Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management [Wangaratta]

TAFE articulated program

Take your agricultural career to the next level

CSU's Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management will enhance career opportunities at any point in the supply chain, from within the farm gate to export and marketing of agriproducts, as well as industries that service this sector. Students with a relevant completed Diploma receive credit towards their degree.

What is this course about?

CSU's Bachelor of Agricultural  Business Management provides students with a strong foundation in agribusiness and the skills and knowledge required to pursue a career in a variety of agricultural industries. The subjects provide balanced learning about agricultural production systems and managing agribusiness.

Delivery of this degree is via supported distance education, allowing you to continue working while you undertake subjects from home, with study materials provided to you online, as well as some portions of the course delivered on campus at CSU's Wangaratta study centre.

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Course structure and TAFE articulation

GOTAFECSU and Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE (GOTAFE) have developed an articulated program that allows students who have successfully completed the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA) or GOTAFE Diploma of Agriculture, or NCDEA Advanced Diploma of Agriculture to enrol in CSU's Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management and receive credit for their TAFE study.

Features of this program include:

For Diploma graduates:

  • guaranteed entry into CSU's Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management
  • one year of credit towards the degree
  • the ability to complete the degree part-time in just four years.

For Advanced Diploma graduates:

  • guaranteed entry into CSU's Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management
  • almost 1.5 years of credit towards the degree
  • the ability to complete the degree part-time in just four years.

TAFE-specific scholarships are available for students in this course.

More information about the Course structure

Reasons for studying Agricultural Business Management at CSU

  1. Students can receive up to almost 1.5 years of credit for your TAFE study, reducing the number of subjects required to complete your degree
  2. There are three to five jobs for every graduate, and 50% of these are in metropolitan areas, with many students receiving employment offers prior to graduation 
  3. Case studies of farmers with outstanding business practices are a key component of this course, and overseas experience is encouraged.

Study by distance education

This four-year, part-time program is delivered by supported distance education. Online learning may include some or all of CSU forums, recorded lectures, a document or resource repository, email forms, online meetings, interactive video teaching, face-to-face tutorials at Wangaratta, and/or supplementary field exercises at Wangaratta. Some subjects may also require students to attend short residential schools at a CSU campus in Orange or Wagga Wagga.

As a leading distance education provider, CSU has a well-developed network of online resources and communication tools to support students throughout their studies. Distance education also offers you the flexibility of studying at your own pace, and in your own time. Each subject you study will have its own subject site in CSU's integrated online system, CSU Interact, and you will be able to communicate with other students and teaching staff using resources such as forums and the Online Meeting tool.

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Graduation requirements

Students who have successfully completed a GOTAFE or NCDEA Diploma of Agriculture will receive credit for eight 8 point subjects. Students must then complete a further fourteen 8 point subjects and one 16 point subject to graduate with the Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management.

Students who have completed the NCDEA Advanced Diploma of Agriculture receive credit for eleven 8 point subjects and must complete a further eleven 8 point subjects and one 16 point subject to graduate with the Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management.

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject outlines and in course materials.

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Where

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When

Session 1

Level

Undergraduate

Duration

4 years part-time

International?

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Indicative ATAR

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