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Bachelor of Horticulture

+ Award nomenclature

Bachelor of Horticulture
BHort

+ Course Availability Modes and Locations

Bachelor of Horticulture (4408HO)
Distance Education Orange
Wangaratta

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 3 years (6.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.

    • Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy

    The purpose of setting minimum tertiary admission is to ensure that students will have appropriate knowledge and skills to succeed at University. To be admitted into the Bachelor of Horticulture, students must demonstrate one or more of the following:

    1. TAFE: AQF3 or higher is the minimum requirement
    2. UAC: University UAI of 70 or above
    3. A combination of professional experience (minimum 3 years), incomplete tertiary studies and vocational studies to the satisfaction of the Courses Director.

     

    Credit CSU Credit Policy

    Standard CSU Credit Regulations apply.

    The following provisions for Credit from TAFE courses apply:

    Graduation requirement

    To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.

    Course structure

    The course of 192 credit points (CR) composed as follows:

    Eight School core subjects

    AGB110 Agricultural Economics (8CR)
    AGB310 Agricultural Marketing (8CR)
    AGR202 Food, Environment and Culture (8CR)
    AGS107 Precision Agriculture and Data Handling (8CR)
    AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture and Horticulture (8CR)
    AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management (8CR)
    AHT274 Industry Practice (8CR) OR SCI301 International Practical Experience (8CR)
    PSC104 Soil Science (8CR)

    Fourteen Course core subjects

    AGR220 Extension (8CR)
    AGR237 Property Planning and Development (8CR)
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences (8CR)
    CHM108 Chemical Fundamentals (8CR)
    IRR200 Principles of Irrigation (8CR)
    HRT301 Plant Propagation (8CR)
    HRT307 Flower Crop Management (8CR)
    HRT308 Temperate Fruit and Nut Crop Management (8CR)
    PSC102 Botany (8CR)
    PSC201 Invertebrate Pest Management (8CR)
    PSC215 Plant Physiology (8CR)
    PSC371 Plant Pathology (8CR)
    PSC415 Soil Management (8CR)
    MCR101 Introduction to Microbiology (8CR)

    Two Restricted Electives

    Restricted electives can be chosen from any level 2 or above subjects with codes AGB, AGR, AGS, AHT, ASC, PSC, IRR, VIT or HRT as well as SCI301 International Practical Experience (when appropriate). Other codes may be allowed if appropriate rationale is provided and accepted by the Courses Director. Students should also consider FDS305 – Quality Assurance.

    Enrolment pattern

    Enrolment Pattern for the Bachelor of Horticulture (by Distance Education study mode only)

    Year 1
    Session 1
    AHT101 Professional Skills in Agriculture and Horticulture (8CR)
    PSC102 Botany (8CR)

    Session 2
    AGS107 Precision Agriculture and Data Handling (8CR)
    MCR101 Introduction to Microbiology (8CR)

    Year 2
    Session 3
    AGB110 Agricultural Economics (8CR)
    CHM108 Chemical Fundamentals (8CR)

    Session 4
    IRR 200 Principles of Irrigation (8CR)
    PSC104 Soil Science (8CR)

    Year 3
    Session 5
    AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management (8CR)
    PSC215 Plant Physiology (8CR)

    Session 6
    AGR202 Food Environment and Culture (8CR)
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences (8CR)

    Year 4
    Session 7
    AGR220 Extension (8CR)
    AGR237 Property Planning and Development (8CR)

    Session 8
    PSC371 Plant Pathology (8CR)
    PSC201 Invertebrate Pest Management (8CR)

    Students can exit at the end of Session 8 and will be granted an Associate Degree in Horticulture

    Year 5
    Session 9
    AGB310 Agricultural Marketing (8CR)
    PSC415 Soil Management (8CR)

    Session 10
    HRT301 Plant Propagation (8CR)
    [ ] Restricted Elective (8CR)

    Year 6
    Session 11
    AHT274 Industry Practice (8CR) OR
    SCI301 International Practical Experience (8CR)
    HRT307 Flower Crop Management (8CR)

    Session 12
    HRT308 Temperate Fruit and Nut Crop Management (8CR)
    [ ] Restricted Elective (8CR)

    + Residential School

    Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

    AGR202 Food Environment and Culture
    AGR220 Extension
    AGS301 Weed and Pesticide Sciences
    CHM108 Chemical Fundamentals
    HRT301 Plant Propagation
    HRT307 Flower Crop Management
    HRT308 Temperate Fruit and Nut Crop Management
    IRR200 Principles of Irrigation
    MCR101 Introduction to Microbiology
    PSC102 Botany
    PSC104 Soil Science
    PSC201 Invertebrate Pest Management
    PSC215 Plant Physiology
    PSC371 Plant Pathology
    PSC415 Soil Management

    Enrolled students can find further information about CSU residential schools via the About Residential School page.

    + Workplace Learning

    Please note that the following subject has a Workplace Learning component.

    AHT274 Industry Practice

    Professional recognition

    Students and graduated students are eligible for membership to the Australian Society for Horticultural Science.

    Contact

    For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

    The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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