 or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002) and 6cp from (MBLG2X71 or BCMB2XXX or QBIO2001 or IMMU2XXX or BIOL2XXX) N BIOL3918 |
Semester 1 |
| Special Permission required for enrolment | |||
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| BIOL3918 Gene Technology and Genomics (Adv) |
6 | P An average mark of 75 or above in [(MBLG2X72 or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002) and (MBLG2X71 or BCMB2XXX or QBIO2001 or IMMU2XXX or BIOL2XXX)] N BIOL3018 |
Semester 1 |
| Special Permission required for enrolment | |||
| ECMT2150 Intermediate Econometrics |
6 | P (ECMT1010 or BUSS1020 or MATH1905 or MATH1005 or MATH1015) and ECMT1020 N ECMT2110 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| ENVX3002 Statistics in the Natural Sciences |
6 | P ENVX2001 or BIOM2001 or STAT2X12 or BIOL2X22 or DATA2002 or QBIO2001 Interdisciplinary Unit |
Semester 1 |
| HORT3005 Production Horticulture |
6 | P (AGEN2001 and AGEN2005) or BIOL2X30 or BIOL2X31 or BIOL2X23 or AGEN2002 or AGRI2001 |
Semester 1 |
| 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. N AGCH3033 |
Semester 1 |
| ANSC3101 Animal Nutrition 3 |
6 | A Fundamentals of Biochemistry P AVBS2001 and [VETS1032 or AGEN2001 or (MICR2X31 or MICR2024)] C AVBS2001 and MICR2X31 |
Semester 2 |
| ANSC3104 Animal Structure and Function B |
6 | P ANSC3103 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC2002 Commodity Market and Price Analysis |
6 | P ECON1001 or AGEC1006 or AGEC1102 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC2004 Benefit-Cost Analysis |
6 | P ECON1001 or AGEC1006 or AGEC1102 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3001 Production Modelling and Management |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| ENVX3001 Environmental GIS |
6 | P 6cp from (ENVI1003, AGEN1002) or 6cp from GEOS1XXX or 6cp from BIOL1XXX |
Semester 2 |
Year 4^ |
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| Year 4 students will complete: | |||
| AFNR4101 Research Project A |
12 | P 144 credit points of level 1000-3000 units of study |
Semester 1 |
| AFNR4001 Professional Development |
6 | N AGRF4000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AFNR4102 Research Project B |
12 | P AFNR4101 |
Semester 2 |
| Year 4 students will complete one specialisation comprising two 6cp units of study (from Table E) and up to one elective unit from Table D, E or F. | |||
| ^ A student may apply to the degree coordinator for permission to enrol in up to one (6 cp) elective University of Sydney unit of study in year 3 and up to one (6 cp) University of Sydney unit of study in year 4 which is not listed in Tables D or E. The application must (1) be made prior to enrolment in the unit (2) be submitted with a written academic justification for enrolment by the student and (3) be submitted with written approval of the relevant unit of study coordinator. | |||
Table E - Year 4 Specialisations |
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Agricultural Chemistry |
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| AFNR5107 Principles of Biochemical Analysis |
6 | N AGCH4007 |
Semester 1 |
| 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. N AGCH3033 |
Semester 1 |
Agricultural Economics |
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| AREC3001 Production Modelling and Management |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
| AREC3002 Agricultural Markets |
6 | P AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 |
Semester 2 |
Agricultural Genetics |
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| GENE4012 Plant Breeding |
6 | P (GENE2001 or GENE2002) and GENE4013 |
Semester 2 |
| GENE4015 Cytogenetics |
6 | P (BIOM2001 or ENVX2001) and (GENE2001 or GENE2002) |
Intensive July |
Agronomy |
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| AGRO4003 Crop and Pasture Agronomy |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AGRO4004 Sustainable Farming Systems |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Animal Production |
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| AGRO4005 Livestock Production Systems |
6 | A Junior plant and animal biology (or equivalent), junior chemistry biology, intermediate crop and animal production, nutrition and physiology (or equivalent). P 6cp from BIOL1XXX |
Semester 2 |
| AGRO4006 New and Emerging Tech in Animal Science |
6 | P 6cp from BIOL1XXX |
Semester 1 |
Entomology |
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| ENTO4004 Insect Taxonomy and Systematics |
6 | P ENTO2001 or BIOL2021 or BIOL2921 |
Semester 1 |
| ENTO4003 Integrated Pest Management |
6 | P ENTO2001 or BIOL2021 or BIOL2921 |
Semester 2 |
Environmetrics |
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| Select two of the following units: | |||
| BIOM4003 Matrix Algebra and Linear Models |
6 | P ENVX3002 |
Semester 1 |
| BIOM4004 Advanced Statistical Methods This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P BIOM4003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| BIOM4005 Biometrical Methods This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
6 | P ENVX3002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| ENVX4001 GIS, Remote Sensing and Land Management |
6 | P ENVX3001 or GEOS2111 or GEOS2911 |
Semester 2 |
Food Science |
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| AGEN3004 Food Processing and Value Adding |
6 | P 6cp from (CHEM1XXX or AGEN1004 or AGEN1006) and 6cp from (BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX) |
Semester 1 |
| HORT4005 Research and Practice in Horticulture |
6 | P HORT3005 |
Semester 2 |
Forest Science |
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| ENSY3002 Fire in Australian Ecosystems |
6 | P AGEN2005 or BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 |
Semester 1 |
| ENSY3003 Forest Ecosystem Science |
6 | P AGEN2001 or BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or GEOS2121 Students require a basic understanding of plant biology. Understanding principles of plant taxonomy and ecology will also be an advantage. |
Semester 2 |
Horticulture |
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| HORT3005 Production Horticulture |
6 | P (AGEN2001 and AGEN2005) or BIOL2X30 or BIOL2X31 or BIOL2X23 or AGEN2002 or AGRI2001 |
Semester 1 |
| HORT4005 Research and Practice in Horticulture |
6 | P HORT3005 |
Semester 2 |
Hydrology |
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| LWSC3007 Advanced Hydrology and Modelling |
6 | P LWSC2002 |
Semester 1 |
| ENVX3001 Environmental GIS |
6 | P 6cp from (ENVI1003, AGEN1002) or 6cp from GEOS1XXX or 6cp from BIOL1XXX |
Semester 2 |
Soil Science |
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| SOIL3009 Contemporary Field and Lab Soil Science |
6 | P SOIL2003 |
Semester 1 |
| SOIL3010 The Soil at Work |
6 | P SOIL2003 or SOIL2004 |
Semester 2 |
Table F - Other Year 4 electives |
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| AVBS4009 Aquaculture |
6 | P Animal and Veterinary Bioscience years 1-3 OR Bachelor of Science in Agriculture years 1-3 |
Semester 1 |
| AVBS4012 Extensive Animal Industries |
6 | P Animal and Veterinary Bioscience years 1-3 OR Bachelor of Science in Agriculture years 1-3 |
Semester 1 |
| VIRO3001 Virology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7 or MBLGXXXX) and 6cp from (BCHM2XXX or BCMB2X01 or BIOL2XXX or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002 or IMMU2101 or MICR2XXX or PCOL2X0X or PHSI2X0X)] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2404] N VIRO3901 Students are strongly advised to complete VIRO3001 or VIRO3901 before enrolling in VIRO3002 or VIRO3902. BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| AGEN3008 Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must attend pre-trip briefing session (one day in S1 exam period), field trip (approximately two weeks in mid-year break) and post-trip workshop (one day in S2). |
Semester 2 |
| AGEN5001 Agricultural and Environmental Extension |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| ANSC3107 Animal Genetics 3 |
6 | P GENE2001 or GENE2002 or GEGE2X01 or MBLG2X72 |
Semester 2 |
| 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. |
Semester 2 |
| AVBS4008 Intensive Animal Industries |
6 | P (Animal and Veterinary Bioscience years 1-3) OR (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture years 1-3) |
Semester 2 |