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Bachelor of Agricultural Science Honours

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 28 June 2026.
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Mathematics prerequisites and Mathematics Learning Support

In 2024, someÌýmathematics prerequisitesÌý for undergraduate students commencing in Semester 1 2025 were removed.

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Award requirements

Bachelor of Agricultural Science Honours

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Agricultural Science Honours, a candidate must complete 192 credit points, including:
(i) 90 credit points of Degree Core units
(ii) a major (48 credit points) from the prescribed list of cognate majors
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level Selective units
(iv) 48 credit points of 4000-level Honours units
(v) One 0 credit point Placement Core unit, and at least one of three 0 credit point Placement Selective units
(vi) any additional Selective units of study from this table required to make up the 192 credit point total

Majors

Table A majors available in this course are:

  • Animal Production
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environmental, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Food Science
  • Genetics and Genomics
  • Microbiology
  • Plant Science
  • Soil Science and Hydrology

Honours

The required Honours units for this course are:
(i) 24 cp of Honours research project units of study
(ii) 18 cp of Honours core coursework units of study
(iii) 6 cp of Honours Selective coursework units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

4000-level units of study

Honours Research Project
AFAB4103
Agriculture and Food Honours Project A
6 C AFAB4104
N AFNR4101 or FOOD4103 or AGRI4103 or SOIL4103
AFAB4104
Agriculture and Food Honours Project B
6 C AFAB4103
N AFNR4101 or FOOD4104 or AGRI4104 or SOIL4104
AFAB4105
Agriculture and Food Honours Project C
6 C AFAB4106
N AFNR4102 or FOOD4105 or AGRI4105 or SOIL4105
AFAB4106
Agriculture and Food Honours Project D
6 C AFAB4105 and SCIE4999
N AFNR4102 or FOOD4106 or AGRI4106 or SOIL4106
SCIE4999
Final Honours Mark
0 Ìý
Honours Core Coursework
AGRI4002
Resilient Agricultural Systems
6 P 48 credit points of 2000-level or 3000-level units
This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
Unit rules are prospective only
AGRI4003
Emerging Agricultural Systems
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
AFNR4001
Professional Development
6 N AGRF4000
Honours Selective Coursework
AGRI4001
Advanced Plant Production Systems
6 P 144 credit points of units including AGRI2001 and AGRI3888
AVBS4002
Dairy Production and Technology
6 A Enrolled students are expected to have some understanding of key components of the dairy production system, including basic knowledge of animal physiology and nutrition
P 48 credit points of 2000-level or 3000-level units
ENVX4001
GIS, Remote Sensing and Land Management
6 A Basic GIS knowledge. Completion of at least a major or minor
P 144 credit points of 1000-3000 level units
FOOD4002
Future Foods
6 P 144 credit points of units of study including 12 credit points of FOOD3XXX
SOIL4000
Soil and Water in the Changing Environment
6 A Understanding of Soil Science concepts
P 144 credit points of units including SOIL2005
ANSC4100
Applied Livestock Systems
6 P Animal and Veterinary Bioscience years 1-3 or Bachelor of Science in Agriculture years 1-3 or {144 credit points of units of study including a minimum of 12 credit points from [ANSC3106 and (ANSC3888 or AVBS3888 or SCPU3001)]}
N AVBS4012 or AVBS3010
A 3000-level knowledge in animal production management and behaviour and welfare of production animals

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
10/06/2026 ANSC3100 missing from:
"3000-level units of study Selectives"
ANSC3100 added to:
"3000-level units of study Selectives"
18/06/2026 No Prerequisites (P) forÌýANSC3100 Prerequisites (P) for ANSC3100 added:
"P 6 credit points from (AVBS1002 or BIOL1XXX) and 6 credit points from (AVBS2XXX or BIOL2XXX)"
18/06/2026 No Prohibition (N) forÌýANSC3100 Prohibition (N) for ANSC3100 added:
"N AVBS3008 or AVBS4008 or AVBS3009 or AVBS4009"
28/07/2026 Collection "Degree core" publsihed Collection "Degree core" removed
28/07/2026 Collection "1000 level units of study" published Collection "1000 level units of study" removed
28/07/2026 Collection "2000 level units of study" published Collection "2000 level units of study" removed
28/07/2026 Collection "3000 level units of study" published Collection "3000 level units of study" removed