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17. Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce
    17.1. Course objectives
    17.2. Career opportunities
    17.3. Course outline

17. Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce

This combined course is taught at the Parkville campus of the University. The course takes five years of full-time study. This course has been developed in response to the demand for agricultural science to be combined with a more specialist training in economics and commerce than is possible in the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree. Students can choose a combination of economics, business information systems, econometrics, accounting, finance and management subjects in order to design a course which fits an intended career path.

17.1. Course objectives

Students who complete this course should have acquired:

• an understanding of the components of the agricultural sector of the Australian economy and the importance of that sector to the economy;

• an understanding of Australian economic institutions and policy, including industry and trade policy;

• an appreciation of the recent changes in the Australian economy, especially in relation to developments in the Asia-Pacific region;

• mastery of the necessary theoretical concepts and tools, from economics, agricultural sciences, business management and marketing, for analysing and solving problems in agribusiness activities, natural resource use or agricultural policy, and skill in communicating the results;

• an appreciation of the implications for agricultural business operations of the biological nature of agricultural production processes;

• awareness of the institutional and regulatory environment within which agricultural businesses function;

• an understanding of the behaviour of international markets for the products of the agricultural sector;

• practical experience in some part of the agricultural sector.

17.2. Career opportunities

The combined degree offers careers for people wanting to work in any of the agricultural fields, combined with economics and commerce, rural finance, international trade, extension work, marketing, journalism, and resource management.

17.3. Course outline

To be eligible to graduate students must obtain 500 credit points. Of these, 225 must be from the Bachelor of Agricultural Science, 200 from the Bachelor of Commerce, and 75 from electives that students can choose from any faculty.

Agricultural Science points must include:

• 137.5 points from Bachelor of Agricultural Science core subjects, namely: 202-101 Chemistry for Land and Food Resources, 202-103 Biology for Land and Food Resources, 650-142 Genetics and the Evolution of Life, 202-201 Plant Function, 202-203 Soil and Water Resources, 208-411 Research Philosophies and Statistics and 202-401/2/3 Industry/Research Project

• seven additional Bachelor of Agricultural Science subjects (to attain a minimum of 225 points from the Bachelor of Agricultural Science, chosen from the remaining core and elective subjects)

• at least 100 points from 300- and/or 400-level subjects

• 202-001 Industry Placement.

To be eligible for honours in Agricultural Science, students must complete 300 points of Bachelor of Agricultural Science subjects, taken from that program's subject list or approved by the course coordinator. Students may be awarded honours in Agricultural Science at the end of the fifth year. Honours in Commerce requires an additional sixth year of study.

The following subjects are not available for credit to students in this program: 207-101 Land, Food and Resource Economics (material covered in 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics), 202-202 Experimental Design/Statistical Methods (material covered in 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1) and 202-301/3 Industry Project (202-401/2/3 Research Project is taken instead by all students).

Commerce points must include:

• at least 50 points from 100-level subjects

• at least 50 points from 300-level subjects (these must be completed at the University of Melbourne)

• compulsory subjects: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1, 325-201 Organisational Behaviour (1) and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics or 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2. 316-316 Basic Econometrics is recommended by the Faculty of Land and Food Resources to be included in the Commerce component of the program.

  (1) Students who commenced the Bachelor of Agricultural Science/Bachelor of Commerce degree prior to 2005 are not required to complete this subject.

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