Online Course Brochure
For enrolment in 2009

Course structure

The Bachelor of Horticulture offers two specialisations plus a core of seven subjects.

Core subjects
AGB180 Management Information Systems
AGR175 Introduction to Rural Management
AHT274 Industry Practice
IRR200 Principles of Irrigation
HRT110 Horticultural Science
HRT301 Plant Propagation
PSC441 Pesticide Management 

Specialisations

Electives
A wide range of restricted elective subjects are available between the specialisations and other areas such as viticulture, biology, plant physiology, organics, biodynamics, agribusiness planing, marketing, irrigation, natural resources management and research studies.

Production Horticulture

Compulsory subjects
AGR156 Plants in Agriculture
AGB165 Agribusiness Systems
AGB125 Financial Planning for Agriculture
MKT110 Marketing Principles
AGR237 Property Planning and Development
AGR277 Managing People in Agriculture
AHT231 Agricultural Finance
GEO240 Soil Resource Management
HRT232 Vegetable and Flower Crop Management
HRT222 Fruit and Nut Crop Management
PSC255 Plant Protection

Restricted Electives
Choose six from:
AGB110 Agricultural Economics
AGF201 Agroforestry
AGR306 Biodynamic Agriculture
AGR347 Rural Project
AGR358 Research Project
AGR375 Agribusiness Planning (16 points)
AHT254 Organic Agriculture and Horticulture
AHT353 Human Ecology
BIO140 The Biological Environment
BIO271 Applied Ecology
GEO250 Landscape Mapping and Evaluation
HRM210 Human ResourceManagement
HRT221 Permaculture
HRT220 Horticultural Studies
HRT302 Nursery Production
PSC215 Plant Physiology B
PSC415 Soil Management
PSC350 Advanced Soil Management
STA382 Research Methods and Statistics
VIT301 Vine Physiology
VIT211 Viticultural Science
VIT311 Vine Health
VIT312 Vineyard Establishment 
VIT401 Advanced Vine Physiology
WSC111 Grape and Wine Science
AGB410 Agribusiness Marketing
or another subject approved by the Course Coordinator.

Environmental Horticulture

Compulsory subjects
AGB233 Agribusiness Management I
AGF201 Agroforestry
BIO126 Botany
BIO200 Principles of Ecology
HRT107 Introduction to Landscape Design
HRT209 Landscape and Planting Design
HRT202 Plant Taxonomy and Systematics
HRT302 Nursery Production
HRT305 Plant Establishment and Management
MCR101 Introduction to Microbiology
PSC104 Soil Science
PSC201 Invertebrate Pests
PSC371 Plant Pathology

Restricted Electives
Choose four from:
AGR220 Extension
BIO326 Vegetation and Disturbance Management
HRT222 Fruit and Nut Crop Management
HRT232 Vegetable and Flower Crop Management
IRR401 Management of Irrigation Systems
PKM105 People and Places - Social Science Dimensions
PKM160 Natural Resource Management
PSC410 Weed Science
PSC415 Soil Management
PSC420 Water Policy and Management
STA201 Scientific Statistics
or another subject approved by the Course Coordinator.

 

 

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