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26. Bachelor of Horticulture
    26.1. Career opportunities
    26.2. Information for students commencing from 2004
        26.2.1. Course objectives
        26.2.2. Course outline
        26.2.3. Electives
    26.3. Information for students commencing prior to 2004
        26.3.1. Course objectives
        26.3.2. Course outline
        26.3.3. Elective subjects

26. Bachelor of Horticulture

This course is offered at the Burnley campus of the University. Students will need to travel to Parkville campus for some subjects.

The Bachelor of Horticulture is designed to enable students to major in different areas of the horticultural industry, which can include landscape management, landscape construction, wholesale and retail nursery management, flower production, sports turf management, and arboriculture.

26.1. Career opportunities

This course is designed to prepare graduates for careers in landscape management, horticultural commerce, research and development, horticultural enterprise management and the media.

26.2. Information for students commencing from 2004

26.2.1. Course objectives

On completion of the program, graduates should be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of, and apply, scientific, technological, managerial and social principles related to the environmental horticultural industries of Australia;

• interpret the roles and inter-relationships of plants, soil, water, air and micro-organisms and apply them to the interpretation, assessment or prediction of problems and solutions in environmental horticulture systems;

• demonstrate analytical, quantitative and interpretive skills in the context of environmental horticulture;

• integrate theory, formal study and industry practices at a professional level relevant to environmental/ornamental horticulture;

• develop strategies appropriate to the establishment, maintenance and management of landscapes, public and private open space, and plant production systems;

• research, analyse and present, both orally and in written form, data and concepts relevant to the industries associated with environmental/ornamental horticulture;

• demonstrate an understanding of the dynamic nature of the industries associated with environmental/ornamental horticulture;

• demonstrate relevant practical horticultural skills at an acceptable level of competence.

26.2.2. Course outline

26.2.3. Electives

Other LFR subjects are also available as electives within the Bachelor of Horticulture.

In addition to these subjects, electives may also be drawn from other faculties, subject to the approval of the faculty concerned and the course coordinator. By appropriate subject choice students in the Bachelor of Horticulture will be able to build on the general education they receive in the first two years of the program to develop specialised knowledge in particular horticulture disciplines. For example, production horticulture students might take 207-303, -310 and -321. Landscape management students might take 207-305, -315 and -332.

26.3. Information for students commencing prior to 2004

26.3.1. Course objectives

Students who complete this course should have acquired:

• an understanding of integrated approaches to environmental horticulture;

• an understanding of the individual roles and inter-relationships of plants, soil, water, air and micro-organisms in order to identify assess/predict problems and solutions in the horticultural growing systems;

• an ability to describe and apply scientific principles appropriate to environmental horticulture;

• an ability to demonstrate a broad knowledge of technology and practical competence appropriate to a selected specialisation in environmental horticulture;

• an ability to develop strategies appropriate to the establishment, maintenance and management of landscapes;

• a broad knowledge of the principles of plant production systems and their practical management;

• an ability to demonstrate analytical, quantitative and interpretative skills in the context of environmental horticulture; and

• an ability to demonstrate effective communication skills including appropriate numeracy, literacy skills and application of technology.

26.3.2. Course outline

*Electives can be selected from the following lists or from approved subjects from other courses.

26.3.3. Elective subjects

Insufficient enrolments may lead to a subject being suspended.

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