Bachelor of Agriculture

Rule A Core units

72 credit points

Complete the following units:

• Fundamentals of Agriculture (AGFN100) – 6 credit points

• Agricultural Plants: Adaptation and Physiology (AGRO200) – 6 credit points

• Sustainable Agricultural Systems I (AGSY101) – 6 credit points

• Sustainable Agricultural Systems II (AGSY102) – 6 credit points

• Animal Production Systems and Products (ANPR211) – 6 credit points

• Introduction to Biology: Cells and Life (BIOL110) – 6 credit points

• Organisms to Ecosystems (BIOL120) – 6 credit points

• Introduction to Breeding and Genetics (GENE251) – 6 credit points

• Soil Science (SOIL222) – 6 credit points

• Introduction to Statistical Modelling (STAT100) – 6 credit points

Assumed Knowledge

Any two units of English, any two units of mathematics.

Recommended Studies

Agriculture, Biology and/or Chemistry. For Technology Major: Mathematics.

For students without the recommended background knowledge, the School offers introductory units in Chemistry and Mathematics.

English Language Requirements

All applicants must meet a minimum of one of the following criteria:

• English is the applicant's first language; or

• Satisfactory completion, within five years of the date of application for admission to UNE, of at least one year of full-time or equivalent full-time study at senior secondary, post-secondary or tertiary level in a country in which English is the primary official language or co-official language and in which English was the sole medium of instruction and assessment for the particular period of study claimed; or

• A pass grade or better in an English language subject at Australian Year 12 level or overseas equivalent; or

• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5*; or

• Equivalent Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 213 in the computer-based test or at least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component*; or

• A Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic minimum overall score of 57 with no skill less than 50*

International Fees
 

$31,600*

Your career opportunities within the agricultural industry will depend on your chosen major. Your career in agriculture will open options that could include:

• broadacre agronomy

• intensive and extensive animal production

• soil science

• agricultural consultancy

• breeding and genetics

• agribusiness

• farm management

• teaching and education (via our Master of Teaching (Secondary)).