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36. Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce (Students commencing prior to 2001)
36.1. Course objectives
There has been no first-year entry into this course from 2001 onwards. Please refer to the details for the new course Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce.
The information below only applies to continuing students.
This course has been developed in response to a demand for agricultural science to be combined with a more specialist training in economics and commerce than is currently possible in the BAgSc degree. Students can choose a combination of economics, econometrics, accounting and management subjects in order to design a course which fits an intended career path.
This combined course takes five years of full-time study, during which students must obtain 500 study points. Of these, 300 must be from agricultural science and 200 from commerce.
Agriculture points must include:
all first- and second-year subjects for the BAgSc degree (except for the first-year elective, 620-031 and 620-032 Statistics subjects, 212-207 Field Experimentation);
212-423 Agricultural Policies and International Trade;
212-410 Agricultural Business Management and Marketing;
Vacation Work 1 and 2 (12 weeks of compulsory work experience).
Commerce points must include:
at least 50 points from 100-level subjects;
at least 50 points from 300-level subjects;
compulsory subjects: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 and at least one of 316-205 Introductory Econometrics, 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2, 325-210 Managerial Decision Analysis or 325-212 Market Research.
The Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce course has as its objectives that graduates:
understand the components of the agricultural sector of the Australian economy and the importance of that sector to the economy;
have an understanding of Australian economic institutions and policy, including industry and trade policy;
have an appreciation of recent changes in the Australian economy, especially in relation to developments in the Asia-Pacific region;
have acquired mastery of the necessary theoretical concepts and tools, from economics, agricultural sciences, business management and marketing, for analysing and solving problems in agribusiness activities or in natural resource use or agricultural policy, and are skilled in communicating the results;
appreciate the implications for agricultural business operations of the biological nature of agricultural production processes;
are aware of the institutional and regulatory environment within which agricultural businesses function;
understand the behaviour of international markets for the products of the agricultural sector;
have had practical experience in some part of the agricultural sector; and
have a capacity and motivation for further learning.
A typical combined degree course
Fifth year (eight subjects)
212-423 Agricultural Policies and International Trade
207-414 Social Research Methods
Two 400-level agricultural science electives
212-413 Vacation Work Part 2
Commerce electives Honours
Honours
BCom(Hons) requires a sixth year
Honours in BAgSc is based on results in 300- and 400-level subjects
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