The course is designed to enable you to build agricultural knowledge by creating pathways between theory and practice. This course has a skills focus that aims to provide you with industry relevant training. This first year will provide the foundation framework that you will use to develop increasingly complex learnings developed in the context of industry relevant problems. The second year builds your core skills in developing your systemic thinking. You will learn about emerging agricultural innovation and start to develop your critical thinking and applied business skills through an industry placement. You will select two out of three specialisations, livestock, cropping or business, during the course. In third year you will acquire information about agricultural practices and technology and develop advanced level technical and people-management skills. You will complete the course by producing a real world consulting project that will address a client driven whole-of-system problem. This course aims to prepare you for the rigours of the real world and ensure you are skilled to make a difference in the context of the emerging opportunities that a highly technical agricultural industry provides.
This course offers career opportunities for students wanting to be leaders in Agricultural production or Agricultural businesses. Industry placements ensure that graduates are able to apply theory to practice by involving them in real world situations.
Duration | 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time |
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Credit Points that Must be Earned | 144 |
Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in undergraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24). |
Expected Hours of Study | One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term. |
Course Type | Undergraduate Award |
Qualification (post nominal) | BAgri |
AQF Level | Level 7: Bachelor Degree |
Domestic Students Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes |
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International Students CRICOS Codes |
Rank Threshold | SR 66 | ATAR 66 |
Pre-requisite - English (4, SA)
English Requirements:
If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.
Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:
completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:
English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.
Each student will be assessed individually.
R - Biology, R - Maths B
Interim Awards | Not applicable |
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Exit Awards | Not applicable |
Professional Accreditation | Not applicable |
Learned Society Accreditation | Not applicable |
Compulsory Residential School | There are units in this course that will require mandatory residential school attendance for all students (AGRI11001 - Soil and Irrigation Management; AGRI11002 Plant Science and Crop Production; AGRI11003 Livestock Management; AGRI11007 Agricultural Business Planning; and BIOL11102 Life Science Laboratory). Residential schools may be held at Emerald, Bundaberg or Rockhampton depending on the alignment between unit content and facilities that are available. |
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AGRI13004 - This will involve identifying a problem and collecting data to research and determine an appropriate solution. |
AGRI13003 - This will consider the interface of the ancillary industries on mainstream agricultural production and develop key learnings within the context of a whole of farm case study. |
AGRI13005 - This will involve identifying a problem and collecting data to research and determine an appropriate solution. |
Year | Number of Students |
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2020 | 73 |
2019 | 67 |
2018 | 64 |
2017 | 57 |
2016 | 43 |
Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.
If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.
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Course Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning | |||||||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge | |||||||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas | |||||||
4. SKILLS Have cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence | |||||||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas | |||||||
6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship | |||||||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts | |||||||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters |
Course Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning | |||||||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge | |||||||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas | |||||||
4. SKILLS Have cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence | |||||||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas | |||||||
6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship | |||||||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts | |||||||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters |
Number of units: 15 | Total credit points: 96 |
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In addition to the core units, to qualify for a Bachelor of Agriculture, a student must take 2 minors in (1 in Yr 2 and 1 in Yr 3) consisting of 2x6cpu units in Term 1 and 1x12cpu unit in Term 2 chosen from:
To qualify for a Bachelor of Agriculture with a Major in Agribusiness, a student has to take all units listed under the Agribusiness Major. These students are not required to complete a minor.
Year 1 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI11008 | Introduction to Agricultural Systems | |
BIOL11102 | Life Science Laboratory | |
ECON11030 | Production Economics | |
SCIE11023 | Scientific Research Fundamentals |
Year 1 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI11001 | Soil and Irrigation Management | |
AGRI11002 | Plant Science and Crop Production | |
AGRI11003 | Livestock Production | |
AGRI11007 | Plant and Livestock Breeding Strategies |
Year 2 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI12001 | Animal Health and Welfare | |
AGRI12003 | Leadership and People Management |
Year 2 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI12002 | Crop Protection | |
AGRI12004 | Farm Business Management |
Year 3 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI13001 | Social Licence to Operate | |
AGRI13006 | Data Management & Analysis for Agriculture |
Year 3 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI13007 | Agricultural Change Implementation |
Number of units: 7 | Total credit points: 48 |
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Agribusiness Major
Year 2 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
LAWS11030 | Foundations of Business Law | |
MRKT11029 | Marketing Fundamentals |
Year 2 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
FINC19011 | Business Finance | |
MGMT13151 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Start-ups |
Year 3 - Term 1 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
FINC19012 | Investment Analysis and Risk Management | |
MGMT19106 | Supply Chain Management |
Year 3 - Term 2 | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI13003 | Agricultural Industry Placement or Research Project |
Number of units: 3 | Total credit points: 24 |
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Agricultural business minor
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI12011 | Developing Emerging Business Opportunities | |
AGRI12012 | Agricultural Service Industry Business Assessment | |
AGRI13003 | Agricultural Industry Placement or Research Project |
Number of units: 3 | Total credit points: 24 |
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Cropping
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI12009 | Cropping Industry Business Assessment | |
AGRI12008 | Sustainable Crop Production | |
AGRI13005 | Cropping Industry Placement or Research Project |
Number of units: 3 | Total credit points: 24 |
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Livestock
Available units | ||
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Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
AGRI12005 | Specialised Food Industries | |
AGRI12006 | Livestock Industry Business Assessment | |
AGRI13004 | Livestock Industry Placement |
Rural
Industries Skills Training (RIST)
CQUniversity
partners with RIST to provide students practical skills in first year units at
the Rural Industries Skills Training (RIST) campus at Hamilton, Victoria where
RIST academic staff will assist CQUniversity in the delivery of these subjects.
These students will be able to apply for recognised prior learning to go
towards obtaining a RIST Diploma of Agriculture.
Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC)
In
Rockhampton, Emerald and Bundaberg, CQUniversity partners with Queensland
Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC) in delivering first year practical units
to students studying at these locations. These students will be able to apply
for recognised prior learning to go towards obtaining a QATC Diploma of
Agriculture.