Bachelor of Agricultural Science
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Mathematics prerequisites and Mathematics Learning Support
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Unit of study table
Award requirements |
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Bachelor of Agricultural Science |
| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Agricultural Science, a candidate must complete 144 credit points, including: |
| (i) 90 credit points of Degree Core units |
| (ii) a major (48 credit points) from the prescribed list of cognate majors |
| (ii) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units |
| (iv) any additional selective units of study from the below Table required to make up the 144 credit point total |
Majors |
Majors available in this course are:
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Degree core |
| The required degree core for this course is: |
| (i) 36 cp of 1000-level units of study |
| (ii) 36 cp of 2000-level units of study |
| (iii) 18 cp of 3000-level 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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A 80 or above in secondary school final year Chemistry or equivalence N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 |
| SCIE1001 Sydney Science 2050: Towards the Future |
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2000-level 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 N GENE2002 or MBLG2072 or GEGE2001 or MBLG2972 P Annual average mark of at least 70 |
| 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 AVBS100X 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 N BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or AGEN2001 or PLNT2001 or PLNT2901 or PLNT2002 or PLNT2902 or PLNT2003 or PLNT2903 or AGEN2005 or BIOL2030 P Annual average mark of at least 70 in previous year |
| 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 | N AGEN2002 P BIOL1XXX or AGEN1004 or MBLG1XX1 |
| MICR2031 Microbiology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1 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 |
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 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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| AFNR3001 Food Systems in Developing Countries |
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| AGEN3008 Indigenous Land and Food Knowledge |
6 | P 72 credit points in 1000-3000 level units |
| 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 N AGRO4006 or ANSC3105 P 12 credit points from (AVBS2XXX or ANSC3101 or BIOL2XXX or FOOD2000 or GEGE2X01 or GENE2001 or GENE2002 or ITLS2000) |
| 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 GEOS2X21 or BIOL2X09 |
| BIOL3033 Insect and Human Interactions |
6 | P 6 credit points of BIOL2XXX or ENTO2001 or MEDS200X or ANAT2XXX or PHSI2XXX or BMED240X or MIMI2X02 or IMMU2101 N ENTO4003 |
| ENVX3001 Environmental GIS |
6 | N GEOS3X14 P ENVI1003 or AGEN1002 or GEOS1XXX or BIOL1XXX or GEOS2X11 |
| ENVX3002 Statistics in the Natural Sciences |
6 | P ENVX2001 or STAT2X12 or BIOL2X22 or DATA2X02 or QBIO2001 |
| ENVX3003 Hydrological Monitoring and Modelling |
6 | A SOIL2005 or GEOS2116 or ENVI1003 or GEOS1001 or ENSC2001 N LWSC3007 P Completion of 72 credit points of units of study |
| FOOD3000 Food Quality and Safety |
6 | A Equivalent to 1st-year Biology plus 2nd-year chemistry/biochemistry: -biology, chemistry, biochemistry -Carbohydrates, proteins (including enzymes), lipids -Principles of cellular metabolism -6 credit points of BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX or FOOD2000 P Completion of 72 credit points of units of study |
