Course

Bachelor of Systems Agriculture

Approved Abbreviation: BSysAg

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Western Sydney University Course Code: 3571.2

CRICOS Code: 044809F

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From 2007, prospective students should refer to the following course:

http://handbook.uws.edu.au/hbook/course.asp?course=3631.1

Systems Agriculture is based on the idea of enhancing people's capacity to manage change by developing their ability to learn how to learn, to improve problem situations and to communicate effectively. This is achieved through students completing a number of projects in farming and agribusiness contexts with clients. Approximately half of the units in the course enhance the students' contemporary knowledge on agricultural and social sciences to both support their projects and their professional development. The third semester of the course involves students completing units while involved with a farm or other industry placement and a minimum of eight weeks is spent being hosted by industry clients in their workplace. The course prepares graduates for careers in advisory and consultancy services; farm management; agricultural education; rural development; environmental protection and restoration; rural counselling; research and development support; agricultural marketing; producer organisations; agricultural commerce; rural broadcasting and journalism and land care facilitation.

Study Mode
Three years full-time.

Admission

Recommended one or more of agriculture, business studies, economics, geography, society and culture, any two units of mathematics and any two units of science.

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Year 1

Autumn session

EY103A

Ecosystems and Agriculture

300221

Biology 1

300506

Sustainable Agriculture

300502

Primary Production

Spring session

300429

Enterprise Management and Analysis

AG109A

Professional Practice 1B

300421

Animal Science

HT102A

Soils (V1)

Year 2

Autumn session

AG210A

Professional Practice 2

AG211A

Multi-Perspective Analysis of a Farming System

AG212A

Systemic Analysis of a Farming System

AG213A

Improving a Farming System

Spring session

AG204A

Systems Thinking and Project Design

AG209A

Professional Practice 2A

And two electives

Year 3

Autumn session

AG301A

Agricultural Systems Project

AG302A

Professional Practice 3A

And two electives

Spring session

AG301A

Agricultural Systems Project

AG302A

Professional Practice 3A

And two electives

Majors

RU3092

Agronomy

RU3055

Equine

Sub-major elective spaces

Elective units may be used toward obtaining an additional approved sub-major (40 credit points). Western Sydney University offers sub-majors in a range of areas including Sustainability and Indigenous Studies.

SM1049

Indigenous Australian Studies

SM1051

Indigenous Australian Creative Expressions

SM1050

Indigenous Economics

SM2038

Business Sustainability

Refer to the Unit Set Index.

Handbook Unit Set Index

Students can apply for an elective major or sub-major via MySR in the Unit Sets section under Enrolment.

MyStudentRecords (MySR)