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AGRI11007 Plant and Livestock Breeding Strategies
Plant and Livestock Breeding Strategies
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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will be provided with a framework for the development and application of agricultural breeding strategies, and application of modern genetic selection tools. You will be introduced to a broad overview of genetic selection tools, whilst learning how to select, monitor and evaluate a breeding program. Finally, you will consider the ethical and social implications of genetic modification and how this might influence management decisions.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

There are no requisites for this unit.

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Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Bundaberg
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Mixed Mode
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Attendance Requirements

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Review rubrics and marking guides to ensure evaluation feedback for "useful feedback" continues to improve.

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Residential schools were a good learning experience.

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Continue offering research and industry relevant residential schools

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Weekly live tutorials will continue to include guests from research and industry and provide real life examples.

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Improve organisation of learning material

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Learning material will be organised to enhance the current lecture material.

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Clarify marking criteria

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Students have weekly live workshops where discussion on assessment is encouraged. In addition, weekly posts on current timetable and upcoming assessment, is provided. Additional workshops on specific assessment will be considered based on student requirements.

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Improve video resources

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Resources are reviewed each year to provide additional topical material for students.

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Review amount of weekly content

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Content is reviewed each year. Weekly live tutorials aim to support lecture material and provide students opportunity for questions of content.

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Upgrade content to provide more real life examples

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Content is reviewed each year. Weekly live tutorials provide current content that often involve guests from research and industry so that real life examples are provided.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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