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Bachelor of Agribusiness / Wildlife Science
Bachelor of Agribusiness / Wildlife Science

Bachelor of Agribusiness / Wildlife Science

  • ID:UoQ610011
  • Level:4-Year Combined Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Prerequisites

Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C); Mathematical Methods (Units 3 & 4, C). Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C) is recommended. Students studying Specialist Mathematics will have increased flexibility in their studies.

English Requirements

  • IELTS overall 6.5; reading 6; writing 6; speaking 6; listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ

  • TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.

  • TOEFL PB - Overall 570, listening 54, reading 54, writing 59/5.

  • Pearsons - Overall Score of 64 and 60 in all sub bands.

  • BE - A minimum overall grade of 4 plus a minimum grade of C in all macro skills.

  • CES - Overall 176 and 169 in all sub bands.

  • OET is not accepted.

Course Information

Gain practical business skills and strong agribusiness insight while pursuing your interests in wildlife science, placing you in high demand by employers, with this dual degree.

This 4-year dual degree will deepen your scientific knowledge of wild and captive animal management while developing your commercial and business acumen through one of Australia’s leading agribusiness programs.

The program will introduce you to the commercial world behind agriculture, and the complex and rapidly changing distribution channels linking producers with consumers.

You'll learn about marketing, finance and managing people and technologies in agriculture and animal-specific settings. You’ll graduate with commercial awareness, an international outlook and technical industry insight.

Under the wildlife science program, you'll focus on whole animal biology and the management of wild animals, including their ecology and conservation, biodiversity and issues associated with human-wildlife interactions.

You'll learn how to implement and evaluate management programs for captive and free-ranging wildlife. You’ll be taught by experts involved in the conservation and management of wildlife and exotic animals, and access UQ’s specialist animal research and veterinary facilities.

When you graduate, you'll be ready to enter the workforce in innovative management positions where your high-level technical skills in animal health and welfare, along with your business knowledge, will be highly sought-after by employers.

CRICOS CODE: 087889A

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Bachelors of Agribusiness

Core Courses

Complete 32 units 

Level 1 compulsory courses

Complete these 8 units —

  • Course Title

  • Accounting for Decision Making 

  • Food & Fibre Case Studies

  • Organisational Behaviour 

  • Foundations of Marketing 

Level 2 compulsory courses

Complete these 8 units 

  • Course Title

  • Food & Fibre Case Studies II

  • Agribusiness Planning & Management

  • Agricultural Economics

  • Introduction to Human Resource Management 

Level 3 compulsory courses

Complete these 16 units —

  • Course Title

  • Food & Fibre Case Studies III

  • Agrifood Strategy & Competitiveness

  • Agribusiness Investment Project Appraisal

  • Export Marketing & Practices

  • Sustainable Food Supply Chains

  • Applied Market Research

  • Commodities, Futures & Options

Bachelor of Wildlife Science

Core Courses

Complete 32 units 

Level 1 compulsory courses

Complete these 12 units 

  • Course Title

  • Biological Concepts & Plant Science

  • Applied Mathematics & Statistics

  • Elements of Ecology

  • Applied Animal Biology

  • Australian Vertebrates

  • Chemistry

Level 2 compulsory courses

Complete these 8 units 

  • Course Title

  • Agricultural Biochemistry

  • Human Wildlife Interactions

  • The Management & Husbandry of Zoo Animals

  • Applied Animal Physiology

Level 3 compulsory courses

Complete these 12 units 

  • Course Title

  • Animal Health & Epidemiology

  • Wildlife Technologies

  • Animal Reproduction

  • Animal Breeding & Genetics

  • Biology of Australian Marsupials & Monotremes

  • Game Management - the Science of Sustainable Use

 

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Pre Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Our programs prepare you for your first job and beyond. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Agribusiness analyst

  • Export trader

  • Farm management consultant

  • Commercial manager, grain and commodities

  • Wildlife scientist

  • Ecotourism guide

  • Conservation officer

  • Land manager

  • Ranger

  • Environmental assessment officer

 

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

OSHC: 530 ($) AUD per year

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