The Bachelor of Horticulture course at CSU offers two specialisations:
Technical and business management training for the fruit, nut, vegetable and flower industries. This specialisation includes an Associate Degree exit point.
The Bachelor of Horticulture (Production) places an emphasis on the integration of the science and technology of horticulture with business management capability. This integration of production technology with business skills in finance, marketing, people management and law, aims to develop a multi-skilled professional capable of fulfilling a range of management and leadership roles in these industries.
Production Horticulture is offered from the Orange Campus by both full-time on campus study and distance education. Residential schools may be required at mostly Orange (or Wagga Wagga) for subjects taken by distance education. Regular field trips are made to rural businesses. The Campus has well established facilities for horticultural education including plant propagation and glass houses within a horticulture centre. Orange is located in close proximity to major fruit, vegetable, nut, flower and grape industries.
This specialisation focuses on technical and applied science training for the amenity, landscaping and environmental horticulture industries.
The environmental consequences of urbanisation are immense and environmental horticulture can play a major role in improving the quality and amenity of urban environments. Environmental horticulture graduates could be involved in the design, construction and management of landscapes for councils, corporations, public spaces, or domestic properties as well as plant propagation and nursery production. Graduates with management training are in demand to develop and maintain landscapes for an increasingly environmentally conscious population.
Environmental Horticulture is only offered by distance education at the Wagga Wagga Campus. Some Orange based subjects may require attendance at residential schools at Orange.
Theory and practice are combined in the University's various on campus facilities that include an irrigation demonstration area, nursery production area, horticultural plantings and the unique nature of Wagga Wagga and surrounds.
Horticulture covers a wide range of industries and activities that are increasingly important to Australia and the world.
Production Horticulture graduates could be involved in the production, postharvest and marketing of horticultural products. These industries increasingly need managers and technical people who can service corporate horticulture, service and advisory businesses, the marketing chain and family farms.
Environmental Horticulture graduates could be involved in the design, construction and management of landscapes for councils, corporations, public spaces, or domestic properties as well as plant propagation and nursery production. Graduates with management training are in demand to develop and maintain landscapes for an increasingly environmentally conscious population.
The Bachelor of Horticulture is well suited to TAFE graduates who wish to upgrade their existing qualifications and to those in, or wishing to enter, these exciting industries. Arrangements are in place to assist with this articulation.
CSU's Science Scholarships are available for on campus applicants to this course, providing $4000 per annum for up to four years (subject to satisfactory progress). Once awarded the Scholarship, the money is the student's to spend in the way that assists them most.
Applicants must achieve a University Admissions Index (UAI)(NSW) or ENTER(VIC) of 80 and above (inclusive of the Regional Bonus) to be eligible to receive the Scholarship.
To apply, download the Science Scholarships application form, complete all sections, then return the form to the Scholarships Officer before the end of October in the year prior to commencing your studies.
To graduate with the award Bachelor of Horticulture students must complete 24 subjects.
Students also need to undertake six weeks of Industry Practice within an approved horticultural business.
Students will graduate from the Bachelor of Horticulture with the award BHort.
Staff profiles:
Geoff Burrows (BSc. PhD Qld)
Geoff is the Coordinator for the Environmental Horticulture option. He is a botanist with expertise in plant structure, plant propagation and the design of online interactive teaching materials. Geoff has been teaching at CSU for the past twenty years, and teaches in plant identification, taxonomy and plant propagation subjects. He has studied remnant vegetation in the Murrumbidgee catchment and has published widely on seed, cuttings and tissue culture propagation.
Peter Mills (MScAgric)
Peter is the Coordinator for the Production Horticulture option. He has an industry and teaching background, having consulted throughout Africa and the Middle East in export horticulture and stewardship of crop protection products. He has taught at several universities, across a wide range of subjects, and this together with his extensive consulting and practical background, helps build the integrated knowledge of students, preparing them for the real world of production horticulture.
| Study through | Orange |
| Study mode and normal course duration | 3 years full-time on campus 6 years distance education |
| Course code | Full-time on campus: 215788 Distance education: ESBH |
| Fees | Commonwealth supported place |
| Session available | February/July (Semester basis) |
| Apply through | UAC - Full-time on campus study CSU Admissions Office - Distance education study |
| UAI cut-offs | 71.05 |
| Study through | Orange |
| Study mode and normal course duration | 3 years full-time - onshore (within Australia) 6 years distance education (offshore) |
| Course code | CRICOS: 049632G Program code: 4408HO |
| Fees | Onshore - see fees list Offshore - see fees list |
| Session available | February/July (Semester basis) |
| Apply through | CSU International Admissions |
| UAI cut-offs | N/A |
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
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.
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.
To be admitted into the course, prospective students need to indicate their likelihood of success through:
Previous studies include:
NSW and interstate school leavers are normally selected on the basis of their Universities Admissions Index (UAI) or interstate equivalent. You may also be admitted on the basis of a strong performance in subjects relevant to your course preferences.
Currently no secondary school subjects are prerequisites for admission to particular CSU courses however some courses assume a certain level of knowledge. This will be specified in the course information if applicable.
Applicants will be deemed to have sufficient English proficiency if they:
All other applicants must explicitly demonstrate proficiency.
Acceptable tests for English proficiency
Any of the following results, attained within the last two years, can be used to demonstrate English proficiency:
An applicant who does not otherwise meet the University’s requirements may be admitted on the recommendation of the Dean of the appropriate faculty.
You may also be admitted to a course based on other attainments and experience. These may include:
CSU places great emphasis on services to its students. It is a leader in the provision of online services and, in particular, the use of the internet in the support of teaching, administration and communications with students.
The online environment is so integrated into all aspects of student life and the learning experience at CSU that the University now assumes that all on campus and distance education students at CSU will have ongoing access to an internet connected computer capable of communicating with CSU online systems.
Students enrolled in Information Technology subjects (i.e. with an ITC subject code) may be required to have additional hardware and/or software that is deemed essential for the completion of the learning activities in that subject.
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