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Agriculture and Environment

Unit of study table

Master of Agriculture and Environment

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

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

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

The specialisations are:
(a) Agricultural and Environmental Economics
(b) Agricultural and Environmental Technologies

 

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

Table A

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
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.
SIEN5001
Foundation in Strategy, Innovation and Mgmt
6 N IBUS5002 or WORK6002

Specialisation electives

Agricultural and Environmental Economics
AREC3002
Agricultural Markets
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AGEC2103 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
AREC3004
Economics of Water and Bioresources
6 P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
AREC3005
Agricultural Finance and Risk
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2001 or AREC2002 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2040
AREC3006
Agricultural Production Economics
6 P AREC2005 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2003
N AREC2001 or AREC3001
AREC3007
Benefit-Cost Analysis
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or AREC2005 or AREC2003
N (AREC2004 or RSEC4131)
ECOS3013
Environmental Economics
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
Agricultural and Environmental Technologies
AFNR5210
Sustainable Horticultural Cropping
6 N HORT3005
AFNR5502
Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management
6 A Basic GIS knowledge
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
ENVI5708
Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
6  

General Electives

AREC3003
Econ of Minerals and Energy Industries
6 P AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
ECOS3002
Development Economics
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901 or ECOS2002 or ECOS2902
ECOS3005
Industrial Organisation
6 P ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
N ECOS2201
ECOS3013
Environmental Economics
6 P AREC2005 or AREC2003 or RSEC2031 or ECOS2001 or ECOS2901
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.

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

Table B

AFNR5210
Sustainable Horticultural Cropping
6 N HORT3005
AFNR5502
Remote Sensing, GIS and Land Management
6 A Basic GIS knowledge
AFNR5511
Soil Processes, Assessment and Management
6  
AFNR5801
Climate Change: Process, History, Issues
6 A A basic understanding of climate change processes and issues
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.
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
ENVI5708
Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
6  
ENVI5809
Environmental Simulation Modelling
6 A This unit assumes a sound understanding of scientific principles, HSC level Mathematics and understanding of basic statistics
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.