Honours course : UWA Handbook 2022 : The University of Western Australia

Honours in Agricultural Science

Honours in Agricultural Science builds upon your knowledge gained at undergraduate level through an emphasis on processes at a farming systems level. The question of how to achieve sustainable and profitable production is addressed. You will visit and collect data from the UWA Future Farm at Pingelly. The links between soils, water, plants, livestock and farm management are explored on the farm, in lectures and through assessment items including economic modelling. You will develop an in-depth understanding of how farming systems function which will allow you to anticipate and adapt to the many challenges that are currently facing our agricultural systems. The skills gained in this honours specialisation will equip you for careers in a wide range of areas including farm managers, farm advisors and policy analysts in the public sector.

Outcomes: Students are able to (1) critically identify gaps in knowledge in the field of Agricultural Science; (2) design and implement a research project that fills an identified gap in knowledge; (3) critically analyse results and draw evidence-based conclusions; (4) manage and analyse research data sets using appropriate statistical tests; (5) present research outcomes orally and in the form of a scientific paper; and (6) convey specialist knowledge in the field of Agricultural Science.

Entry requirements: the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 70 per cent in the Level 3 units of the Agricultural Science major.

Intake periods: Beginning of year and mid-year

Honours in Agricultural Science can be taken as a specialisation in the following degrees:

BH004 Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Honours sequence

Key to availability of units:
S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; NS = non-standard teaching period

Take all units (36 points):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	Unit rules
S1	AGRI5549	International Agriculture: Research and Development	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE4402	Data Management and Analysis in the Natural Sciences	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-CONBI Conservation Biology or HON-ZOOLY Zoology or HON-BOTNY Botany or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management or HON-MARSC Marine Science or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 72520 Master of Biological Science or 72530 Master of Environmental Science or 72540 Master of Hydrogeology or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics or 74230 Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics or 74540 Master of Marine Biology and Successful completion of one Unit(s) STAT1400 Statistics for Science or Unit(s) STAT1520 Economic and Business Statistics or Unit(s) SCIE1104 Science, Society and Data Analysis or Unit(s) SCIE4401 Data Use in Science or Unit(s) ENVT4422 Research Methods in Environmental Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE5571	Dissertation Part 1	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science or HON-NRMGT Natural Resource Management or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 72530 Master of Environmental Science or 71580 Master of Biotechnology or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics or 70550 Master of Bioinformatics and satisfy eligibility criteria for research project or dissertation Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE5572	Dissertation Part 2	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) SCIE5571 Dissertation Part 1 Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE5573	Dissertation Part 3	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) SCIE5572 Dissertation Part 2 Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	SCIE5574	Dissertation Part 4	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Successful completion of Or Enrolment in Unit(s) SCIE5573 Dissertation Part 3 Incompatibility: Nil

Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points (at least one of which is Level 4):

Availability	Unit code	Unit name	Unit rules
NS	AGRI4401	Precision Agriculture	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 71570 Master of Geographic Information Science or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	AGRI4407	Plant and Human Nutrition	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 71570 Master of Geographic Information Science or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	AGRI4410	Breeding and Biotechnology	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 71580 Master of Biotechnology HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	AGRI5402	Agribusiness	Prerequisites: Enrolment in HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 72530 Master of Environmental Science or 73530 Master of Agricultural Economics Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	AGRI5502	Case Studies in Breeding and Biotechnology	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 71580 Master of Biotechnology or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science or HON-BTECH Biotechnology Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	AGRI5506	Integrated Pest Management - Principles	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science (ID 164) or 71570 Master of Geographic Information Science (ID 390) Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S2	AGRI5508	Sustainable Grazing Systems	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1	ENVT4401	Advanced Land Use and Management	Prerequisites: Enrolment in 72530 Master of Environmental Science or 72510 Master of Agricultural Science or 72540 Master of Hydrogeology or 71570 Master of Geographic Information Science or HON-CONBI Conservation Biology or HON-ENVSC Environmental Science or HON-AGSCI Agricultural Science Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Nil
S1, S2	ENVT4411	Geographic Information Systems Applications	Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatibility: Unit(s) GEOG2201 Geographic Information Systems (ID 1384)