Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences/Bachelor of Business

Course code/s: Melbourne (SZAGB)

This double degree provides selected students with the opportunity to combine the practical career-orientated science of the agricultural sciences degree with the business and management skills of the Bachelor of Business. The course combines an agricultural science degree with a business degree, to provide a powerful set of skills for the multi-billion dollar a year agricultural and agribusiness industries.

Industry experience

An essential requirement of the agricultural science degree is twelve weeks of approved industry experience taken during vacations.

Course structure

This double degree is of four and a half years’ full-time or equivalent part-time duration and requires the completion of 540 credit points overall. Students may complete this double degree in four years as part of an accelerated study program.

Students will take first year chemistry, biology and economics subjects, followed by subjects in the second and third year in soil management, animal nutrition, animal protection, plant pests and diseases, management, marketing, financial management and business economics. Electives are chosen from those available in the Bachelor of Business to extend interests in particular areas of business studies. Professional recognition would apply for graduates, as they are eligible to become members of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology.

First year (135 credit points)

Teaching period	Subject name	Subject code	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	Introduction to Animal Science and Agricultural Science	AGR1AAS	15
TE-SEM-1	Microeconomics	ECO1IMI	15
TE-SEM-1	Organisation and Function of Cells and Organisms	BIO1OF	15
TE-SEM-2	Foundations of Management	MGT1FOM	15
TE-SEM-2	Macroeconomics	ECO1IMA	15
TE-SEM-2	Plant Science	BIO1PS	15
TE-SEM-2	Introduction to Business Law	LST2BSL	15
TE-SEM-2	Management Information Systems	BUS1MIS	15
Choose one first-semester chemistry subject. Students who have passed VCE chemistry, units 3 and 4 or equivalent, must choose CHE1GEN.
TE-SEM-1	Chemistry Foundations	CHE1CHF	15
TE-SEM-1	General Principles of Chemistry	CHE1GEN	15

Second year (135 credit points)

Teaching period	Subject name	Subject code	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	Introductory Microbiology	MIC2MI	15
TE-SEM-1	Inner Life of Plants	BOT2ILP	15
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	Accounting for Management Decisions	ACC1AMD	15
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	Marketing: Defined, Planned and Delivered	MKT1MDP	15
TE-SEM-2	Biochemistry for Agricultural and Animal Sciences	AGR2BAA	15
TE-SEM-2	Statistics for Life Sciences	STA1LS	15
TE-SEM-1	Fundamentals of Finance	FIN1FOF	15
TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2	One second year level Faculty of Business Economics and Law subject (excluding Law subjects) in keeping with the chosen major¹		15
TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2	One second or third year level Faculty of Business, Economics and Law subject (excluding Law subjects) in keeping with the chosen major¹		15

Third year (135 credit points)

Teaching period	Subject name	Subject code	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	Introduction to Land and Soil Management	AGR2ILS	15
TE-SEM-1	Plant Pests and Diseases	AGR2PPD	15
TE-SEM-2	Animal Nutrition	AGR2AN	15
TE-SEM-2	Animal Physiology	ZOO2AP	15
TE-SEM-2	Land and Soil Management	AGR3LS	15
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	One second or third year level Faculty of Business, Economics and Law subject (excluding Law subjects) in keeping with the chosen major¹		15
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	Two third year level Faculty of Business, Economics and Law subjects (excluding Law subjects) in keeping with the chosen major¹		30
One of:
TE-SEM-1	Sustainability in Global Business	ECO1SGB	15
TE-SEM-2	Climate, Sustainability and Society	ENV1CSS	15

Fourth year (135 credit points)

Teaching period	Subject name	Subject code	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	Animal Health	AGR3AH	30
TE-SEM-2	Agricultural and Animal Case Studies	AGR3CS	30
TE-SEM-2	Agricultural Biotechnology	BOT3ABT	15
TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2	Two third year level Faculty of Business, Economics and Law subjects (excluding Law subjects) in keeping with the chosen major¹		30
TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2	Two third year level Faculty of Business, Economics and Law elective subjects		30

Key: ¹ Business electives must be chosen to ensure that at least one major or two minors are completed.

Majors offered by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Students are required to complete either one Business major (120cp) or two Business minors (60cp each). Please see the Bachelor of Business entry for detail on majors and minors.

Honours

An Honours degree in Business or Agricultural Sciences is available to suitably qualified students and will require an additional year of full-time study each. Please see the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law if interested in an Honours year in Business.

Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences (Honours)

Honours degree students are selected based on their performance in the final year of the pass degree course. Students must obtain a minimum average of 60% across all of their third year subjects and obtain at least 65% in subjects germane to the Honours discipline to the value of 60 credit points.

Honours year (120 credit points)

Teaching period	Subject name	Subject code	Credit Points
TE-SEM-1	Honours Agriculture A	AGR4HA	60
TE-SEM-2	Honours Agriculture B	AGR4HB	60

Please note: Some of these subjects may not be offered in the current year. For a full description of subjects, including the subject name, subject code, credit points, campus/location, teaching period and availability, subject coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, please click on the appropriate Subject Code or refer to the Subject Database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.