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The University of Sydney

Faculty of Agriculture

Handbook1995

EditorsRobert F. Jeffs

Harley A. Rose

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Faculty of Agriculture Handbook 1995©The University of Sydney 1994ISSN 1034-2575

The University of SydneyN.S.W. 2006Telephone 351 2222Fax 351 2945 (Faculty)

Further information about examinations, appeals and other matters can be found in the University of SydneyDiary which is available free on request from the Student Centre and University of Sydney Union outlets.

Semester and vacation dates 1995

Semester Day 1995

FirstSemester and lectures begin

Easter recessLast day of lecturesLectures resume

Study vacation-1 week beginning

Examinations commence

Monday 27 February

ThursdayMonday

13 April24 April

Monday 12 June

Monday 19 June

SecondSemester and lectures begin

Mid-semester recessLast day of lecturesLectures resume (for courses

offered by Agriculture)

Study vacation-1 week beginning

Examinations commence

Monday 24 July

FridayTuesday

22 September3 October

Monday 6 November

Monday 13 November

* There may be variations to the semester dates for some courses.

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Message from the Dean iv

Introduction vi

1. Staff 1

2. The Faculty of Agriculture 4Careers for graduates of the Faculty 4Undergraduate Scholarship Program 4Communication skills 4University farms 4Nepean Hall 6Student membership 6

3. Undergraduate degree requirements 7Bachelor of Science in Agriculture 7Bachelor of Agricultural Economics 9

4. Courses of study: undergraduate 12BScAgr 12

First, Second and Third Years 12Fourth Year 18

BAgrEc 25First, Second, Third and

Fourth Years 25

5. Other Faculty information 45Enrolment 45Examinations 46Professional experience 49Excursions 49Scholarships and prizes 50Mathematics Learning Centre 51Faculty societies 51

6. Postgraduate study 52Degree and diploma requirements 52Course descriptions 58

Agricultural Science subject areas 58Agricultural Economics 68

Enrolment regulations 70Postgraduate research institutes 70Scholarships and prizes 70

Appendix: Explanation of symbols forcourses of study 73

Main campus map 75

Camden farms map 76

Undergraduate Achievers Research Program at Finke Gorge National Park,Northern Territory. Left to right: Adrian Taylor (2nd Year BAgrEc), NeridaDonovan (3rd Year BScAgr), Julie Cavanagh (2nd Year BScAgr) and ProfessorLester W. Burgess, Dean.

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The management of our natural resources so as toensure the sustainable production of food and fibre isvital to the future of the planet. Vision, care and highlytrained and dedicated graduates will be crucial toensure that we conserve and protect our naturalresources while meeting the needs of an expandingglobal community.

Australian agriculture is highly efficient andenvironmentally aware. It is an industry based on arenewable energy source, solar radiation, and issupported by an excellent research and technologicalinfrastructure. Agricultural economists andagricultural scientists help ensure that we are efficientand effective users of our resources. Our graduateshave outstanding employment rates, together withdiverse career opportunities in the rural and relatedindustries and in the management and conservationof our natural resources.

There remain many challenges and problems whichwill require attention in the decade ahead. Moleculargenetics, for example, offers great potential forfacilitating the incorporation of genes for resistance todisease and insect pests into new plant cultivars, oneform of biological control. The successful exploitationof these new techniques will require intensive researchby well-trained plant geneticists and breeders.Furthermore, there is significant scope for theapplication of molecular biology inanimal science in the improvement ofour genetic stocks of animals and poultry,and in the devel opment of vaccines.Current research on animal nutrition willenhance animal welfare and productivity.

There is considerable concern aboutthe impact of pesticides on theenvironment and the presence of residuesin food. Therefore, we have an urgentneed for more research to reduce pesticideuse through the adoption of alternativecontrol measures designed to minimisedisruption to natural ecosystems.Biological control measures will have anexpanding role through integrated pestmanagement.

The conservation of our soils dependson research by soil physicists, chemistsand biologists and effective informationtransfer systems. All these are areas inwhich graduates in agricultural sciencecan play vital roles. These scientists alsohave a key role in conserving andprotecting our water resources and national parks.

The development of efficient processes for addingvalue to our primary products for export offers amajor challenge to graduates in agricultural chemistryand food technology.

The sound management of agriculture requires

more than good science. Economic research is neededto assess the social costs and benefits of alternativeagricultural practices and to establish appropriatepolicies for utilising our natural resources. Agriculturaleconomists are also needed to identify the opport-unities for value-adding created by new technology inagricultural production, processing and marketingand in researching and developing market institutionsthat ensure that such opportunities are recognisedand grasped. There are exciting challenges ahead forgraduates interested in agricultural marketing andexports with the successful conclusion of the GATTAgreement and new opportunities in Asia.

New curricula for both degrees, the Bachelor ofScience in Agriculture and the Bachelor of AgriculturalEconomics, have recently been introduced and reflectadvances in the various disciplines.

The range of excursions which students elect hasbeen increased to provide opportunities for studentsto undertake excursions to the three major agroclimaticregions of New South Wales, to the Northern Territoryand to the tropical areas of Queensland and SoutheastAsia. The Faculty also has an established Under-graduate Achievers' Program. These special programs,together with professional work experience, providestudents with first-hand knowledge of our naturalresources and rural enterprises.

Undergraduates receive training in the basicsciences or economics, and it is this foundation whichis a prerequisite for later years, when challengingcourses are selected from various professionaldisciplines. Indeed, this thorough training in the basics,combined with specialisation in the final year, is a

feature of our degrees which is well recognised byemployers.

The Faculty of Agriculture has an outstandinginternational reputation for its teaching and research.It has extensive resources on the Sydney campus andat Camden where facilities are located for poultry andlarge animal research and for horticultural andagronomic research. In addition, a new Plant BreedingInstitute at Camden provides teaching in advancedplant biotechnology. Teaching and research is alsoundertaken at the I.A. Watson Wheat Research Centre,Narrabri and Livingston Farm, Moree.

The Faculty is the largest Faculty of Agriculture inAustralia, but is relatively small by University ofSydney standards. Students have greater access tostaff than in larger faculties and the student body is anactive and socially cohesive group. These featurespromote a warm and friendly atmosphere which isconducive to intellectual and social development.Students are encouraged to take advantage of thewide range of extracurricular activities available oncampus.

This handbook provides general informationaboutthe Faculty and more specific details concerningcourses available in each of the degree programs.Further information and advice can be obtained fromthe Faculty advisers and you are encouraged to makeuse of these various resources.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to theFaculty of Agriculture and extend my best wishes toeach of you in your chosen career.

Lester W. BurgessDean

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Undergraduate studyIn this Faculty of Agriculture Handbook you will findmost of what you need to know about the Faculty.

In particular, it will help you find out who thepeople in your Faculty are; the requirements for thebachelor degrees, and the ways these can be satisfied;what courses are offered and the books required forthese courses; where to turn for more information,advice and help.

When making up your mind about your course ofstudy, look at the first part of Chapter 2 for an overviewof the Faculty, and then at Chapter 3, which sets outthe requirements for the bachelor degrees.

Once you have a general impression of therequirements and courses available, refer to Chapter4 on courses of study. You may need help in decidingon the best courses to take—and advice is available atthe Faculty Office and from departments.

Chapter 5 contains special information relating tothe Faculty. This section should be read in conjunctionwith the University of Sydney Diary. Included are thespecial enrolment instructions for Agriculture. Youwill see that when you enrol you will have theopportunity to consult a Faculty adviser before yourenrolment is finally approved.

Postgraduate studyInformation about postgraduate study within theFaculty is given in Chapter 6. Further informationabout the University generally is given in thePostgraduate Studies Prospectus, available from theStudent Centre.

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FACULTYDeanLester W. Burgess

Pro-DeanPeter R. Reeves

Associate DeansFredoun Z. Ahmadi-EsfahaniRobert L. BatterhamRobert A. CaldwellLindsay C. CampbellLes Copeland

Secretary to the FacultyRobert Jeffs, BA Waterloo Lutheran University

Administrative Officer (Development)Michele Hird, DipAppSc(Agr) Wagga Agric.Coll. DipEd

Secretary to the Dean (Faculty Office)Veronica Moschione

Administrative AssistantMichelle Dugay

DEPARTMENTSAgricultural Chemistry and Soil Science

Agricultural ChemistryReaderIvan R. Kennedy, BSc(Agric) PhD DSc(Agric) W.Aust.

Associate Professor*Les Copeland, BSc PhD

Senior LecturersRobert A. Caldwell, MSc PhDEdith M. Lees, BSc PhD Lond.

Soil ScienceProfessor in Soil Science (Pedometrics)(Personal Chair)Alexander B. McBratney, BSc PhD Aberd.Appointed 1995

Associate ProfessorAnthony J. Koppi, BSc PhD Aberd.

Senior LecturerHarold R. Geering, MS Cornell

Honorary AppointmentEmeritus ProfessorN. Collis-George, BSc Manc. PhD Camb. HonDScAgr,

FRSChem

Agricultural Economics

Professor*T. Gordon MacAulay, MAgrSc Melb. PhD GuelphAppointed 1992

* (Those marked with asterisks are heads of departments)' Information correct as at December 1994

Associate ProfessorsRobert L. Batterham, BAgEc N.E. MS PhD Ill.Ross G. Drynan, BAgrSc Qld PhD N.E.

Senior LecturersFredoun Z. Ahmadi-Esfahani, BS Oregon MA San Francisco

State PhD Manit.David P. Godden, BAgEc BA MEc N.E. PhD Lond.Carolyn Tanner, BScAgr

LecturerGuang Hua Wan, BAgEc Nanjing Agric.Univ. MEc PhD N.E.

Associate LecturersJohn L. Brakey, BAgrEcLynn A. Henry, BEc DipAgEc N.E.Shauna L. Phillips, BAgrEc

Honorary AppointmentEmeritus ProfessorK.O. Campbell, AM PhD Chic. MPA Harv. HonDEc N.E.

BScAgr, FASSA

Animal Science

At SydneyProfessorDavid Ross Fraser, PhD Camb. BVScAppointed 1986

Associate ProfessorsGareth Evans, BA Oxf. PhDChristopher Moran, PhD A.N.U. BScFrank W. Nicholas, PhD Edin. BScAgr*Grant M. Stone, PhD BScAgr

Senior LecturersDavid L. Evans, BVSc PhDLindsay H. Heywood, BVSc PhD QldW.M. Chisholm Maxwell, BScAgr PhDJohn R. Mercer, BSc W.Aust. PhD Camb.

Associate LecturerRosanne M. Taylor, BVSc PhD

Honorary AppointmentsEmeritus ProfessorsClifford Walter Emmens, PhD DSc Lond. HonDVSc, FSS

FAA HonFACVSc FIBiol CBiolDonald Alexander Titchen, MA PhD ScD Camb. BVSc

Honorary AssociatesPeter J. Healy, BVSc PhDYun Cheung Kong, DSc Bruxelles, BSc GuangzhouIan C.A. Martin, BVSc PhDBruce L. Sheldon, BAgrSc PhD

Research AssociateElizabeth J. Post, BSc PhD

At CamdenAssociate Professor and William Mollraith FellowRoy C. Kellaway, BSc(Hort) Land. PhD N.E. DTA W.I.

Associate ProfessorsDerick Balnave, PhD DSc Belf, FRSChem

Wayne L. Bryden, MRurSc DipEd N.E. PhDJames M. Gooden, BAgSc Add. PhD

Garland Senior LecturerBevan G. Miller, BVSc PhD

Senior LecturersIan J. Lean, BVSc PhD CalifPeter C. Wynn, MRurSc DipEd N.E. PhD

Senior Research FellowRoger Giles, PhD

Professional OfficerYasin Mollah, BSc MSc(Chem) Dhaka MRurSc N.E. PhD

Honorary AppointmentHonorary AssociateErnest Frank Annison, PhD DSc Lond.

Crop SciencesAgricultural Genetics and Plant BreedingProfessor of Plant Breeding•Donald Robert Marshall, PhD Calif. BScAgrAppointed 1991

Senior LecturersNorman L. Darvey, PhD N.S.W. BScPeter J. Sharp, BAgSc PhD Add.

AgronomyProfessorCraig John Pearson, BSc(Agric) W.Aust. MSc Guelph PhD

Macq., FAIASAppointed 1985

Senior LecturersLindsay C. Campbell, BSc PhDDennis R. de Kantzow, BScAgr DipAgrEc, FIAIS

LecturerBrent C. Jacobs, BScAgr PhD

BiometryAssociate ProfessorMichael E. O'Neill, BA PhD

LecturerPeter C. Thomson, MSc MAppStat Macq. PhD

EntomologyAssociate ProfessorFrederick J.D. McDonald, MSc Tas. PhD Alta, FRES

Senior LecturerHarley A. Rose, MAgrSc Qld PhD Cornell

HorticultureAdjunct Professor in Urban HorticulturePeter Marcus Martin, MScAgr PhD DipEd, FLS FAIASAppointed 1993

ReaderPeter B. Goodwin, PhD Nott. MScAgr

Senior LecturerBruce G. Sutton, BScAgr Qld PhD A.N.U.

Plant PathologyProfessorsLester W. Burgess, BScAgr PhD DipEdAppointed 1993

Brian James Deverall, BSc Edin. PhD DIC Lond.Appointdd 1972

Senior LecturerJohn W. Bowyer, BAgrSc PhD Qld

Honorary AppointmentsEmeritus ProfessorB.D.H. Latter, PhD Edin. BScAgr

Honorary AssociatesG.M. Cunningham, BScAgrN.F. Derera, AM DipAgrSc Royal Jozef Nador DipPltBreeding

U.of Tech. Budapest, FAIASJ.M. Fisher, BScAgr PhDS.C. Morris, BScAgr PhD N.S.W.E.S. Neilsen, MSc PhD CopenhagenL.W. Smith, BAgSc Melb. MSc PhD CalifB.A. Summerell, BScAgr PhD

Research AffiliatesG. Constable, PhD N.E. MScAgrP.S. Cornish, PhD N.E. MScAgrJ.L. Davidson, MAgSc Add. PhD Nott.D.J. Fletcher, MSc PhD S'tonP.W. Michael, BAgSc PhD Adel.

MicrobiologyProfessor•Peter Richard Reeves, BSc PhD Lond., MASMAppointed 1985

ReaderThomas Ferenci, BSc Lond. PhD Leic.

Senior LecturersTrevor Duxbury, BSc PhD Liv., MASMPeter B. New, BAgrSc Tas. PhD Adel.

LecturersDeidre A. Carter, BSc Otago PhD Lond.Ilze Dalins, MScIan Humphery-Smith, BSc PhD Qld

Associate LecturersHelen M. Agus, MSc N.S.W.Kerrie A. Lawson, BSc PhD N.S.W.

Honorary AppointmentsHonorary AssociatesKai Yip Cho, BSc N.S. W PhD A.N.U.W.G. Murrell, PhD 04. DScAgr, FAIFST MASM

Plant Breeding InstituteDirector and Professor of Plant BreedingDonald R. Marshall, PhD Calif BScAgr

At NarrabriDirector, LA. Watson Wheat Research CentreLindsay O'Brien, MSc DipEd Melb. PhD Manit.

Senior Plant BreederFrank W.H. Ellison, MScAgr PhD

Principal Research FellowDaryl J. Mares, BSc PhD Melb.

Professional Officer GradeStephen G. Moore, BSc N.E.

At CobbittyProfessor in Cereal Genetics and Cytogenetics (PersonalChair) and Director of Rust ResearchRobert A. McIntosh, MScAgr PhD

Senior LecturersNorman L. Darvey, PhD N.S. W. BScPeter J. Sharp, BAgSc PhD Add.

Research FellowRobert F. Park, BSc LaT. PhD Qld

Professional Officer Grade IVJohn D. Oates, BScAgr

TEACHING STAFF FROM OTHERFACULTIESEconomicsConsult Faculty of Economics.

Science

Chemistry

Director of First Year StudiesRaymond K. Pierens, MSc PhD, MRSChem ARACI

Biology

Director of First Year BiologyMary Peat, BSc Birm. PhD Brist.

Veterinary ScienceConsult Faculty of Veterinary Science.

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Careers for graduates of the FacultyThe Faculty of Agriculture has maintained remarkablyhigh graduate employment rates of 90 per cent forboth the BScAgr and BAgrEc degrees.

Four-year degrees and a required minimum ofeighteen weeks of professional work experience arevery attractive to prospective employers. These applieddegrees provide for both flexibility and specialisation,a background suitable for a diversity of career options.

Graduates of the BScAgr degree gain employment as:• research scientists in both private and public sectors,

e.g. CSIRO, Departments of Agriculture, ForestryCommissions, soil conservation, national parks,museums, universities, Ciba-Geigy, wine making,environmental projects, and overseas with FAO,WHO and other international organisationsconcerned with the development of agriculture inThird World countries (scientific research absorbshalf of the BScAgr graduates);

• biometricians, statisticians, computingprofessionals;

• consultants, agronomists and extension personnelfor Departments of Agriculture, in biosoil programs,water authorities, environmental protection groups,trainee managers in horticultural businesses;

• university lecturers,TAFE and secondary educators;• banking, finance, agribusiness management,

marketing;• plant and animal breeders, biotechnologists;• journalism, researchers /producers of science

documentaries, politicians;• quality control, quarantine and vaccine preparation

officers.

Graduates of the BAgrEc degree gain employmentas applied economists with:• merchant and trading banks;• international agencies such as FAO, OECD and the

World Bank;• stock, commodity and futures broking firms;• consulting, accounting, marketing and agribusiness

firms;• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource

Economics;• State and Commonwealth government departments

concerned with the rural sector;• Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation and

the Australian Wheat Board;• Industry Commission;• resource industries and the wider business

community.In some fields the possession of a higher degree is

a decided advantage, especially where the workconcerned is of a specialised nature. This appliesparticularly to research, in which positions areavailable in the CSIRO, the universities, governmentdepartments, research institutions and privateindustry. Many graduates continue their training by

accepting scholarships to study for higher degreesand postgraduate diplomas. Often such postgraduatetraining is undertaken in overseas universities andinstitutions.

Undergraduate Scholarship ProgamThe Undergraduate Scholarship Program is designedto encourage and assist talented school leavers,especially from rural areas, to choose AgriculturalScience or Agricultural Economics at the University ofSydney and to focus attention on career opportunitieswhich stem from these degrees. A Talented StudentsProgramme is also offered. Further information isavailable from the Faculty Office.

Communication skillsAs a result of completing any undergraduate coursein the University of Sydney, graduates are expectedto: (i) be able to identify, access, organise andcommunicate knowledge in both written and oralEnglish; and (ii) be able to collect, correlate, display,analyse and report observations. These skills are valuedhighly by employers and will be generally included aspart of the evaluation of assessment tasks. In particular,completion of professional experience reports will beevaluated against criteria designed to assess the levelof written and presentation skills. The Faculty aims toteach such communication skills within the context ofthe various academic disciplines.

University farmsThe University has fifteen farms within 65 km ofSydney, which support the teaching and researchactivities of the Faculties of Veterinary Science andAgriculture. They total over 1500 ha and consist ofthree main centres. The Corstorphine Centre of 717 haon which most of the teaching and research facilitiesare located, and the Bringelly Centre of 466 ha, whichincludes three farms, Wolverton, Coates Park andJohn Bruce Pye Farm, are only 10 km apart andcomplement each other. The third centre, which issituated 25 km from Corstorphine at Badgerys Creek,includes the McGarvie Smith Farm and Fleurs.

The Corstorphine Centre, about 6 Ian west of Camden,began in 1954 by donations of the farms Corstorphineand Mayfarm to the University by the Meat, Wool andDairy Product Boards. The Centre has been enlargedby the purchase of adjoining land and five additionalnearby properties. Lansdowne Farm is thehorticultural field unit of the School of Crop Sciences.Two research units (Horse and Animal Reproduction)have been developed on another of these properties.The Plant Breeding Institute is also located at theCentre.

The Bringelly Centre, 51an from Bringelly and 10 kmfrom Corstorphine, began in 1962 by a donation fromthe late Colonel John Bruce Pye of two separate but

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The Badgerys Creek Centre includes the McGarvieSmith Farm, which was the first farm acquired by theUniversity of Sydney. It was purchased in 1936 withfunds provided by the McGarvie Smith Trust. In 1977the University purchased 153 ha surrounding theFleurs synthesis radiotelescope, a facility developedby the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Together these farms carry more than 400 milkingcows and, with beef cattle and replacement stock, atotal of more than 1200 cattle. They also carry up to2000 sheep,30 horses, 170 deer, 3000 hens, 3500 broilers,100 goats and 400 pigs.

Almost all this stock is used in one way or anotherfor teaching or research purposes, but in addition itproduces a commercial income that defrays the basiccosts associated with holding the farms, and providessome funds for farm development, -research andteaching.

As well as providing basic land, water and animalresources for a wide range of teaching and research in

different departments, the farms serve the plant andanimal industries by frequently acting as commercialtesting sites for new plants, new fertilisers, newvaccines and antibiotics and new whole-farmmanagement systems.

A student accommodation unit, Nepean Hall, issituated on Corstorphine. This gives students easyaccess to the many University departments conductingresearch on different farms in that area.

The progressive development of research facilitiesmakes it possible for postgraduate as well asundergraduate students to be trained on the farms.

Livingston Farm, a 4766 ha property on the banksof the Meehi River about 8 km from Moree, came tothe University as a bequest from the estate of K.S.Livingston. This farm is a commercial crop-growingventure, which earns income for the K.S.H.Livingston Cancer Research Fund, and provides ameans of examining new farming practices andprocedures on a large commercial scale. Currentlyabout 3800 ha of dryland crops are grown each year.Additionally, there are 320 ha of irrigated land usedfor cereals in winter and soybeans in summer. Thisfarm cooperates closely with the I.A. Watson WheatResearch Centre at Narrabri, both in testing of newlines under field plot and farm scale conditions andin increasing seed of new varieties for the benefit oflocal farmers.

Arthursleigh (5200 ha) and Mount Pleasant (2600 ha)at Marulan, 200 km south of Sydney, came to theUniversity as a bequest from the estate of Eric ThomasWilliam Holt in July 1979. They are being developedas large-scale sheep and beef properties. The farms areoperated as a commercial venture and are also usedby students for teaching and research in pastureagronomy.

The University Farms at Camden are under thecontrol of a director, who is a member of both ruralfaculties and is responsible to the Director, Propertiesand Investments for the management of commercialfarming enterprises and the support of teaching andresearch activities.

Nepean HallSince 1959 the University has provided limitedaccommodation for students at the Camden Farms.During 1964, additional accommodation wascompleted so that students from the Faculty ofAgriculture completing their final year in theDepartment of Animal Science (formerly AnimalHusbandry) could be accommodated for the entireyear.

In 1964 the Senate resolved that the accommodationfor students at the Camden Farmbe a hall of residenceand be known as Nepean Hall. The management ofthe Hall is vested in a Council appointed by theSenate.

AddressesUniversity of Sydney (Camden),

425 Werombi Rd, Camden,N.S.W. 2570 (046) 55 2300

Nepean Hall, University of Sydney,Camden Campus, 345 Werombi Rd,Camden, N.S.W. 2570 (046) 55 0262(Resident students) Old block (046) 55 0282 (046) 55 0283 ,.. (046) 55 0284 New block (046) 55 2201 (046) 55 0281 (046) 55 0278

Corstorphine, 445 Werombi Road, Camden,N.S.W. 2570 (046) 55 0213

Plant Breeding Institute, 107 Cobbitty Road, CobbittyN.S.W. 2570 (046) 51 2600

Mayfarm, Mayfarm Road, Mt Hunter, Camden,N.S.W. 2570 (046) 54 5213

John Bruce Pye Farm, Greendale Road, Bringelly,N.S.W. 2570 (047) 74 8212

McGarvie Smith Animal Husbandry Farm,Elizabeth Drive, Badgerys Creek,Bringelly, N.S.W. 2171 (047) 71 8184

Wolverton Dairy Farm, Greendale Road,Bringelly, N.S.W. 2171 (047) 74 8013

Livingston Farm, Moree,N.S.W. 2400 (067) 52 2855

Arthursleigh, Mount Pleasant, Marulan,N.S.W. 2580 (048) 57 5161

I.A. Watson Wheat Research Centre, Narrabri,N.S.W. 7490 (067) 92 1588

Student membership of the FacultyThere is provision for up to four students enrolled forcourses in the Faculty of Agriculture to be elected forone year to membership of the Faculty. Of the four,two must be enrolled as full-time candidates for eitherthe degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture orBachelor of Agricultural Economics and two, who arenot otherwise eligible for membership of the Faculty,must be enrolled as full-time candidates for apostgraduatedegreeordiploma offered by the Faculty.

Open meetingsAny student enrolled for a degree or diploma in theFaculty or any member of its teaching or researchstaff, who is not a member of the Faculty is eligible toattend, but not to speak at or vote at, any meeting ofthe Faculty. •

Students who intend to be present at a meetingmust register that intention at the Faculty Office nomore than seven days prior to the meeting, andcomplete a declaration. The Faculty Office may thenissue an authority to attend. Only twenty suchauthorities will be issued in respect of any one meetingand authorities are valid for one meeting only. Theagenda may have been edited to remove confidentialitems.

The Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree coversthe whole field of agricultural science.

Regulations governing candidature for the BScAgrdegree are set out in resolutions of the Senate andpublished in Statutes and regulations. In addition,candidature for the BScAgr is governed by Facultyresolutions which are set out in this handbook.

Progress through the yearsIf you fail to achieve a satisfactory standard in anycourse or courses, you may repeat that course orcourses once before you have to show cause whyyou should not be excluded, provided that youroverall progress for the year has been satisfactory(see 'satisfactory progress' under 'Exclusion' inChapter 5). Students repealing courses which belongto the First, Second or Third Year groups of coursesmay, with the permission of the Faculty, enrol inone or more courses prescribed for the next higheryear. The Faculty will normally grant permission

for you to undertake courses from the next yearwhen:(i) the timetable arrangements are such that you canattend all lectures, practical classes, tutorials, seminarsand excursions in all of the courses undertaken;(ii) you have fulfilled all of the prerequisites; and(iii) you can satisfy the corequisites for the coursesbelonging to the higher year group of courses.

Prerequisites are courses which you must passbefore proceeding to another course.

Corequisites are courses which should be studiedin the same year as another course if you have notalready passed in them.

In the year groupings which follow, prerequisitesand corequisites for each of the specified courses arelisted. There are circumstances, however, in which theFaculty may waive the formal prerequisite andcorequisite requirements if you are otherwise suitablyqualified to enrol for a course. The onus is on studentsto consult the various departments as to the waiverswhich may be granted for each course. The approvalof the Head of Department must be obtained beforeyou can proceed to a course unless you have passedthe necessary prerequisites.

Course structure

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Prerequisites Corequisites Assumedknowledge

First YearAgricultural Science 12Biology 12Chemistry (Agriculture or 1A) 12Biometry 1 6Economic Environment of 6

Australian Agriculture

Second YearAgricultural Chemistry 2 16 Chemistry (Agriculture or 1A)Animal Science 2 12Crop Science 2 10 Soil Science 2Agricultural Microbiology 2 8 Agricultural Chemistry 2Soil Science 2 6 Agricultural Physics Agricultural Chemistry 2

Biometry 1

Third YearAgricultural Entomology and' 6

Mycology 3Agricultural Genetics 3 6Biometry 3 6and a minimum of 30 units from

Biometry 1

*Agribusiness Management 8 Economic Environment ofAustralian Agriculture

Agricultural Chemistry 3(Chemistry and Biochemistry ofEcosystems) 8 Agricultural Chemistry 2

Agricultural Chemistry 3(Agricultural and Food Products) 8 Agricultural Chemistry 2

Agricultural Microbiology 3 8 Agricultural Microbiology 2Agronomy 3 8 — Crop Science 2Animal Anatomy 6 —

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Agricultural Chemistry 4Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Entomology 4Agricultural Genetics 4Agricultural Microbiology 4Agronomy 4

Animal Production

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Animal Physiology 9 Agricultural Microbiology 2Animal Science 2

Animal Science 3 7 Animal Science 2Horticultural Science 3 6 Crop Science 2 —Plant Pathology 3 4 Agricultural Chemistry 2

Crop Science 2Agricultural Entomology

and Mycology 3Agricultural Genetics 3Agricultural Microbiology 2

*Production Economics 8 Economic Environment ofAustralian Agriculture

Crop Protection 4 Agricultural Entomologyand Mycology 3

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Soil Science 3 8 Soil Science 2

*Students may not count both courses Agribusiness Management and Production Economics.

Biometry 4Farming Systems

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Bio- metry 3 Agronomy 3

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Faculty resolutions relating to coursesIn the BScAgr degree(1) A candidate who has successfully completed acourse prescribed in sections 1, 2 or 3 of the Senateresolutions may be granted exemption by the Facultyfrom taking the course of instruction and examinationin such course again.(2) A candidate who has not completed all coursesin the First or the Second Year may be permitted by theFaculty to take one or more courses from the next year,provided that the total unit load should not normallyexceed 52 units.(3) A candidate in the Third Year may be granted

permission by the Faculty to take one or more FourthYear courses, provided that the candidate's completeFourth Year course of study is approved by the Headof Department/ School who will supervise thecandidate's work in the Fourth Year.(4) A candidate who has not completed all coursesin the Third Year may, in circumstances approved bythe Faculty, be granted permission to enrol in theFourth Year together with the remaining course orcourses of the Third Year provided such courses donot exceed eight units.(5) The prescribed Fourth Year subjects shall bethose set out in the preceding course structural chart.

Third Year Course Combinations for entryto Fourth Year subjectsAll students must take the following core courses:Agricultural Entomology and

Mycology 3

6 unitsAgricultural Genetics 3

6 unitsBiometry 3

6 units18 units

In addition, all students choose a total of 30 to 34units in optional courses according to the followingguidelines:

Fourth Year subject Prerequisite Additionalunits

Preferred options

Agricultural Chemistry 4 Agricultural Chemistry 3L (18u) 14 to 18Agricultural Economics Agribusiness Management (8u) 24 to 28Agricultural Entomology 4 32 to 36Agricultural Genetics 4 Data Management 3 (4u) 28 to 32 Horticultural Science 3 (6u)Agricultural Microbiology 4 32 to 36Agronomy 4 Agronomy 3 (coreq) (8u) 20 to 24 Horticultural Science 3 (6u)

Data Management 3 (coreq) (4u) Plant Pathology 3 (4u)Animal Production Animal Anatomy (6u) 4 to 8

Animal Physiology (10u)Animal Science 3 (8u)Data Management 3 (4u)

Biometry 4 Data Management 3 (4u) 28 to 32Farming Systems Agribusiness Management (8u) 24 to 28 Agronomy 3 (8u)

or Production Economics (8u)Special Program 30 to 34Horticultural Science 4 Horticultural Science 3 (6u) 22 to 26 Crop Protection (4u)

Data Management 3 (4u)Plant Pathology 4 Plant. Pathology 3 (4u) 28 to 32Soil Science 4 Data Management 3 (4u) 20 to 24

Soil Science 3 (8u)

The combination of courses chosen must be permitted by the timetable.

The degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Economics isavailable for those wishing to specialise in the field ofagricultural economics. Regulations governingcandidature for the BAgrEc degree are set out inresolutions of the Senate and published in Statutes and

Regulations 1994-95.The degree requires a minimum time of four years.

The courses prescribed are summarised below.

Course structure

Courses Unitvalues

Prerequisites Corequisites

First YearAgricultural Economics I 12Econometrics I 12Economics Iand one of:

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Accounting I 12Biology 12Geography I 12Government I 12Commercial Law I 12Mathematics I (Life Sciences) 12The Australian Economy 12

Second YearApplied Commodity Modelling

or8 Econometrics I

Econometrics BB 8 Econometrics IIACommodity Price Analysis 8 Agricultural Economics IEconomics II 16 Economics IProduction Economicsand a minimum of 12 units from

8 Agricultural Economics I

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Third YearAgricultural and Resource Policy 8 Production Economics

Commodity Price AnalysisEconomics III 16 Economics II

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Courses Unit Prerequisites Corequisitesvalues

Quantitative Business Management 8 Production Economics Applied Commodity Modellingand Finance or Econometrcs IIB

Research Methods 4 — —and a minimum of 12 units fromTables 2 and/or 3

Fourth YearAgricultural Economics IV 52

Students may count no more than two of the following subjects toward the degree: Accounting I, Biology, Commercial Law I,Geography I, Government I, Mathematics I (Life Sciences), The Australian Economy. Students may not count Accounting I andeither Financial Accounting Concepts or Management Accounting Concepts towards their degree.

TABLE 1: Courses from which Second Year students select optional units

Courses Unitvalues


Accounting 1 12 —Animal Science 6 — —Asian Studies 1 16 — —Asian Studies 2 16 Asian Studies 1 —Commercial Transactions I 6 — —Corporations Law 8 Commercial Transactions ICrop and Pasture Agronomy 6 — —Crop Science I 8 — —Econometrics IIA 8 Econometrics I —Econometrics IIB 8 — Econometrics IIAFinancial Accounting A 8 Accounting I —Financial Accounting Concepts 6 — —Forecasting for Economics and 8 —

BusinessGeography I 12 —Geography II 16 Geography IGovernment I 12 — —Government II 16 Government I —Management Accounting A 8 Accounting I Econometrics IManagement Accounting Concepts 6 — —Sample Design and Analysis 8 — —

TABLE 2: Courses from which Third Year students select optional units

Courses Unit Prerequisites Corequisitesvalues

Accounting 1 12 —Agronomy 8 Crop and Pasture AgronomyAnimal Science 6 —Any Semester Course in 8

Economic History'Any Semester Course in 8

Finance* Consult Faculty ofAny Semester Course in

Government*8 Economics Handbook

Any Semester Course in 8Commercial Law*

Any Semester Course in Marketing* 8Applied Econometrics 8 Econometrics IIB Econometrics ILIAAsian Studies 1 16 — —Asian Studies 2 16 Asian Studies 1Asian Studies 3 16 Asian Studies 2 —Crop and Pasture Agronomy 6 — —Econometrics IIA 8 Econometrics I —Econometrics IIB 8 Econometrics IIAEconometrics IIIA 8 Econometrics IIA

Economics III Additional 16 — Economics IIIEconomics III Supplementary 8 Economics II Economics IIIFinancial Accounting A 8 Accounting I —Financial Accounting Concepts 6 —

* Subject to the approval of the Head of Department of Agricultural Economics.

Courses

Unit

Prerequisites

Corequisitesvalues

Agribusiness ManagementApplied Commodity TradetApplied MarketingtNatural Resource Economics

8 Production Economics8 Commodity Price Analysis8 Commodity Price Analysis8 Production Economics

Commodity Price Analysis

Courses Unitvalues


Forecasting for Economicsand Business

8 Econometrics IIA

Geography II 16 Geography I

Geography III 16 Geography IIGovernment II 16 Government IGovernment III 16 Government IIHorticultural Science 6 Crop and Pasture AgronomyManagement Accounting A 8 Accounting I Econometrics IManagement Accounting Concepts 6Operations Research A 8 Econometrics IIAOperations Research B 8 Operations Research ASample Design and Analysis 8 Econometrics IIA

Any other Semester Coursein Econometrics*

Courses from the BScAgr degree*

*Subject to the approval of the Head of Department of Agricultural Economics and the Head of the Department concerned.

TABLE 3: Optional courses offered by the Department of Agricultural Economics

tThese courses may be offered in alternate years. Contact the Department for specific information.

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Faculty resolutions relating to courses

In the BAgrEc degree(1) A candidate who has successfully completed acourse prescribed in sections 1, 2 or 3 of the Senateresolutions may be granted an exemption by theFaculty from taking the course of instruction andexamination in such course again.(2) A candidate who has not completed all coursesin the First or the Second Year may be permitted by theFaculty to take one or more courses from the next year,provided that the total unit load should not normallyexceed 56 units.(3) A candidate in the Third Year may be grantedpermission by the Faculty to take one or more FourthYear courses, provided that the candidate's completeFourth Year course of study is approved by the Headof the Department of Agricultural Economics.(4) A candidate who has not completed all coursesin the Third Year may, in circumstances approved bythe Faculty, be granted permission to enrol in theFourth Year together with the remaining course orcourses of the Third Year.

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Courses are subject to alterationCourses and arrangements for courses, including staffallocated, as stated in this or any other publication,announcement or advice of the University are anexpression of intent only and are not to be taken as afirm offer or undertaking. The University reserves theright to discontinue orvary such courses, arrangementsor staff allocations at any time without notice.

BooksYou are expected to own all books listed as Textbooks.However, you are not required to buy books listed asReference books.

Changes sometimes occur in the selection ofprescribed textbooks, or reference books, owing tosupply difficulties, or the publication of new andmore suitable works. Such changes will be announcedby lecturers and it is prudent to check with the relevantlecturer before buying the books you expect to need.

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEARCOURSESAgribusiness Management 8 unitsPrereq Economic Environment of Australian AgricultureClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 2 workshop)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

This course is designed to introduce the economicprinciples and techniques of business management asthey apply to farm and agribusiness firms. The firstpart of the course will include: domestic andinternational agricultural product marketing; thefunctions of marketing; the opportunities to influencemarket outcomes; and marketing strategies. The topicscovered in the second part will include: managementgoals and objectives; budgeting; gross marginsanalysis; parametric budgeting; sources ofmanagement information and its analysis; simplesystems simulation; applications of linearprogramming to farm and agribusiness planning;financial management; risk in planning andmanagement; cash, credit, debt and taxationmanagement; evaluation of investment and firmgrowth alternatives; acquisition and transfer of assets;the role of financial institutions in the rural creditmarket.

An integrated set of workshops is used to provideexperience in firm planning utilising budgeting, grossmargins analysis, linear programming, simulationmethods and other techniques of analysis.

TextbooksP.J. Barry et al. Financial Management in Agriculture (Interstate,

1989)

R.L. Kohls and J.N. Uhl Marketing of Agricultural Products(Macmillan, 1990)

P. Kotler et al. Marketing: Australia and New Zealand (PrenticeHall, 1994)

J.P. Makeham et al. Best Bet Farm Decisions (U. of NewEngland Press, 1968)

A.N. Rae Agricultural Management Economics (CAB, 1994)P.A. Rickards and D.J. McConnell Budgeting, Gross Margins

and Programming for Farm Planning (U. of New EnglandPress, 1967)

R. Turvey Complan Handbook No. 8: Enterprise Budgets forNorth West N.S.W. (N.S.W. Department of Agriculture,1988)

Agricultural Chemistry 2 16 unitsLecturers Dr Caldwell, Assoc. Prof. Copeland, Dr LeesPrereq ChemistryClasses Yr: (3 lec & 5 prac)/wkAssessment two 3hr exams, prac, assignments

Thecourseintroduces students to topicsinbiophysical,bioorganic and biological chemistry. These topicsinclude: energy in the biosphere, the interaction ofradiation and matter, the physical characterisation oflarge biomolecules, surfaces and interfaces; the organicchemistry of carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins,nucleotides and polynucleotides, vitamins, steroids,and plant pigments; principles of enzyme action;catabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids;respiration and energy metabolism; intermediarymetabolism; nucleic acid metabolism and proteinsynthesis. Emphasis is also given to the theory,principles and practice of the basic analyticaltechniques which are a necessary prerequisite for themore advanced instrumental methods found in manylaboratory-based disciplines.

TextbooksR. Chang Physical Chemistry with Applications to Biological

Systems (Macmillan, 1981)R.T. Morrison and R.N. Boyd Organic Chemistry (Allyn and

Bacon, 1983)L. Shyer Biochemistry 3rd edn (Freeman, 1988)

Agricultural Chemistry 3 (Chemistry andBiochemistry of Ecosystems) 8 unitsCoordinator Dr KennedyLecturers Dr Kennedy, Dr Caldwell, Dr Lees, Assoc. Prof.

CopelandPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 5 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, prac, assignments

This is a course in environmental chemistry designedfor students who intend to specialise in their FourthYear in Agricultural Chemistry or Soil Science, or inenvironmentally-related areas of crop and animalsciences, entomology, horticulture, microbiology,plant and animal genetics and plant pathology. Thespecific objectives of the course are to (i) providestudents with an understanding of chemical and

biochemical processes in ecosystems, in particular thevarious elemental cycles, inclusive of environmentalimpacts arising from disturbances in natural processesand contamination from other human activity; and (ii)teach students practical skills in chemical andbiochemical methods of analysis used inenvironmental chemistry.

The lecture topics will include: the biological/environmental carbon cycle; bioenergetics ofautotrophy and heterotrophy, photosynthesis,fermentation, eutrophication; the mineral nutrientcycles, uptake and utilisation by organisms, pHbalancing; the biological/environmental nitrogencycle; ammonification, nitrification of ammonia,denitrification of nitrate, nitrogen fixation, ammoniaand nitrate assimilation; thebiological /environmentalsulphur cycle; sulphate assimilation, sulphatereduction and dissimilation in soil and water; the roleof the nitrogen and sulphur cycles in the acidificationof ecosystems; effects of acidification on plants andanimals; pesticides and herbicides, chemistry, modesof action, metabolism an detoxification; environmentalchemistry and fate of pesticides; design of newpesticides and means of pest control; heavy metalsand plants, mechanisms of tolerance,hyperaccumulators, halophytes.

The laboratory exercises will include samplepreparation and analyses of environmental samplesfor organic and inorganic nutrients, products andcontaminants including heavy metals and pesticides.Skills will be acquired in gas, liquid and ionchromatography, atomic adsorption spectroscopy,electrochemical methods and the use of immunoassay.

Reference booksTo be advised.

Agricultural Chemistry 3 (Agricultural andFood Products) 8 unitsCoordinator Assoc. Prof. CopelandLecturers Assoc. Prof. Copeland, Dr Caldwell, Dr Lees, Dr

KennedyPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2Classes Sem 2: (3 lec & 5 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, prac, assignments

This is a course in agricultural biochemistry designedfor students who intend to specialise in their FourthYear in Agricultural Chemistry, or in areas of crop andanimal sciences, entomology, horticulture,microbiology, plant and animal genetics, and plantpathology. The course covers the chemistry andbiochemistry of agricultural and food products andaims to (0 develop in students an understanding atthe molecular level of biosynthetic processes, includingtheir regulation; (ii) provide students with knowledgeof the biochemistry of agricultural products; and (iii)teach students practical skills in chemical andbiochemical methods of analysis used in laboratoriesof enterprises concerned withagricultural production,the processing of agricultural products, and in thefood and beverage industries.

The lecture topics will cover biosynthetic processesincluding photosynthesis, sucrose and otheroligosaccharides, and starch and other storage and

structural polysaccharides, amino acids, fatty acidsand lipids; mechanisms of metabolic regulation,bioenergetics and transport processes, signaltransduction pathways; post-harvest biochemistry ofanimal and plant products; seed biochemistry, seedstorage proteins, mobilisation of reserves, nutritionaland anti-nutritional constituents of cereal and legumeseeds; characteristics of constituents in relation toquality of products; physical biochemistry ofmacromolecules, including properties in solution andphysical methods of study, natural fibrous and gel-forming macromolecules, uses in foods and othercommercial products.

The laboratory exercises will include samplepreparationand analyses of foods and other biologicalmaterials using spectroscopic, enzymic, andchromatographic (including GC and HPLC) methods;analysis and structural studies of polysaccharides;techniques for separating biological macromolecules(includng chromatography and electrophoresis);radiochemical methods.


Agricultural Entomology and Mycology 36 units

Coordinator Dr RoseLecturers Dr Rose, Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 1 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr theory exam, prac

An introduction to pests and fungal diseases and theirimportance to agriculture.

The entomological component of this course willgive students a brief introduction to insects and relatedanimals. Lectures will cover morphology andclassification, physiology, ecology and behaviour,principles of control and toxicology of insecticides.Practical classes will deal briefly with the classificationand identification of insect pests.

The mycology component will include anintroduction to the fungi, and the principles of diseasecontrol in relation to typical disease cycles. A briefintroduction to mycotoxicoses also will be included.

Textbooks and reference booksTo be advised.

Agricultural Genetics 3 6 unitsCoordinator Dr SharpLecturers Dr Sharp, Dr Darvey, Prof. Marshall, Assoc. Prof.

Moran, Assoc. Prof. NicholasClasses Sem 1: (3 lec, 1 tut & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr theory exam & one 2hr prac exam, tests

This lecture and practical course provides anintroduction to the genetics and breeding of plantsand animals. It provides an understanding for paralleland following courses. Lectures cover the basics ofgene transmission and interaction, cytogenetics,molecular genetics, population and quantitativegenetics, as well as the more applied aspects of plantand animal breeding and biotechnology. Practicalsemphasise, with agricultural examples, the proceduresof genetic and cytogenetic analysis, and the use of

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computers in simulation procedures in populationgenetics, quantitative inheritance and selectionprograms, and provide exposure to current plant andanimal breeding and biotechnology.

TextbookR. Tamarin Principles of Genetics 3rd edn (W.C. Brown)

Agricultural Microbiology 2 8 unitsCoordinator Dr NewLecturers Mrs Dalins, Dr Duxbury, Dr Humphery-Smith, Dr

New, Prof. ReevesCoreq Agricultural Chemistry 2Classes Sem 1: (3 lec, 4 prac & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one 3hr prac exam, prac, 2

assignments

This course aims to give students an understanding ofthe relevance of microorganisms to agriculture, aswell as to introduce them to the main areas ofagricultural microbiology.

The topics covered include history and scope ofmicrobiology; methodology; comparison of majorgroups of microorganisms; detailed study of bacteriaincluding structure, growth, death and metabolism;bacterial genetics, leading on to genetic engineering.

TextbookL.M. Prescott et al. Microbiology (W.C. Brown, 1993)

Agricultural Microbiology 3 8 unitsCoordinator Dr NewLecturers Mrs Dalins, Dr Duxbury, Dr Ferenci, Dr Humphery-

Smith, Dr NewPrereq Agricultural Microbiology 2Classes Sem 2: (3 lec, 4 prac & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one 3hr prac exam, prac, 2

assignments

This is a course mainly in applied microbiology forstudents wishing to gain more knowledge inmicrobiology or those wishing to specialise inMicrobiology in Fourth Year.

Microorganisms in the environment, including soilmicrobiology and nitrogen fixation; bacterialmetabolism; human and animal health and disease;food microbiology; industrial microbiology.TextbookAs for Agricultural Microbiology 2.

Agricultural Science 12 unitsCoordinator Dr JacobsLecturers Dr Jacobs, Dr Sharma, Mr de Kantzow, Prof.

Burgess, Dr MaxwellClasses Yr: (3 lec & 3 prac)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, prac, plant collection, reports

This course provides a general introduction toagriculture with a particular emphasis on the role ofclimate, and provides a scientific basis for the study ofagricultural 4cience.

Reference booksV. Squires and P.Tow (eds) Dryland Farming: a Systems

Approach (Sydney University Press, 1992)C.J. Pearson et al. A Plain English Guide to Agricultural Plants

(Longman Cheshire, 1993)M.W. Denny Air and Water: The Biology and Physics of Life's

Media (Princeton University Press, 1993)

Agronomy 3 8 unitsLecturers Mr de Kantzow, Dr CampbellPrereq Crop Science 2, Soil Science 2Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 2 tut/prac)/wkAssessment one 2hr exam, one 4000w essay, class work

An analysis of dryland and irrigated pasture andcropping systems with recognition given to regionalfarming systems in Australia. This examines thehistorical development and current constraints tofarming practice in identifiable regions of Australiawhere common farming systems exist. The futurepotential of each of these areas, the sustainability ofcurrent practices and changes necessary to achievethis are discussed.

Students will write a report for a suitable propertyof the student's choice. This requires: analysis ofresources for cropping, including climatic, edaphic,biological and social constraints; selection of suitablecrops; nomination of sound cropping practices anddevelopment of a sustainable system of dryland croprotations for the farm. The progress of the report issupported by relevant material in the lectures and •practicals. A second major section of the reportdevelops an irrigated cropping area on the farm. Thisrequires: selection of suitable crops, estimation of thebenefits in moving from dryland to irrigatedcultivation for this crop, crop water requirements andselection and operation of a suitable irrigation system.

Reference booksP.S. Cornish and J.E. Pratley Tillage. New Directions in

Australian Agriculture (Inkata, 1987)M.E. Jensen Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems

(ASAE, 1980)

Animal Anatomy 6 unitsLecturers Prof. Bryden, Dr SheaClasses Sem 1: 3 lec/wk; Sem 2: 3hr of prac/wkAssessment one 3hr written exam, one 30min prac exam

The anatomy of farm animals with particular emphasison animal production. The course includes lectureswith associated demonstrations of anatomicalstructure, and a series of practical classes involvingdissection of calves, pigs and chickens.

TextbooksK.M. Dyce et al. Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy (Saunders,

1987)J.E.M. Smallwood An Introductory Study of Bovine Anatomy

(Smallwood, 1973)

Animal Nutrition 4 unitsLecturers Prof. Fraser, Dr MercerPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2, Animal Science 2Classes Sem 1: 1 lec/wk; Sem 2: 3 prac/wkAssessment one lhr exam, assignments

This course of lectures and practical classes is anextension of theSecond Year course. Thelecture coursewill complement the practical course and will bedirected toward the assessment of nutritionaladequacy and with solving nutritional problems.

Reference bookP. McDonald et al. Animal Nutrition 4th edn (Longman

Scientific and Technical, 1988)

Animal Physiology 9 unitsLecturer Dr TaylorPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2, Animal Science 2Classes Sem 1: (1 lec & 2-4 prac)/wk; Sem 2: (1 lec & 2-4

prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam/Sem 1, one 3hr exam/Sem 2

This course will extend the introductory lecturesgiven during Second Year. Special attention willbe paid to the physiology of production animals.Practical classes will amplify principles covered inthe lecture course. Students will work in pairs orteams and keep detailed records of experiments. Itis expected that students will purchase a coursehandbook during the first practical class of theyear.

TextbookB.C. Currie Structure and Function of Domestic Animals

(Butterworths, 1988)

Animal Reproduction 4 unitsLecturers Dr Evans, Dr MaxwellPrereq Animal Science 2Classes Sem 2: (2 lec & 3 prac)/wkAssessment one 2hr exam

An advanced course on mammalian reproductionand its control, with particular reference to farmanimals. Topics covered will include cycles inreproduction, oogenesis, spermatogenesis,fertilisation, pregnancy, parturition, artificial controlof reproduction.

Practical classes are designed to provide studentswith an understanding of the anatomy of the male andfemale reproductive organs, fertilisation andembryonic development, semen collection andhandling, artificial insemination.

Textbooks and reference booksC.R. Austin and R.V. Short (eds) Reproduction in Mammals

(Cambridge U.P., 1983)E.S.E. Hafez (ed.) Reproduction in Farm Animals (Lea &

Febiger, 1987)G. Evans and W.M.C. Maxwell Salamon's Artificial

Insemination of Sheep and Goats (Butterworths, 1987)Others to be advised.

Animal Science 2 12 unitsCoordinator Dr MaxwellClasses Sem 1: (4 lec & 9 prac)/wks 5-14; Sem 2: 4 lec/wkAssessment two 2hr exams

The course is an integrated one designed to cater forstudents terminating studies in animal sciences atthe end of Second Year and to provide the bases forstudents intending to specialise in animal productionin later years. Instruction in Animal Anatomy, AnimalPhysiology, Animal Reproduction, AnimalProduction and Principles of Nutrition will be asoutlined briefly below.

Animal AnatomyLecturer Mr Milner

This series of lectures is a short introduction to thestructure of farm animals.

Introduction to Animal PhysiologyLecturer Dr Taylor

This course of lectures provides a general introductionto animal physiology with special attention toproduction animals.

Animal ReproductionLecturer Dr Evans

An introductory course of lectures in the principles ofreproduction in farm animals with partidular emphasison breeding strategies.

Principles of NutritionLecturer Dr Mercer

A course of lectures on the functional basis of nutritionin homeostasis and in production by farm animals.

Animal ProductionLecturer Dr Gooden (plus Camden staff)

A course of lectures which describes the characteristicsof the animal production industries. Lectures will bereinforced by practical classes, to be held at Camden.

Textbooks and reference booksTo be advised.

Animal Science 3 7 unitsCoordinator Dr J. MercerPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2, Animal Science 2Assessment one lhr exam, assignments (nutrition), one 2hr

exam, assignments (reproduction)

NutritionThis partof the course comprises lectures and practicalclasses and is an extension of the Second Year course.The lecture course will complement the practical courseand will be directed toward the assessment ofnutritional adequacy and with solving nutritionalproblems.

Reference bookP. McDonald et al. Animal Nutrition 4th edn (Longman

Scientific and Technical, 1988)

ReproductionThis is an advanced course on mammalianreproductionand its control, with particular referenceto farm animals. Topics covered will include cycles inreproduction, oogenesis, spermatogenesis, fertilis-ation, pregnancy, parturition, artificial control ofreproduction.

Practical classes are designed to provide studentswith anunderstanding of the anatomy of the male andfemale reproductive organs, fertilisation andembryonic development, semen collection andhandling, artificial insemination.

Reference booksC.R. Austin and R.V. Short (eds) Reproduction in Mammals

(Cambridge U.P., 1983)E.S.E. Hafez (ed) Reproduction in Farm Animals (Lea & Febiger,

1987)G. Evans and W.M.C. Maxwell Salamon's Artificial

Insemination of Sheep and Goats (Butterworths, 1987)Others to be advised.

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Biology 12 unitsLecturers Biological Sciences staffAKn HSC Science, Biology 2-unit core courseClasses Yr: (3 lec & 3 prac)/wkAssessment exam/sem, prac, assignments

Several main areas of biological investigation arecovered: cell biology, structure and function of plants(mainly flowering plants) and animals, organisms andenvironment, genetics, and some agricultural topics.

TextbookW.K. Purvesetal. Life: The Science of Biology3rd edn (Freeman,

1992)

Notes to accompany the lectures are issued eachsemester. Notes for semester 1 should be obtained fromthe Carslaw Building, during the Orientation period.For further information, consult Information for Studentsin First Year Biology, available from the Faculty ofAgriculture office during the Orientation period.

Biometry 1 6 unitsAKn HSC Mathematics, 2 unitsClasses Yr: (1 lec & 2 tut/prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam (open book), class work

This course explores methods for collecting, describingand analysing biological data from agriculturalexperiments. It includes a discussion of biologicalvariability and of simple statistical techniques availablefor comparing treatments. It examines mathematicaltechniques useful in agricultural science, such asdifferentiation and integration as applied to growthcurves and simple modelling. It considers methods ofdata plotting and curve fitting.

Practical classes will involve extensive use ofpersonal computers. There will be generalintroductions to computers, file management andsoftware as they relate to agriculture. The packageMinitab will be used for data and mathematicalanalyses. Practice with word processors, spreadsheetsand databases will be achieved using Microsoft Word,Excel and Access.

Biometry 3 6 unitsPrereq Data Management 1Classes Sem 2: (3 lec, 2 prac & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam (open book), class work

This course extends the techniques considered in DataManagement 1, and considers problems of statisticaldesign and analysis encountered in research in thebiological, agricultural and veterinary sciences. Inpractical classes the computer packages Minitab,Microsoft Works and Excel are used extensively toanalyse and summarise experimental data.

The first part of the course covers: describingbiological data and variability in statistical terms;some theory df sampling and estimation, withpracticalconsiderations such as randomisationand replication;framing biological hypotheses; theory of hypothesistesting; estimating and testing a single treatment via at-test, and extending to tests of two or more treatmentmeans via an F-test, practical experimental design; theconcept of experimental units; controlling variabilityin experimental material by pairing and blocking;

applications of the analysis of variance: completelyrandom, randomised complete block and latin squaredesigns; extending treatment designs to simplefactorial designs; examining the linear relationships(regression, correlation) between two biologicalmeasurements.

The second part of the course examines the practicalaspects of agricultural experimentation in detail. Theunderlying analytical tool is the General Linear Modelwhich is basically a multiple linear regression modelrelating a biological variable to a number of predictorvariables. This will provide a general framework foranalysing data from a variety of more complexexperimental and treatment designs.

TextbookR. Meadetal. Statistical Methods in Agriculture and Experimental

Biology 2nd edn (Chapman & Hall, 1993)

Chemistry 12 unitsAKn HSC 2-unitChemistry or Chemistry component of 3- or

4-unit ScienceClasses Yr: (3 lec & 3 prac)/wkAssessment theory exam at end of each semester, other

assessment to be advised

The course Chemistry is offered at two levels:• Chemistry 1 Advanced (advanced level) is availableto students with a good school record in Science orChemistry, and who could subsequently pursue in-depth studies in areas such as Agricultural Chemistryor Soil Science.• Chemistry 1 (ordinary level) provides a soundfoundation for any chemically-based course insubsequent years of the Faculty. This chemistry courseis built on a satisfactory prior knowledge of the HSC2-unit Chemistry course or the Chemistry componentof the 3- or 4-unit Science course.

Both Chemistry 1 Advanced and Chemistry 1 coverchemical theory, inorganic, physical and organicchemistry. The practical work and the theorysyllabuses for the two courses are similar. The level oftreatment in the 1 Advanced course is more detailedand presupposes a good grounding in the subject atthe secondary level.

Fully detailed information about the courses isavailable from the Chemistry School.• Chemistry (Agriculture) is the same as Chemistry 1(ordinary level). Students receive a differentpercentage of their final mark from regularassignments than do the Chemistry 1 students.

Textbooks• Chemistry 1 Advanced and 1Students should obtain a booklist from the School during

the Orientation period.

Crop Protection 4 unitsCoordinator Dr RoseLecturers Dr Rose, Assoc. Prof. Burgess, Prof. Deverall, Dr

BowyerClasses Sem 2: 4 lec/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one 2000w essay

The course covers weeds, diseases and insect pests ofcrops. The topics covered in this introductory courseon the principles of crop protection are population

dynamics; loss assessment; strategies, includingthresholds; biocontrol; legislation, includingquarantine; pesticide use; resistance to pesticides;future directions. There will be contributions frominvited speakers.

Crop Science 2 10 unitsCoordinator Dr BowyerPrereq Biometry 1, Agricultural ScienceCoreq Agricultural Chemistry 2, Soil Science 2Classes Sem 2: (5 lec & 5 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, prac reports, assignment

This course introduces students to aspects of structureand function at the cellular and whole plant levels andhow this knowledge relates to the production of crops.It also introduces the use of simulation models inagricultural systems and considers crops ascomponents of these systems within the context ofenvironmental issues.

The major sections of the course deal with:(i) the sowing, establishment and ecology of crops,

including competition among crop plants andbetween crops and weeds;

(ii) the cellular structure of crop plants and theanatomy of plant tissues and their relevance tocrop production;

(iii) the processes of crop growth, including thecapture of light, nutrients and water;

(iv) the physiology of reproductive development,including control of fruit quality.

The practical classes include laboratory, glasshouseand field activities. They are designed to complementthe lecture topics and to enable students to acquireskills in the design, analysis and reporting ofexperiments.


Economic Environment of AustralianAgriculture 6 unitsClasses Yr: (2 lee & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one lhr exam/Sem 1, one 2hr exam/Sem 2, class

work, one 1500w essay

This course is designed to give students anunderstanding of some basic economic principles andto introduce the characteristics of the economicenvironmentin which Australianagricultureoperates.After outlining the historical setting of Australianagriculture, the current market, business managementand political environments in which agricultureoperates are discussed. The topics discussed include:the historical development of Australian agriculture;the changing nature of Australian agriculture overtime; agricultural adjustment in the world economy;the place of agriculture in the Australian economy; theplace of Australian agriculture in the world economy;factors affecting the location of agricultural production;factors affecting the demand, supply and price ofagricultural products; trends in agricultural prices;market structure; agricultural marketing; the natureof international markets; problems in agriculturaltrade; introductory principles of farm managementand production economics; the farm business; taxation;

constitutional, political and administrative institutionsaffecting Australian agriculture; the Australianagricultural policy setting; means of achievinggovernment objectives for the farm sector.

TextbooksK.O. Campbell and B.S. Fisher Agricultural Marketing and

Prices (Longman Cheshire; 1991)K.O. Campbell and J.W. Bowyer (eds) The Scientific Basis of

Modem Agriculture (Sydney U.P., 1988)

Horticultural Science 36 unitsCoordinator Dr GoodwinPrereq Crop Science 2 or Crop and Pasture AgronomyClasses Sem 2: (2 lec, 2 workshops & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 2hr exam (60%), assignments (30%), class

quiz (10%)

The course introduces students to the scientific basisof perennial fruit and annual horticultural cropproduction. Lecture topics include: factors whichdetermine fruit crop locations, training systems androotstocks; the physiology of propagation, floweringand fruit growth; time of harvest and postharvesthandling of fruit; the establishment of annualhorticultural crops; water management; micro-environmental modification and the strategicmanagement of fertilisers and pesticides. The practicalclasses include: the training and pruning of fruit trees;propagation by cuttings, budding and grafting; theobjective assessment of fruit quality; an introductionto plant tissue culture; the manipulation of greenhouseenvironments, and the modification of the fieldenvironment by windbreaks and mulches.

Plant Pathology 3 4 unitsCoordinator Dr BowyerLecturers Dr Bowyer, Prof. Burgess, Prof. DeverallPrereq Agricultural Chemistry 2, Crop Science 2Coreq Agricultural Entomology and Mycology 3, Agricultural

Microbiology 3A, Agricultural Genetics 3Classes Sem 2: (2 lec & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 2hr theory exam & one lhr prac exam, class

work

Introduction to the nature of plant diseases as limitingfactors in agricultural production. Introduction tobacteria, viruses and nematodes as causes of plantdisease. Physiology of infection and the nature of hostresistance. Parasitic specialisation. Epidemiology.Principles of disease control.

TextbookG.N. Agrios Plant Pathology 3rd edn (Academic Press, 1988)

Production Economics 8 unitsPrereq Economic Environment of Australian AgricultureClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/ wkAssessment one 3hr exam, class work

Production economics is concerned with productiondecisions on resource allocation at the firm, industryand economy levels. The topics include: the nature ofagricultural resource industry protection; productionfunctions; factor substitution; principles of enterprisecombination and multi-product production; firm

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objectives; constrained and unconstrainedmaximisation; cost function and other dualityrelationships; economies of scale and size in farming;input demands and dual relationships; productionover time; productivity and technical change;production under risk and the illustration of theprinciples involved through the use of practicalapplications and exercises involving both theagricultural and resource industries. In addition, basicdecision analysis will be introduced including basicconcepts of probability; concepts of utility; utilityfunctions and elicitation of preferences.

TextbooksD.L. Debertin Agricultural Product ion Economics (Macmillan,

1986)J.P. Doll and F. Orazem Production Economics: Theory with

Applications (Wiley, 1984)

Reference bookJ. R. Anderson et a/. Agricultural Decision Analysis (Iowa State

U.P., 1977)

Soil Science 2 6 unitsCoordinator Assoc. Prof. KoppiLecturers Assoc. Prof. Koppi, Mr Geering, Prof. McBratneyPrereq Agricultural Physics, Biometry 1Coreq Agricultural Chemistry 2Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 3hr prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, coursework and prac book

This course is concerned with the fundamentalproperties of soil, the factors of soil formation, and theprocesses that operate in the soil system. Thecomponents of the course are: pedology; soil physicsand soil chemistry. These components are synthesisedby reference to common soil profiles. The study of soilin the field starts with field description and assessmentof essential characteristics. The physics of water andgas movement, temperature, density, swelling andstrength are considered. Soil chemistry includesproperties of organic matter, cation exchange capacity,nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and acidity.Common soil types of N.S.W. are studied in relation totheir formation, properties and classification.

Reference booksN.C. Brady The Nature and Properties of Soils 10th edn

(Macmillan, 1990)K.O. Campbell and J.W. Bowyer (eds) The Scientific Basis of

Modern Agriculture (Sydney U.P., 1988)G.W. Leeper and N.C. Uren Soil Science: An Introduction 5th

edn (Melbourne U. P., 1993)M.J. Singer and D.N. Munns Soils: An Introduction 2nd edn

(Macmillan, 1991)R.E. White Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil

Science 2nd edn (Blackwells Scientific, 1987)A. Wild (ed.) Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth 11th

edn (Wiley, 1988)

Soil Science 3 8 unitsCoordinator Mr GeeringLecturers Assoc. Prof. Koppi, Prof. McBratney, Mr Geering

& staff from Geography DepartmentPrereq Soil Science 2Classes Sem 2: (41ec & 3hr prac)/wk; 5 days in the field in last

week mid-year breakAssessment one 3hr exam, reports on field and lab work

Lectures on classification of soil, soil survey,pedological processes, geomorphology and soilstratigraphy, aerial photography, geostatistics andtheir application to land evaluation formal purposes,the forms of land degradation occurring in Australia,the management of the soil environmentand processesand management conducive to sustainable soilhusbandry.

Five days' field work in the last week of the mid-year break will take place at a country location andinvolves landscape description and the description,mapping and sampling of soil profiles for the purposeof assessing land-use capability and field variabilityof soil properties. The field-work component is acompulsory part of the course.

Thirty-six hours of laboratory work involves routinephysical, chemical and statistical analyses of samplestakenin the field relevant to assessment of the landusepotential and the quantification of the soil variabilityand soil degradation at the survey site.

Reference booksT.J. Marshall and J.W. Holmes Soil Physics, 2nd edn

(Cambridge U.P., 1988)D. Dent and A. Young Soil Survey and Land Evaluation (Allen

& Unwin, 1981)FAO A Framework for Land Evaluation FAO Soil Bulletin No.

32 (FAO, 1976)E.A. FitzPatrick Soils (Longman, 1980)R.H. Gunn et al. Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook:

Guidelines for Conducting Surveys (Inkata, 1988)E.G. HallsworthAnatomy, Physiologyand Psychology of Erosion

(Wiley, 1987)R.P.C. Morgan Soil Erosion and Conservation (Longman, 1986)A. Wild (ed.) Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, 11th

edn (Wiley, 1988)

FOURTH YEAR COURSESAgricultural Chemistry 4Prereq Agricultural Chemistry 3L

The course will include:Research Methods in Agricultural and BiologicalChemistry 8 unitsStudents prepare a discussion paper and short essayson topics of their choice selected from a reading listwhich covers a wide range of basic and applied areasof biological and environmental chemistry.

Chemistry and Biochemistry of Agricultural andFood Products and the Environment 16 unitsLectures and laboratory classes cover topics whichinclude organic and biological chemistry, the physicalbehaviour, structure and function of polysaccharidesand proteins, chemistry and biochemistry of nucleicacids and gene expression, aspects of food science.

Research Project 24 unitsStudents carry out a short research project under closesupervision of a member of the staff. Projects areusually available in one of the following areas ofresearch interest within the Department: carbohydrateand nitrogen metabolism in a variety of crop plants;symbiotic nitrogen fixation; biochemistry of herbicidesand pesticides; nutritional aspects of seed proteins;

organic and inorganic residues in agriculturalproducts. Students who are interested in working inanother area are invited to discuss their ideas with amember of the staff. M an alternative to the researchproject, students may elect to undertake an extendedprogram of advanced laboratory experiments inbiological chemistry, the analysis of food andagricultural products and soil chemistry.

Agricultural EconomicsPrereq Agribusiness Management or Production Economics

In addition to completing five courses from thoselisted below, students undertake a small researchproject, on which they write a report, and attendseminars as required.

Agricultural and Resource PolicyThe topics discussed include: the basic theoreticalframeworks for the economic evaluation of policyformation (including Pareto welfare economics andpublic choice theory), market and government failure;the institutional structure of agricultural and resourcepolicy formulation in Australia; microeconomic issuesin agricultural and resource policy arising fromlinkages between agriculture and the resourceindustries and with the rest of the economy. Studentswill be expected to read widely for this course.

Applied Commodity ModellingThe application of applied econometric methods tothe agricultural and resource sectors is the focus ofthis course. Topics covered will include: estimation ofproduction relationships; demand; supply;expectations models and simple simultaneousrepresentations of commodity sectors using multipleregression techniques; time series forecasting appliedto commodity and futures markets; and a suitableselection from an introduction to dynamic multipliers,dynamic elasticities, and econometric simulation. Usewill be made of a variety of data analysis andeconometric computer packages. Emphasis will alsobe placed on electronic and graphical approaches todata analysis along with consideration of thelimitations and problems of the particular techniques.

Commodity Price AnalysisThe topics covered will include: the nature ofagricultural and resource commodity markets, marketsupply relationships, market demand relationships,price determination, marketing margin relationships,spatially related markets, market dynamics, deriveddemand for inputs, price expectations, non-competitive market forms and contestable markets.Applied examples from agriculture and the resourceindustries will be used throughout the course asillustrations of the principles involved.

Natural Resource EconomicsA course in natural resource economics of relevance toagriculture and the resource industries. Issuesdiscussed are: the environment as a source ofenvironmental services; socially efficient resourceallocation and Pareto welfare economics; market

failure and characteristics of environmental services;benefit cost analysis of public projects, including themodification of environmental services; non-depletable resources and pollution; depletableresources; irreversibility; sustainability. Applicationsinclude land degradation, fisheries, forestry, land-useplanning, greenhouse effect.

Quantitative Business Management and FinanceThe application of applied optimising methods todecision-making in the agricultural and resourcesectors is the focus of this course. Topics coveredinclude: an overview of the applications of optimisingmodels; the mathematical basis for constrainedoptimisation; basic linear, quadratic and nonlinearprogramming; farm modelling; agricultural sectormodels; transport and location models; spatialequilibrium systems; introduction to generalequilibrium models; and model validation andverification. Issues of financial analysis and control,financial relationships, investment, capital budgeting,risk management and risk in investment decisionmaking will also be covered.

Applied Commodity TradeIn this course the basic economic principles underlyinginternational trade in agricultural and resourcecommodities and the policies involved will be presented.Issues related to trade and development will also beconsidered. The main topics covered will include: trendsin agricultural and resources trade; trade policies ofimporting and exporting nations, including issues suchas food aid and surplus disposal programs; economicintegration and impacts on international commoditytrade; international trade policy making, includingGATT; trade policies of the centrally-planned economiesand developing countries; the impact of exchange ratesand other macroeconomic variables on internationaltrade in commodities.

Applied MarketingApplied Marketing relates to the basic economicconcepts involved in the marketing of products intothe food and fibre system. Topics covered will include:the marketing function including transportation,storage, processing, market development, advertising,market information, standardisation and grading;marketing management and planning; marketefficiency; futures markets and other risk sharingdevices; types of market and industry organisation;marketing boards and corporations and their role inadministered pricing; private trading corporationsand their roles in agriculture and the resources sector.

Optional courseWith the approval of the Head of the Department ofAgricultural Economics, students may undertake acourse, such as Economics I, offered by the Faculty ofEconomics.

Agricultural Entomology 4A full-year specialisation which is comprised of thefollowing courses:

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Anatomy and Taxonomy of InsectsThe internal and external structure of insects is studiedin detail. The anatomy of major orders is comparedand contrasted. Classification to family level of allorders is included in the practical course.

TextbookI.D. Naumann (S.) Systematic and Applied Entomology

(Melbourne U.P., 1994)

EcologyThis course is givenby theSchool of BiologicalSciences

Economic EntomologyThis deals with thebiology of economically importantarthropod pests of the major crops grown in NewSouth Wales. There is also a reading list which coverstopics in this area.

Reading courseThis list covers areas in entomology that are notcovered in other sections of the course and allowsstudents to concentrate on areas of interest.

ProjectStudents undertake research projects throughout theyear under supervision by staff members.

Insect collectionStudents are required to make a small butrepresentative collection of insects.

Agricultural Genetics 4The coursework is designed for students wishing toconcentrate on those areas of genetics or breedingwhich are seen as most relevant to their presentinterests and career prospects. Students should consultwith the relevant departments in determining coursecombinations. Courses at Cobbitty may be run asintensive either during or between semesters.

(a) Cytogenetics (Cobbitty) 6 unitsLectures in cytology and cytogenetics, with specialemphasis on cereals and the application ofchromosome engineering to plant breeding. Thelaboratory course includes routine cytologicalprocedures and tissue culture technology.

(b) Plant Breeding (Cobbitty) 6 unitsLectures and practical work devoted to the theory,philosophy and practice of plant breeding, screeningtechniques, conservation of genetic variability,breeding for disease resistance, the use of tissue culturein breeding, with examples from both field andhorticultural crops.

(c) Population Genetics and AnimalImprovement (Camden) 8 unitsA course of lectures and practical periods, dealing withpopulationgenetics,quantitativeinheritanceand animalbreeding given by the Department of Animal Science.

(d) Molecular Genetics (Main Campus) 12 unitsLectures and laboratory classes given in the School ofBiological Sciences.

(e) Plant Genetic Engineering (Cobbitty)6 units

Lectures and laboratory work covering the structureand functions of plant genomes and genes, thetechnology and results of DNA transformation, andthe analysis of agronomic traits by both moleculartechniques and by genetic mapping using RFLP andother genetic markers.

(9 Animal Genetics (Main Campus) 4 unitsA course of lectures covering those aspects of geneticsthat are relevant to animals, with particular emphasison the genetic basis of animal disease. Topics includebiochemical disorders, chromosomal abnormalities,non-Mendelian disorders, immunogenetics,pharmacogenetics, genetic variationin pests, parasitesand pathogens, and genetic and environmental controlof disease.

(g) Project (compulsory) 6-18 units

(h) Any other 6-unit course with the approval of theHead of Department.

Agricultural Microbiology 4The coursework for this subject follows substantiallythe same syllabus as the senior course for sciencestudents, Microbiology 3, which comprises 108lectures, 189 hours of practical work, and 32 hours ofa variety of other course-related activities. The courseis organised into four themes:Molecular Microbiology - prokaryote evolution andtaxonomy, bacterial physiology, structure andfunction, and bacterial and phage genetics.Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology- industrial andfood microbiology, pollution microbiology,recombinant DNA, and biotechnology.Environmental Microbiology - microbial ecology, andplant-microbe interactions.Medical Microbiology - medical bacteriology, virology,and serology.

In the second semester there are several specialistlecture courses, based on the research interests of theacademic staff of the Department.

The practical course complements the lecture courseand includes project work and excursions to industrial,medical and research institutions. As far as possible,agriculture students will be given essays and otherassignments on topics of importance to agriculture.

Inaddition to the coursework, valuable experienceis gained by undertaking a research project inconjunction with a member of staff, the projectaccounting for roughly half of the final mark of thecourse.

Reference booksTo be announced.

Agronomy 4Coreq Agronomy 3, Biometry 3

Agronomy is the science of growing plants — fromcreating on-farm opportunities to developing policiesfor ecosystem management. This course provides asubstantially deeper appreciation of particular fields

such as plant physiology, nutrition and experi-mentation. Extensive opportunities are provided forfield work on our own research units at Camden andForbes, on commercial properties and at OrangeAgricultural College. There will also be residentialstudy periods in rural locations where studies of cropand pasture industries are applied to active fieldsituations. A personal research project is part of theprogram. This contributes approximately one-thirdof the course units for the year and can be selectedfrom a wide variety of topics; data may be gatheredbefore or during the academic year itself.

Core courses:Crop Agronomy

6 unitsCrop Physiology

6 unitsCrop Nutrition

6 unitsPasture Agronomy

6 unitsResearch Project

6, 12 or 24 units

plus courses to total 48 units as approved by the Headof Department. Recommended options areAgribusiness Management or Methods inHorticultural Research, although students withparticular interests may choose a course in FarmingSystems, Plant Breeding, Soil Biology, or courses inAgricultural Economics.

Crop Agronomy 6 unitsCoordinator Mr de KantzowClasses YrAssessment one 3hr exam, review paper

A field-based course on crop management withparticular reference to grain legume and fibre crops.Analyses will be in the context of (i) their ecology:underlying physiology and nutrition; (ii) their farmingsystem, including technical and economic analysis oftheir management and their roles and restrictionswithin existing and imaginable farming systems; and(iii) their end uses, and how to better meet the technicalneeds of markets. Remote sensing and geographicinformation systems technology are used to monitorcrop area production, computer-based decisionsupport systems to assist crop management, andprofessional diagnosis of hypothetical problems incrop production to develop analytical skills.

Crop Physiology 6 unitsCoordinator Dr CampbellClasses Sem 1Assessment: one 2 hr exam, and assignments

Why do plants behave as they do? An intensive courseexamining some of the major elements of cropphysiology and nutrition, e.g. crop photosynthesis,why weeds compete, root growth and ion uptake,water relations, and nutrient relations. Aspects ofpostharvest physiology are briefly covered. Emphasisis given to instrumentation, biological and physicalassumptions underlying measurement, applicationsof the data and sensitivity analysis of themeasurements.

TextbookR W Rearcy et al. (eds) Plant Physiological Ecology. Field

Methods and Instrumentation (Chapman & Hall, 1989)

Crop Nutrition 6 unitsCoordinator Dr CampbellClasses YrAssessment assignments, seminars and professionalism

Can plants obtain their nutrients from waste? Studentswill undertake an experimental program on compostof urban waste and present their results for a client,e.g. local government. Other waste streams will beexamined, e.g. sewerage sludge, recycling by wastemanagement authority. Field visits to sites will bearranged. Environmental compliance. The role of C/N ratio, heavy metal uptake by plants and quality ofnutrient inputs for plant growth will also be examined.The scope of plant nutrition for the production of foodquality is discussed. Field experimental design.

Pasture Agronomy 6 unitsClasses YrAssessment one 3hr exam, consultancy report

Pasture ecology and management with particularemphasis on plant adaptation and the management ofplant communities and their long-term dynamics.Identification of management problems andopportunities within farming systems taking accountof both ecological and social aspects of grazing systemsin the coast, tablelands and central west of N.S.W.Classes may be based in Sydney, Camden or Orange,with a field trip of approximately 4 days.

Turf Management 6 unitsCoordinators Prof. Martin, Prof. PearsonClasses Sem 1Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

Lectures, workshops and field visits centred on thetheme of 'turf: a self-contained system'. Studentsaddress the scientific issues underlying the design,construction, grassing and maintenance of turffacilities: construction of desired soil profiles, nutrition,micro- and macroenvironment of turf, watermanagement, physiology of growth under turfconditions. Environmental legislation and emergingissues for turf management.

Research Project and Thesis 6, 12 or 24 unitsSupervised research on a topic chosen by the studentin the area of cropping systems, cereals production,plant nutrition, or pasture and weed ecology.

Animal ProductionCoordinator Assoc. Prof. GoodenLocation Werombi Road, Camden

The year is devoted to advanced Animal Productionand a certain degree of specialisation by medium ofproject work is compulsory. Students are in residenceat the University Farms, Camden, for a whole year,where advanced lecture and practical courses aretaken in the following subjects: meats, poultry,genetics, dairying, wool, and control of animaldiseases. About 20 per cent of the time available isspent on project work, for which students undertakeprojects in the various sections of the Department ofAnimal Science at Camden.

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Reference booksAgricultural Research Council The Nutrient Requirements of

Farm Livestock,—No.1: Poultry 2nd edn (1975)—No. 2: Ruminants (1980)—No. 3: Pigs (1981)G. Alexander and O.B. Williams The Pastoral Industries of

Australia (Sydney U.P., 1979)P.B. English et al. The Sow, Improving her Efficiency (Farming

Press. 1977)D.C. Falconer Introduction to Quantitative Genetics 2nd edn

Longman, 1981)C.W. Holmes and G.F. Wilson Milk Production from Pastures

(Butterworths, 1984)R.A. Lawrie Meat Science 3rd edn (Pergamon Press, 1979)D.R. Lindsayand al. Pearce Reproduction in Sheep (Australian

Academy of Sciences, 1984)T.R. Preston and R.A. Leng Matching Ruminant Production

Systems with Available Resources in the Tropics and Sub-Tropics (Penambul Books, Armidale, 1987)

I.M. Roit Essential Immunology 2nd edn (Blackwell, 1974)D. Sainsbury Poultry Health & Management 3rd edn

(Blackwell, 1992)G.W. Salisbury and N.L. van Denmark Physiology of

Reproduction and Artificial Insemination of Cattle 2nd edn(Freeman, 1978)

Other textbooks to be advised.

Biometry 4Prereq Data Management 3

This course trains people for careers as biometriciansor statisticians. Much of the applied work encounteredin Data Management 1, 2 and 3 is synthesised into amore formal statistical framework. Some of the FourthYear courses are undertaken in the School ofMathematics and Statistics, and supplemented withadditional work in Biometry.

The program consists of a 12- to18-unit project, aselection of courses offered in the Department of CropSciences, and a selection of courses offered in theSchool of Mathematics and Statistics.

Core courses:Research Project 6, 12 or 18 unitsBiometrical Methods 6 unitsMatrix Algebra and Linear Models 6 unitsStatistical Consulting 6 units

plus 12 to 24 units chosen from:Biometrical Computing 6 unitsExperimentation 6 unitsMultivariate Analysis 6 units

or from other courses approved by the Head ofDepartment.

Biometrical Computing

6 unitsCoordinator Assoc. Prof. O'NeillClasses Sem 2Assessment assignments

This course delves into a number of computingpackages, languages and systems useful to a consultingor research biometrician. Statistical packages includeMini tab, Gensta t, SAS, S, Word and Excel.Programming languages such as Basic, Fortran, Pascaland C are studied as they relate to biometricalproblems.

Biometrical Methods 6 unitsCoordinators Assoc. Prof. O'Neill, Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 1Assessment assignments

This course introduces students to essential statisticaland mathematical theory that should be at thefingertips of practising statisticians. Topics includebivariate and multivariate distribution theory,maximum and residual maximum likelihoodestimation, likelihood ratio tests and Taylorexpansions. The theory is extended to more difficultdesign problems, such as nearest neighbour designsand intercropping experiments.

Matrix Algebra and Linear Models 6 unitsCoordinator Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 1Assessment assignments

This course provides the necessary matrix knowledgeunderlying many of the standard statistical tests. Ageneral linear model approach is adopted as theunderlying framework for tests such as t-tests, analysisof variance F-tests and regression F-tests.

Multivariate Analysis 6 unitsCoordinator Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 2Assessment assignments

This course generalises univariate tests to multivariatesituations. Topics include multivariate regression,multivariate analyses of variance, principal componentanalyses and canonical variate analyses. Emphasis inthis course is on applications to agricultural problems.

Statistical Consulting 6 unitsCoordinators Assoc. Prof. O'Neill, Dr ThomsonClasses YrAssessment reports

Students are exposed to problems in agricultural andveterinary science that are referred to the professionalofficer in Biometry. Students work with the scientistinvolved to provide, under supervision, appropriatebiometrical advice. In addition, students are placed ina government department or statutory body one dayper week for a period of time to gain first-handexperience with these organisations.

Farming SystemsPrereq Production Economics or Agribusiness ManagementCoreq Agronomy 3

This is an interdisciplinary program offered jointly bythe Department of Agricultural Economics and theDepartment of Crop Sciences. It is designed forstudents with a general training in agricultural sciencewho seek to understand farming systems and theirmanagerial aspects within the wider agribusinessenvironment. Students will complete a minimum of48 units including a project.

Core courses:Crop Agronomy 6 unitsPasture Agronomy 6 unitsAgricultural and Resource Policy 8 units

Natural Resource Economics

8 unitsProject

8 units

plus units from the following courses:Accounting I or

12 unitsFinancial Accounting Concepts

and Management Accounting Concepts 12 unitsAdvanced Soil Chemistry

6 units

Agribusiness Management

8 unitsApplied Commodity Trade

8 units

Applied Marketing

8 unitsCrop Protection

4 unitsPlant Pathology 3

4 unitsResearch Methods

4 unitsSoil Science 3

8 units

and other courses approved by the Head ofDepartment concerned, up to 8 units.

The project will involve an evaluation of anagribusiness/farming systems/farm managementproposal and result in a 10 000-word report. Studentswill be assisted in the selection of a suitable project.

To pass the year, students must performsatisfactorilyin the project, insubjects of an economicsnature and in subjects of a science nature.

Course and component descriptionsFor those of an economics nature, see underAgricultural Economics. For those of a science nature,see under Agronomy 4, Horticulture 4, Soil Science 4,or the specific course or component stated above.

Horticultural Science 4Prereq Horticultural Science 3, Data Management 3

A full-year course offering an advanced treatment ofthe scientific and technical basis of horticulturalproduction. The application of current scientificdevelopments to the improvement of the efficiency ofproduction is discussed, with some emphasis on aphysiological approach and on the mastery ofappropriate scientific techniques.

Core courses:Ornamental Horticulture 6 unitsMethods in Horticultural Research 6 unitsResearch Project 18 units

plus any others courses approved by the Head ofDepartment.

Ornamental Horticulture 6 unitsCoordinator Dr GoodwinClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & lhr prac)/wk & three 5hr prac; Sem

2: 1hr prac/wkAssessment class work, assignments, one 2hr exam

A lecture and practical course orithe production andpostharvest handling of nursery and cut flower crops,the identification and properties of ornamental plants,and the analysis of an ornamental farm via thedevelopment of calendars of operation for eachcompeting enterprise, and their optimisation usinglinear programming. The practical componentemphasises the measurement of plant characteristicsrelated to propagation efficiency, and of mediacharacteristics related to plant performance.

Methods In Horticultural Research 6 unitsCoordinator Dr GoodwinClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 6hr prac)/7wks, 4-day residential

short course in mid-sem breakAssessment two 1hr exams (50%), assignments

Lectures and practicals on methods used in researchon the physiology of ornamental and fruit crops. Thecourse covers the use of controlled environment roomsto elucidate the control of flowering; and advancedtissue culture methods, including Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. The fruit cropsegment of the course (2 units) will be given as a one-week residential course at Yanco in the MIA.

Postharvest Horticulture 6 unitsCoordinator Dr W.B. McGlasson (University of Western

Sydney, Hawkesbury, where the course will be given)Classes Sem 1: 13 lec Sr thirteen 5hr class (1 day/ wk)Assessment lab report, assignment, seminar

This course will develop the skills required to ensureintegration of postharvest needs with production andmarketing requirements of fruit, vegetables, cutflowers and florists stocks. Students will conductexperiments and a case study within the systemMarket-Grower-Market. A representative range ofseasonal products will be used and where possiblestudents will undertake all operations from harvestingto consumer evaluation. Assessment will be by meansof laboratory reports (50%), a take-home examinationpaper (30%) and a seminar on a selected postharvesttopic (20%).

Plant Pathology 4Coordinator Prof. Deverall

A full-year specialisation comprising the followingcomponent courses:

Mycology and Fungal PhysiologyA lecture and practical course on the fungi withreference to their activities as plant pathogens.Comprises lectures and associated practicals onclassification, systematics, population analysis,variability and problems of nomenclaturewithspecialemphasis on pathogenic members of the followinggroups: Fungi Imperfecti, Fusarium spp., Colletotrichumspp., Ascomycetes, the lower fungi, rusts, smuts andother Basidiomycetes. Also lectures and practicals onfungal nutrition and the physiology of reproductionand spore germination.

Soil BiologyA lecture and practical course on the ecology of thesoil with special reference to the activities of plant-pathogenic fungi and nematodes. Includesconsideration of the effect of physical factors such aswater potential and temperature on the survival,growth, and infectivity of fungi in soil.

Bacteriology and VirologyA course of lectures and associated practical work onthe plant-pathogenic bacteria and viruses and theirinteractions with plants. Includes symptoms of disease,the purification, transmission, characterisation,

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detection, ecology and taxonomy of plant viruses, andprinciples of control. The practical work emphasisesadvanced analytical techniques in virology.

Physiology of Plant DiseaseA course of lectures, tutorials and practicals on theprocesses involved in the interaction between plantcells and parasitic fungi and bacteria. Includes anintroduction to the genetic basis of host resistance andparasitic specialisation. Covers the physiology ofinfection, host responses, roles of enzymes and toxinsin parasitism, defence mechanisms of plants and thephysiological basis of specificity.

Research ProjectThe majority of the second semester will be devoted toa research project in an aspect of one of the abovesubjects. Time would be available for students toattend the 52-hour optional course Crop Protection,which normally forms part of the third year forundergraduates in Agricultural Science.

TextbooksL. Bos Introduction to Plant Virology (Longman, 1983)D.M. Griffin Ecology of Soil Fungi (Chapman & Hall, 1972)S. Issac Fungal-Plant Interactions (Chapman & Hall, 1992)

Reference booksR.I.B. Francki et al. Atlas of Plant Viruses vols 1 & 2 (CRC

Press, 1985)R.E.F. Matthews Plant Virology 3rd edn (Academic Press,

1991)R.E.F. Matthews Fundamentals of Plant Virology (Academic

Press, 1992)

Soil Science 4The soil science specialisation trains people for careersin professional soil science and extension. It providesan excellent background for entry into all aspects ofsoil science research ranging from physics throughmineralogy and chemistry to pedology. Increasingemphasis is being given to aspects of soil sustainabilityand environmental soil science in order that graduatescan meet the growing national demands in this area.

The prerequisites for this course are Soil Science 3and Data Management 3. Students are required tocomplete a relevant 24-unit research project and takeat least three of the following four modules: AdvancedSoil Chemistry, Advanced Field and Laboratory SoilPhysics, Advanced Methods of Soil Analysis andAdvanced Pedology and any other 6-unit modulesapproved by the Head of Department.

Reference booksDivision of Soils, CSIRO Soils: an Australian Viewpoint

(CSIRO/Academic, 1983)A. Wild (ed.) Russell's Soil Conditions and Plant Growth 11th

edn (Longman, 1988)

Advanced Field and Laboratory Soil Physics6 units

Coordinator Prof. McBratneyLecturer Prof. McBratneyClasses Sem 1: (2 lec, 1 tut & 5hr prac)/7wks, 5 days in the

field (1st half)Assessment one 2hr exam, field and prac reports, problem

sets, essay

The emphasis is to examine the quantitative aspects ofsoil physics particularly in relation to the transfer ofenergy, gas, water, solids and solutes in soil.

Lecture and lab topics include heat flow, gasmovement, soil water energetics, saturated andunsaturated flow of soil water, infiltration, solutemovement, water and wind erosion as well as thefundamentals of numerical computer modelling ofsoil physical processes.

Five days' field-work, in the week prior to thebeginning of Semester 1, involves field measurementof soil physical properties such as shear and tensilestrength, electrical resistivity, hydraulic conductivityand infiltration rates and moisture content.

Reference booksG.C. Campbell Soil Physics with BASIC (Elsevier, 1985)R.J. Hanks and G.L. Ashcroft Applied Soil Physics (Springer,

1980)P. Koorevaar et al. Elements of Soil Physics (Elsevier, 1983)T.J. Marshall and J.W. Holmes Soil Physics 2nd edn

(Cambridge U.P., 1988)J. Richter The Soil as a Reactor (Catena, Cremlingen, 1987)

Advanced Pedology 6 unitsCoordinator Assoc. Prof. KoppiLecturer Assoc. Prof. KoppiClasses Sem 1: (3 lec, 1 hit & 8hr prac)/7wks, 5 days in the

field (2nd half)Assessment one 2hr exam, prac reports, essay

This course centres on a weathering study whichtraces the changes from a rock parent material upthrough the soil profile. The methods of study includeparticle-size analysis and extraction of a fine-sandfractien for optical identification and quantification ofthe mineral species present. Thin sections of the rockand profile are prepared, examined and the mainfeatures identified and quantified. The data from thesand analysis, micromorphological investigations andclay mineral assessments are used to provide anunderstanding of the pedogenesis of the particularsoil. A field trip to study the variety of soil types intheir environmental setting is made in the mid-semester break.

A detailed study, including exercises, is made ofthe USDA soil classification system, Soil Taxonomy.

Reference booksG.W. Brindley and G. Brown (eds) Crystal Structure of Clay

Minerals and their X-ray Identification (MineralogicalSociety, London, 1980)

E.A. FitzPatrick Soils (Longman, 1980)E.A. FitzPatrick Micromorphology of Soils (Chapman & Hall,

1984)

Advanced Methods of Soil Analysis 6 unitsCoordinator Mr GeeringLecturers Mr Geering, Dr KennedyClasses Sem 2: (3 lec, 1 tut & 8hr prac)/ 7wks (2nd half)Assessment one 2hr exam, lab report, problem sets, essay

Approaches to scientific investigation and methods ofliterature survey followed by tutorial on computersearch techniques.Physical. Particle Size Analysis (PSA) of clay fractionand fractionation by centrifugation techniques, specificsurface area measurements by BET Thermocouple

methods for field measurements of moisture. Thermalconductivity methods for soil moisture content,gamma and neutron probe methods for fieldmeasurements of moisture content and bulk densityand time-domain reflectometry.Physico-chemical. Measurement of oxidation-reductionstatus, 02 diffusion rate and 02, CO2 concentrations insoil, selective ion-electrodes for measurements of ionactivities in soil solution.Geotechnical. Mechanical measurements of soilproperties including Atterberg limits, unconfinedcompression, penetrometer, Proctor and compaction,torsion shear box, dynamometer, rupture-test anddrop shatter test, sampling and testing proceduresfor determining physical properties of swelling soils.Soil structural. Soil structure and stability tests inrelation to aggregate size and soil micro-aggregates.Fractionation of soil organic matter anddetermination of principal functional groups COOH,OH involved in CEC and complexation of heavymetals.

Reference booksA. Mute (ed.) Method of Soil Analysis. Part 1. Physical and

Mineralogical Methods 2nd edn (American Society ofAgronomy Monograph No.9, Madison, Wisconsin, 1986)

J. Loveday(ed.) Methods of Analysis forlrrigated Soils TechnicalCommunication No. 54 (Commonwealth AgriculturalBureaux, 1974)

A.L. Page et al. (eds) Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Chemicaland Microbiological Methods 2nd edn (American Society ofAgronomy Monograph No. 9, Madison, Wisconsin, 1982)

Advanced Soil Chemistry 6 unitsCoordinator Head of DepartmentLecturers Mr Geering, Prof. McBratney, Assoc. Prof. Koppi,

Assoc. Prof. CopelandClasses Sem 2: (3 lec, 1 tut & 8hr prac)/6wks (1st half)Assessment one 2hr exam, lab report, problem sets, essay

Topics include clay mineralogy, cation exchangecapacity and pH dependent charge, soil chargecharacteristics, soil chemical analyses and theirinterpretation, formation of acid soil - Al and Mntoxicities, chemistry and adsorption/desorption of K,P and S in soil, soil solution and speciation of ioniccomponents, soil salinity, oxidation/reductionreactions in soil and chemistry of soil organic matterand nitrogen.

Reference booksS.A. Barber Soil Nutrient Bioavailability (Wiley, 1984)N.J. Barrow Reactions with Variable Charge Soils (Martinus,

Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1987)D.J. Greenland and M.H.B. Hayes The Chemistry of Soil

Constituents (Wiley, 1978)A.D. Robson (ed.) Soil Acidity and Plant Growth (Academic,

1989)G. Sposito The Chemistry of Soils (Oxford, 1989)

Special ProgramStudents may enrol in Special Program afterconsultation with, and with the approval of, the Dean.This interdisciplinary course structure is available forstudents who wish to undertake Fourth Year optionalcourse combinations which are not offered by anyindividual department.

FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTHYEAR COURSESAccounting I 12 unitsThis course consists of two parts, Accounting IA andAccounting IB. BAgrEc students must enrol inAccounting I, not in each part separately.

Accounting IAClasses Sem 1: (2 lec, 1 tut & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, 2 tests/sem, weekly assignments

An introduction to accounting and the double entrysystem of financial recording. Coverage of bothmechanical and computerised accounting systems.Introduction to spreadsheet applications on computerfor financial accounting. Examination of assumptionsunderlying conventional accounting practice.Professional environment of accounting. Nature androle of generally accepted accounting principles.Designed as an introduction to the accountingsequence. Emphasis given to developing students'written and oral communication skills. No priorknowledge assumed.

Accounting IBClasses Sem 2: (2 lec, 1 hit & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, 2 tests/sem, weekly assignments

Follows on from Accounting IA and examines thedetailed disclosure of information derived from theaccounting information system; that is, it introduceskey issues in financial accounting. Covers accountingfor partnerships, companies and basic financialstatement analysis. Accounting standards. Continuedwork on spreadsheet applications on computer forfinancial accounting. Further development of writtenand oral communication skills.

Reference booksReferences to be advised in class.

Agribusiness Management 8 unitsPrereq Production EconomicsClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 2 workshop)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The course is designed to introduce the economicprinciples and techniques of business management asthey apply to farm and agribusiness firms. The firstpart of the course will include: domestic andinternational agricultural product marketing; thefunctions of marketing; the opportunities to influencemarket outcomes; and marketing strategies. The topicscovered in the second part will include: managementgoals and objectives; budgeting; gross marginsanalysis; parametric budgeting; sources ofmanagement information and its analysis; simplesystems simulation; applications of linearprogramming to farm and agribusiness planning;financial management; risk in planning andmanagement; cash, credit, debt and taxation

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management; evaluation of investment and firmgrowth alternatives; acquisition and transfer of assets;the role of financial institutions in the rural creditmarket.

An integrated set of workshops is used to providepractical experience in firm planning utilisingbudgeting, gross margins analysis, linearprogramming, simulation methods and othertechniques of analysis.

TextbooksP.J.Barryetal. Financial Management in Agriculture (Interstate,

1989)R.L. Kohls and J.N. Uhl Marketing of Agricultural Products

(Macmillan, 1990)P. Kotler et al. Marketing: Australia and New Zealand (Prentice

Hall, 1994)J.P. Makeham et al. Best Bet Farm Decisions (U. of New

England Press, 1968)A.N. Rae Agricultural Management Economics (CAB, 1994)P.A. Rickards and D.J. McConnell Budgeting, Gross Margins

and Programming for Farm Planning (U. of New EnglandPress, 1967)

R. Turvey Complan Handbook No 8: Enterprise Budgets forNorth West N.S.W. (N.S.W. Department of Agriculture,1988)

Agricultural and Resource Policy 8 unitsPrereqProductionEconomicsandCommodityPriceAnalysisClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam and assignments

The topics discussed include: the basic theoreticalframeworks for the economic evaluation of policyformation (including Pareto welfare economics andpublic choice theory); market and government failure;the institutional structure of agricultural and resourcepolicy formulationin Australia; microeconomic issuesin agricultural and resource policy arising fromlinkages between agriculture and the resourceindustries and with the rest of the economy. Studentswill be expected to read widely for this course.

Reference booksD.B. Williams (ed.) Agriculture in the Australian Economy

(Sydney U.P., 1990)D.B. Johnson Public Choice (Mayfield, 1991)R. Smith and L. Watson (eds) Politics in Australia (Allen &

Unwin, 1993)A. Moran et al. (eds) Markets, Resources and the Environment

(Allen & Unwin, 1991)N. Wallace (ed.) Natural Resource Management: An Economic

Perspective (Australian Bureau of Agricultural andResource Economics, 1992)

R.E. Just et al. Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy(Prentice-Hall, 1982)

Agricultural Economics I 12 unitsClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 1.5hr exam/Sem 1, one 3hr exam /Sem 2,

assignments

An introductory course serving as a foundation forother units in agricultural and resource economics.The basic structure and nature of the resource andagricultural industries are outlined and the principlesunderlying economic analysis for these industries areconsidered. Topics will include: the structure of the

Australian agricultural and resource sectors; thechanging nature of these industries; their intern tionalcontext; problems of structural adjustment andtechnical change; and government intervention. Othertopics will include material illustrating basic economicprinciples, both graphically and mathematically, asthey relate to the management of farm firms, theoperation of agricultural and resource industrymarkets and impacts of macroeconomic factors on theagricultural and resource sectors. Students may beexpected to make use of microcomputers in preparingclass work submitted for assessment.

TextbooksR.C. Buse and D.W. Bromley Applied Economics: Resource

Allocation in Rural America (Iowa State U.P., 1975)K.O. Campbell and B.S. Fisher Agricultural Marketing and

Prices (Longman Cheshire, 1991)V.J. Pollard and W.J. ObstPractical Farm Business Management

(Inkata Press, 1986)

Agricultural Economics IV 52 unitsThe fourth year of the BAgrEc degree is comprised ofthe following:• Research Project (16 units)• Contemporary Issues in Agricultural Economics (4

units)• Optional coursework as approved by the Head of

the Department of Agricultural Economics (withno more than 16 units being components taughtoutside the Department of Agricultural Economics)(32 units).

The components of Agricultural Economics IVtaught by the Department of Agricultural Economicsare:

Contemporary Issues in Agricultural EconomicsA series of 54 hours of seminars during the year on thefollowing topics: recent developments in agriculturaleconomic theory; current economic issues in theAustralian and world agricultural and resourceindustries; appraisal of current Australian agri-cultural and resource policy.

Agribusiness ManagementSee course description.

Applied Commodity TradeSee course description.

Applied MarketingSee course description.

Natural Resource EconomicsSee course description.

Research ProjectDetails supplied by Department of AgriculturalEconomics.

Agronomy 8 unitsThis course is the same as Agronomy 3. (Seealphabetically under First, Second and Third Yearcourses for the BScAgr degree.)

Animal Science 6 unitsClasses Sem 1: 2 lec/wk & 9 prac/wk in wks 5-14Assessment one 2hr exam

A course of lectures which describes characteristics ofthe animal production industries — locations, breedsof animals, management practices, products,marketing. Lectures will be reinforced by practicalclasses, to be held at Camden. Lectures and practicalclasses form a portion of the course Animal Science 2undertaken in the BScAgr degree.

Applied Commodity Modelling 8 unitsPrereq Econometrics IClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut/lab session)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The application of applied econometric methods tothe agricultural and resource sectors is the focus ofthis course. Topics covered will include: estimationof production relationships; demand; supply;expectations models and simple simultaneousrepresentations of commodity sectors using multipleregression techniques; time series forecasting appliedto commodity and futures markets; and a suitableselection from an introduction to dynamicmultipliers, dynamic elasticities, and econometricsimulation. Use will be made of a variety of dataanalysis and econometric computer packages.Emphasis will also be placed on electronic andgraphical approaches to data analysis along withconsideration of the limitations and problems of theparticular techniques.

TextbookR.S. Pindyck and D.L. Rubinfeld Econometric Models and

Economic Forecasts (McGraw-Hill, 1991)

Reference bookC. Dougherty Introduction to Econometrics (Oxford U.P.,

1992)

Applied Commodity Trade 8 unitsPrereq Commodity Price AnalysisClasses Sem 1: (3 lec Sr 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

In this course the basic economic principles underlyinginternational trade in agricultural and resourcecommodities and the policies involved will bepresented. Issues related to trade and developmentwill also be considered. The main topics covered willinclude: trends in agricultural and resources trade;trade policies of importing and exporting nations,including issues such as food aid and surplus disposalprograms; economic integration and impacts oninternational commodity trade; international tradepolicy making, including GATT; trade policies of thecentrally planned economies and developingcountries; the impact of exchange rates and othermacroeconomic variables on international trade incommodities.

TextbooksJ.P. Houck Elements of Agricultural Trade Policies (Macmillan,

1986)R. Tyers and K. Anderson Disarray in World Food Markets

(Cambridge U.P., 1992)

Reference bookN. Wallace and J. Evans (eds)InternationalCommodityMarkets:

An Australian Perspective (Australian Bureau ofAgricultural and Resource Economics, 1993)

Applied Econometrics 8 unitsPrereq Econometrics IIBCoreq Econometrics ILIAClasses (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

Applicationofsimultaneousand multivariateequationmodels to various aspects of economics. Researchpapers involving empirical research will be examinedand students will be required to undertake relatedempirical work. Topics may include: systems ofconsumer demand functions, systems of factordemand and output supply functions, macroeconomicmodels, empirical general equilibrium models andMonte Carlo experiments.

Applied Marketing 8 unitsPrereq Commodity Price AnalysisClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut/excursion)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

Applied Marketing relates to the basic economicconcepts involved in the marketing of products intothe food and fibre system. Topics covered will include:the marketing function including transportation,storage, processing, market development, advertising,market information, standardisation and grading;marketing management and planning; marketefficiency; futures markets and other 'risk sharingdevices; types of market and industry organisation;marketing boards and corporations and their role inadministered pricing; private trading corporationsand their roles in agriculture and the resources sector.

TextbookR.L Kohls and J.N. Uhl Marketing of Agricultural Products

(Macmillan, 1990)P. Kotler et al.Marketing: Australia and New Zealand (Prentice-

Hall, 1994)

Asian Studies 1 16 unitsClasses Yr: two lhr classes/wk, 2wk full-time intensive

course/July vacation. Attendance is required atall lecturesand classes.

Assessment assigned exercises and quizzes 15%, 2hr exam/semester 40%, intensive course component 25%, bookreview 20%.

The course is designed as the first in a three-yearcourse series in Asian studies. As such, the emphasiswill be on establishing the basic language skills withoutwhich a higher level of proficiency, includingfamiliarity withapplied Japanese for specific purposes,cannot beattained. Japanese culture will be introducedthrough reading materials and lectures.

TextbooksC. Kano et al. Basic Kanji Book Vol. I (Bonjinsha, 1991)Y.K. Mitamura Let's Learn Hiragana (Kodansha International,

1985)Y.K. Mitamura Let's Learn Katakana (Kodansha International,

1985)Tsukuba Language Group Situational, Functional Japanese

(Bonjinsha, 1991)

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Asian Studies 2 16 unitsPrereq Asian Studies 1Classes Yr: two lhr classes/wk, 3wk study tour of the

country being studied/July vacation. Students unable toparticipate in the study tour will have alternative classwork assigned. Attendance is required atall lectures andclasses.

Assessment assigned exercises and quizzes 20%, 2hr exam/sem 40%, oral presentation 20%, written report on studytour of Japan 20%.

As with Asian Studies 1, this course will focuspredominantly on language acquisition. Japanesebusiness culture will be dealt within more depth thanin the previous year. A three-week in-country trainingprogram in Japan in the semester break will providestudents with a first-hand look at the way the Japaneseculture operates today.

TextbookTsukuba Language Group Situational, Functional Japanese

(Bonjinsha, 1991)

Asian Studies 3 16 unitsPrereq Asian Studies 2Classes Yr: business culture 1 hr/wk, reading 1.5 hr/wk,

business conversation 1.5 hr/wkAssessment business culture 30%, reading 30%, business

conversation 30%, class performance 10%

This course builds on the first two years of the AsianStudies program. Language classes will enhancestudents' skills in technical reading as well aspromoting proficiency in Japanese conversation inbusiness contexts. Tutorials on Japanese businessculture form an integral part of the course.

TextbooksA.N. Nelson The Modern Reader's Japanese English Character

Dictionary (Charles E. Tuttle, 1974)E. Daub et al. Basic Technical Japanese (U. of Tokyo Press,

1990)H. Takamizawa Office Japanese (ALC Press, 1991)Selected contemporary readings on Japanese business.

Biology 12 units(See alphabetically under First, Second and ThirdYear courses for the BScAgr degree.)

Commercial LawAny semester course in Commercial Law. Refer to theFaculty of Economics Handbook. Students cannot repeatcourses completed previously.

Commercial Law I 12 unitsThis course consists of two parts, CommercialTransactions I and Trade Practices and ConsumerLaw. First Year BAgrEc students must enrol inCommercial Law I, not in the parts separately. Studentsin higher years may enrol inCommerical TransactionsI separately.

Commercial Transactions IClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one test, one 1500w essay, class

work

This course is concerned with the fundamentalelements of business law. It commences with anoverview of the Australian legal system (sources oflaw, parliament, courts, statutory interpretation,doctrine of precedent), including an examination ofthose provisions in the Commonwealth Constitutionrelevant to business and commercial activities. Othertopics include basic elements of criminal law and thelaw of torts (in particular, negligence and negligentmisstatement), agency, partnerships, trusts and adetailed study of the law of contract.

Trade Practices and Consumer LawClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut/ wk)Assessment one 3hr exam, one 2000w essay, classwork

This course is primarily concerned with the provisionsin the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwth) dealing withrestrictive trade practices, unconscionable conduct,consumer protection and liability for defective goods.Topics to be studied in depth include: anti-competitiveagreements, misuse of market power, exclusivedealing, resale price maintenance, price discrimination,mergers and acquisitions, unfair practices, productsafety and product information, conditions andwarranties in consumer transactions, liability ofmanufacturers and importers, unconscionableconduct. The consumer sale provisions of the Sale ofGoods Act 1923 (N.S.W.) are also studied as are theother provisions of that Act dealing with, inter alia,implied conditions and warranties, transfer of propertyfrom seller to buyer, transfer of title by a non-owner,remedies. In the latter part of the course, business andconsumer credit will be looked at along with basicfinancial instruments such as bills of exchange andcheques.

Corporate Finance 8 unitsCoreq Accounting I or Financial Accounting Concepts and

Management Accounting Concepts, Economics I,Econometrics I

Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/ wkAssessment one 3hr exam and assignments

This course provides an introduction to corporatefinance, including investment decision-making. Thefirst part of the course deals with the analyticaltechniques necessary to make investment decisions,both when cash flows are known and when they areuncertain. The second part of the course deals with thecorporation and the Australian capital market, theraising of capital, including equity versus debt, andallocating capital, including dividends, internalinvestments and takeovers. As far as possible, thecourse will attempt to link theory to practicalapplications via examples, exercises and assignments.

Corporations Law 8 unitsPrereq Commercial Transactions IClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/ wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one assignment, tut participation

This course examines the law relating to moderncorporations. After exploring the background to theAustralian legislation and the current administrativeframework, the topics discussed include the concept

of corporate personality, the procedures forincorporation, the company in its relations withoutsiders, the postion of shareholders, the duties ofdirectors, company meetings and accounts, methodsof financing, securities regulations and takeovers.

Commodity Price Analysis ,8 unitsPrereq Agricultural Economics IClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut/excursion)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The topics covered will include: the nature ofagricultural and resource commodity markets, marketsupply relationships, market demand relationships,price determination, marketing margin relationships,spatially related markets, market dynamics, deriveddemand for inputs, price expectations, non-competitive market forms and contestable markets.Applied examples from agriculture and the resourceindustries will be used throughout the course asillustrations of the principles involved.

TextbooksW.G. Tomek and K.L. Robinson Agricultural Product Prices

(Cornell U.P., 1990)R.S. Pindyck and D.L. Rubinfeld Microeconomics (Macmillan,

1992)

Crop and Pasture Agronomy 6 unitsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 2hr exam, one 1800w essay

Lectures cover the agronomic and ecological principlesof crop and pasture production, together withfarmingsystems in summer and winter rainfall zones andsemi arid areas. Broad scale resource andenvironmental issues such as soil acidification,agricultural pollution and salinity amelioration willbe discussed. The tutorials will lead students throughtheir own consultant's report on the agronomic andmanagement opportunities provided by a farm orregion of their choice. The students will be required toidentify the soil and climate resources and thesupporting infrastructure and bring these together tocreate and recommend farming and grazingenterprises for the future.

ReferencesC.J. Pearson and R.L. Ison Agronomy of Grassland Systems

(Cambridge U.P., 1987)J.E. Pratley (ed.) Principles of Field Crop Production (Sydney

U.P., 1988)P.V. Charman and B.W. Murphy Soils: Their Properties and

Management (Sydney U.P., 1991)

Crop Science 1 8 unitsCoordinator Dr GoodwinLecturers Mr de Kantzow, Mr Cunningham, Dr Goodwin,

Dr JacobsClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 1 prac)/wk; one full-day excursion;

Sem 2: (3 lec & 3 prac)/wks 1-5Assessment one 2hr exam, reports

This course deals with the botany and ecology ofimportant agricultural and horticultural plants.Students will learn to:

• recognise common crops, pastures, weeds,vegetables and fruit and ornamental trees; knowwhere these plants originated, where they are nowgrown in Australia, and what they are used for;

• know botanical terms with which we describe plantparts, e.g. the fine structure of a flower and a grassinflorescence;

• know how to use a botanical key to identify a plantnot seen before;

• understand patterns of crop and pasturedevelopment: the development of organs of plantsand particularly how grains and fruits develop,and why an understanding of the environmentalcontrol of these things is so important to Australianagriculture.Students will work in small teams to develop these

skills to a professional level to report on the plants andtheir ecology within one chosen system, e.g. a wheatfarm or native grasslands of the N.S.W. tablelands.Each student will be required to make a collection of20 plants, including agricultural and horticulturalcrops, pastures and weeds, and carry out a personalexperiment on plant growth and development.Teamwork, personal experimentation and reportingwill develop students' investigative andcommunication skills.

All students should purchase a copy of thehandbook, What crop is that? which will be available atthe first practical class.

TextbooksCrop Science Handbook, available from the DepartmentC.J. Pearson et al. A Plain English Guide to Agricultural Plants

(Longman Cheshire, 1993)

Econometrics 8 unitsAny other semester course in Econometrics. Refer tothe Faculty of Economics Handbook.

Econometrics I 12 unitsClasses Yr: (3 lec & 2 tut/prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

An introduction to quantitative methods used ineconomics and related disciplines is provided. Twoseparate, but related, quantitative methods aredeveloped. The first is mathematics, which provides avery efficient and instructive way of formulating andanalysing models of behaviour. Topics include: reviewof algebra, functionsand logic, mathematics of finance,matrices, differential calculus, and integral calculus.The second is the methodology of statistics, which isconcerned with the analysis of data. Methodsavailablefor handling, analysing, and interpreting economicand social data are presented. Topics include:probability, random variables, probabilitydistributions, sampling theory, descriptive statistics(including time series and price indices), estimation,hypothesis testing, simple regressionmodels, multipleregression and applications. Instruction andexperience are also provided in the use of computersand statistical software as an aid in the analysis ofdata. Applications to economics and related disciplinesin the social sciences are provided.

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Econometrics IIA 8 unitsPrereq Econometrics IClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

This course is concerned with regression theory andits application to problems in economics. An essentialcomponent is the development of variousmathematical methods. Importantly, matrix algebrais used extensively to present the classical multipleregression model and its extensions. Those extensionsthat are particularly relevant in the economic sphereinclude the treatment of autocorrelation, laggedrelationships, qualitative variables, multicollinearityand heteroscedasticity. Practice will be given in theapplication of various methods to realistic problemsthrough the use of the computer and statisticalsoftware.

Econometrics IIB 8 unitsCoreq Econometrics 11AClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

This course illustrates how regression models can beapplied to economic data to estimate relationships,forecast, and test hypotheses that arise in economics.The links between the economics and theeconometrics are stressed. Consequently, it isnecessary to develop mathematical models for thebehaviour of economic agents and to illustrate howthey can be translated into econometric models. Afundamental component of this development is thediscussion of unconstrained and constrainedoptimisation problems and of comparative statics.The theoretical and data aspects of various empiricalresearch papers will be discussed, and students willbe required to undertake related empirical work.Topics may include consumption, investment,production and cost, consumer demand, laboursupply, money demand and import functions.

Econometrics IIIA 8 unitsPrereq Econometrics IIAClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

In this course the theory of simultaneous equationsand multivariate regression models is developed.Central to this development is a significant componentof statistics especially as it relates to principles ofestimation and hypothesis testing and the distinctionbetween finite sample and asymptotic theory. Thisfacilitates the discussion of issues such as:identification, structural versus reduced form, singleand simultaneous equation estimation, small and largesample properties, testing procedures, simulation andforecasting, dynamic models, and policy evaluation.Practice will be given in the application of variousmethods to economic problems.

Economic History 8 unitsAny semester course in Economic History Referto the Faculty of Economics Handbook.

Economics I 12 unitsAKn HSC Mathematics 2-unit courseClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wk—lectures are repeated

Economic issues are pervasive in contemporaryAustralian society, politics and public debate.Indeed some would contend that economic theoryprovides the unifying basis for explaining all socialphenomena and, therefore, also for all public policy.Hence, whatever one's career intentions, comingto grips with economic ideas is essential forunderstanding society, business and government.Economics I provides a comprehensiveintroduction to these ideas and also prepares thestudent for the advanced study of economics insubsequent years.

Beginning with an historical account of how,during the last three centuries, sometimescontradictory economic ideas were generated byeconomists working in the evolving economicenvironment, the student is introduced to thedominant contemporary theory. The examinationof this theory begins with a behavioural model ofhow individuals, firms, institutions, etc. makechoices concerning the allocation of scarce resourcesamong competing uses. On the basis of this model,a comprehensive explanation of price determinationand income distribution is built. This account isinterspersed with discussion of criticisms of thisapproach and alternative views of the economicproblem and the determinants of incomedistribution and prices. This is followed by anexamination of the determination of overall levelsof production and employment in an economy,including the influence of the public sector andforeign trade. This analysis is then integrated witha treatment of money, interest rates and financialmarkets which enables a deeper consideration ofinflation, unemployment and economic policy.Finally, the course examines fundamentalcontroversies in economic policy and theory; forexample, the respective roles of markets andgovernments, causes of and cures for inflation, theexplanation of income distribution.

A summary of the course is as follows:

Introduction (1 week) including: .• the historical background to modern economics• overview of the course.

IA.1 Constrained optimisation and thefoundations of demand and supply (5 weeks)including:• the concept of constrained individual optimisation• optimal consumer choice and individual

commodity demand curves• income and substitution effects; normal and inferior

commodities; elasticity• production and optimal choice of technique• production and cost• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IA.2 Firms, market structures and industrysupply and demand (5 weeks) including:• industry demand and supply curves; supply

elasticity• short run and long run cost curves• profit maximisation and supply curves• perfect competition and monopoly; introduction

to oligopoly and imperfect competition• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IA.3 Income distribution, factor pricing andemployment (3 weeks) including:• price flexibility, competition and equilibrium in

factor markets• marginal productivity theory and Euler's theorem• wage determination and labour markets• capital, interest and profits; introduction to

expectations• the microeconomics of factor pricing and

employment, in relation to macroeconomics• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IBA Aggregate expenditures, outputs andemployment (4 weeks) including:• national accounting identities• 2, 3, 4 sector income expenditure models• macroeconomic equilibrium balances• fiscal policy and other multipliers• inflation and income-expenditure models• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IB.2 Output, employment, interest and money(5 weeks) including:• product market equilibrium (IS)• money demand, money supply and interest (LM)• money supply multipliers• IS-LM and inflation• introduction to Phillips Curve analysis (see Module

IIB.1)• introduction to open economy IS-LM (see Module

118.2)• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IB.3 Fundamental Issues In economic analysisand policy (4 weeks) including:• role of markets in relation to resource allocation;

competing claims and their reconciliation• role of government and governmental agencies in

production, distribution, demand and inflation.

Textbooks and reference booksInformation will be provided at the beginning of theyear.

Economics II 16 unitsPrereq Economics IClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/ wk — lectures are repeated once

The first semester is primarily microeconomics andcovers applications and extensions of the theory ofconsumer choice; firm behaviour and market

structure; factor demand and supply; generalequilibrium; welfare economics; intertemporal choice;behaviour under uncertainty; and the role ofgovernment. Applications of the theory will bedeveloped during the course to allow students to gainan appreciation of the way in which microeconomictheory provides insights into economic behaviourand market phenomena. Some emphasis will be givento trade theory, drawing upon its microeconomicfoundations. The microfoundations of macro-economics are explained in a way that may help youto understand the widespread interest and pitfalls intheorising about aggregate phenomena. Specificmacroeconomic relationships, covering consumption,investment, money and employment, are explored.

The second semester is mainly concerned withmacroeconomics and begins with an overview of firstyear analysis. This part of the course develops modelsof the goods, money and labour markets, and in thiscontext examines issues in macroeconomic policy.Macrodynamic relationships, especially those linkinginflation and unemployment, are considered in somedetail. Exchange rates and open economy macro-economics are addressed so introducing questions ofboth theory and policy. The lectures include anexamination of Australian economic policy in relationto balance of payments performance and foreign debt.In the last part of the course topics include thedeterminants and theories of economic growth,productivity and technology, the dynamics of thebusiness cycle, countercyclical policy and therelationship between micro and macro policy in thecontext of recent Australian experience.

In each semester, you will receive separate handoutsthat give details on topics, readings and tutorial/seminar questions.

A summary of the course is as follows:

IIA.1 General equilibrium, welfare andinternational trade, including:• recapitulation of Module 1A.1• 2 x 2 general competitive equilibrium• welfare axioms and market failure• social choice and the Arrow Impossibility Theorem• 2 x 2 x 2 general equilibrium with trade• trade and welfare• comparative advantage and H-O-S• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IIA.2 Advanced topics in microeconomic theory,including:• choice under risk and uncertainty• expected utility theory• interdependent economic decisions and strategic

choice• oligopoly and game theory• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IIA.3 From microeconomics to macro-economics, including:• microeconomics of consumption, saving and

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• theories of investment; the role of expectations• consumption, investment and macroeconomics• the microfoundations of macroeconomics• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

1113.1 Unemployment and Inflation, including:• IS-LM and the labour market• AD-AS models• short run and long run Phillips Curves• theories of unemployment• the quantity theory, monetarism and other theories

of inflation and deflation• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

IIB.2 International finance and the openeconomy, including:• open economy IS-LM with fixed and flexible

exchange rates (see 1.B.2)• open economy AD-AS models• foreign exchange markets and parities• inflation and the open economy• Keynesianism, monetarism and the open economy• applications and policy• controversies and alternative views.

1113.3 Growth and economic policy, including:• introduction to growth theory• structural adjustment and micro policy, in an open

economy• pros and cons of counter-cyclical policy; rules vs.

discretion• micro policy, macro policy and economic growth• the relation between micro and macro policy• controversies and alternative views.

Textbooks and reference books.Information will be provided at the beginning of the year.

Economics III 16 unitsPrereq Economics IICoreq as stated for individual optionsClasses Semester options: 2 lec/wk per option

Candidates are required to take four options fromthe list of options approved for this course. Thepurpose of this course is to offer students scope fordeveloping interests in particular spheres followingrequired courses in the first two years. Each optioncomprises two one-hour lectures per week for onesemester. Each candidate will be expected to satisfyexaminers at an examination, held at the end of eachsemester.

Subject to restrictions imposed by prerequisites, acandidate may take the necessary number of optionsto qualify for completion of Economics III during oneor other semester. The recommended procedure is totake two options in each semester.

Some options are linked by a prerequisite of anoption in Semester 1 before attempting an option inSemester 2. Other options may be linked in a sequencebut there is no compulsion to follow that pattern. Thetreatment of policy themes is a requirement for all theoptions wherever the subject lends itself to such

interpretations and development of ideas about policy.This approach is deemed central to the ways of lookingat the application of concepts and techniques foranalysis.

Not all of these options will be offered in any oneyear or repeated in both semesters of an academicyear. The available options will be announced prior tothe beginning of the academic year and any changesprior to the start of the second semester.

Options CoreqII1.01 International Trade: Theory and

Policy111.02 International Finance and Open-

Economy Macroeconomics111.03 Business Enterprise111.04 Corporate Structure and Strategy111.05 History of Economics: Classical-

Economics111.06 History of Economics: Modern

Developments 1860-1960111.07 Financial Economics111.08 Applied Corporate Finance 111.07111.09 Industrial OrganisationIII.10 Australian Industry PolicyIII.11 Contemporary Economic Issues111.12 Capital and Distribution111.13 Monetary Economics111.14 Economic Growth111.15 Public Finance A: Taxation

and Revenue111.16 Public Finance B: Public

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Expenditure111.17 Labour Economics A111.18 Labour Economics B

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111.19 Economic Systems111.20 Strategy, Risk and Rationality111.21 Bargaining, Contracts and Social

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Choices111.22 Health Economics111.23 Housing Economics111.24 Monetary Policy and the Australian

Financial System111.25 Financial Markets and Instruments111.26 Financial Intermediation

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Students who have completed Quantitative EconomicsI as a part of Economics II Honours may be permittedto take Quantitative Economics II, being part ofEconomics III Honours in lieu of two options forEconomics III, should they not be enrolled inEconomics III Honours. See Faculty of EconomicsHandbook.

Students may substitute one option in the list ofoptions for Economics IIIP for two options inEconomics III. See Faculty of Economics Handbook fordescription of Economics IIIP options.

These provisions for substitution apply for 1995but may not apply in subsequent years.

The position with options in 1995 will be as follows:The number of options to be offered will be determinedon an administrative basis reflecting priority inallocation of staff to maintain required courses at theundergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Economics III Options in 1995Economics 111.01: International Trade: Theoryand PolicyThis course provides a systematic analysis of thetheory of international trade and trade policy. Itaddresses some fundamental questions: Why docountries trade and what are the gains from trade? Isthere a role for protection? What is the role of GATTand what are the effects of the world dividing up intoregional trading blocs such as the EC and possiblyAPEC?

Initially, differences between countries areemphasised as the source of trade and the gains fromtrade. Models which are examined include theClassical-Ricardian model, the Heckscher-Ohlin modeland the Specific-Factors model. Next, economics ofscale and imperfect competition are introduced assources of trade and gains from trade. The section onthe theory of international trade concludes with anexamination of empirical studies aimed at testingtrade theories. The analysis of trade policy beginswith a discussion of the instruments of trade policy, inparticular, tariffs and quotas and their effect on welfare.This discussion is then extended to the case of imperfectcompetition and strategic trade policy. The courseconcludes with an analysis of trading blocs.

Economics 111.02: International Finance andOpen-Economy MacroeconomicsThis course examines the international economy withparticular reference to:1. the principles governing the operation of the

international monetary system; and2. the role, significance and methods of

international finance.It is designed to provide an understanding of

macroeconomic analysis and policy in aninternationally integrated economy; global economicadjustment; and international money and globallyintegrated financial markets. Current issues ofsignificance for discussion may include: Australia'scurrent account deficit and foreign debt; the choice ofexchange rate regime; the European Monetary Systemand the international debt crisis. Topics coveredinclude:1. The variety of international financial

instruments; the behaviour of internationalfinancial flows and their relation to foreignexchange markets and exchange rates;

2. The absorption, elasticities and monetaryapproaches to the determination of the balanceof international payments, under fixed andflexible exchange rates;

3. Portfolio balance approaches to exchange ratesand the current account balance;

4. The organisation of the international monetarysystem and the mechanism of internationaladjustment; and

5. Macroeconomic policy in an open economyand issues in international economic policy.

Economics 111.03: Business EnterpriseThis course is concerned with the economics of businessenterprise. It begins with an examination of classical

and modern analyses of the role of the entrepreneurand attributes of the entrepreneurial personality. Itthen considers theories of business organisation andthe concept of agency, focusing on the resolution ofconflicts between managers and shareholders.Contests for corporate control are the theme of theconcluding section of the course, with emphasis onthe motivation for and effect of hostile takeovers andleveraged buyouts.

Economics 111.04: Corporate Structuie andStrategyThis course commences with a discussion of theevolution of the modern business enterprise, withspecific attention to U-form, M-form and conglomerateorganisational structures. It then examines aspects ofstrategic decision-making, including issues of internalversus external growth and diversification versusstrategic focus. The final section is devoted to Asiancorporate structure and strategy. The major focushere is on distinctive features of the Japanesecorporation, with attention also given to corporateforms and strategies in other Asian economies.

Economics 19.05: History of Economics:Classical EconomicsThis course deals with the classical economics systemas it emerged during the seventeenth and eighteenthcenturies to come to fruition in England in the contentsof Smith's WealthofNations (1776), Ricardo's Principlesof Political Economy (1817) and ultimately, Marx'sCapital (1867). Two weeks of lectures each are devotedto these major authors. The remaining fourteen lecturesare devoted to the foundations of classical economicsin mercantilism and in moral/political philosophy, tosome specific forerunners (Petty, Locke, Cantillonand Hume, Quesnay, Turgot and Stuart) and somemajor writers between Smith and Ricardo (namely,Malthus and James Mill). Emphasis in lectures is ontheir contributions to the theories of value, distributionand growth. This course provides a useful introductionto History of Economics (Modern Developments 1860-1960) and supplements work done by students inEuropean and English Economic History.

TextbookThere is no suitable text for this course. A detailed reading

guide is provided at the start of lectures. Studentsintending to take the two History of Economics coursescould usefully purchase William J. Barber A History of

Economic Thought (Penguin, 1967) — still in print.

Economics 111.06: History of Economics: ModernDevelopments 1860-1960This course examines the modern developments ineconomics flowing from two major shifts in researchprograms which took place after 1860. The first is themarginalist theory which gained ascendancy from the1890s; the second is the development ofmacroeconomics which grew out of the Keynesianrevolution of the 1930s. The former attempted toprovide a general theory of prices in the goods andfactor markets as well as of the level of output as awhole within a general supply/demand framework.This was developed within a general equilibrium(Walras/Pareto) and partial equilibrium framework

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(Marshall/Pigou). Its starting point in England wascriticism of the classical system as developed by JohnStuartMillinhisPrinciplesofPoliticalEconomy,revealingsome inconsistencies in that framework which becamethe point of departure for Jevons and Marshall. Thecourse examines these developments and subsequentwork in capital theory, distribution theory, welfareeconomics and the theory of the firm. In addition, itlooks at the Keynesian revolution in its variousmanifestations and developments in growth and cycletheory by the writers (Schumpeter, Hicks/Harrod).Although History of Economics (Classical Economics)provides a useful introduction to this course, it is not aprerequisite. The course is free standing and suitablefor all those interested in learning about the intellectualfoundations of contemporary economics.

TextbookThere is no suitable text for this course. A detailed reading

is provided at the start of lectures. Students taking thetwo History of Economics courses may usefully purchaseWilliam J. Barber A History of Economic Thought (Penguin,1967) — still in print.

Economics Financial EconomicsThe semester will reflect the following topics:1. Inter-temporal choice and capital markets: the

certainty case2. Investment decisions and capital budgeting:

the certainty case3. Theory of choice under uncertainty4. State preference theory5. Mean—variance uncertainty6. Asset pricing models7. Contingent claims8. Futures contracts and markets.

TextbooksCopeland and Weston Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

3rd edn (Addison-Wesley, 1988)Copeland and Weston Student Solutions Manual for Financial

Theory and Corporate Policy 3rd edn(Addison-Wesley,1988)

Economics lit 08: Applied Corporate FinanceCoreq Economics 111.07The semester will reflect the following topics:1. Efficient capital markets2. Tests of semi-strong and strong form capital

market efficiency3. Capital structure and the cost of capital4. Dividend policy: theory and evidence5. Mergers, restructuring and corporate control6. International financial management.

TextbooksCopeland and Weston Financial Theory and Corporate Policy

3rd edn (Addison-Wesley, 1988)Copeland and Weston Student Solutions Manual for Financial

Theory and Corporate Policy 3rd edn (Addison-Wesley, 1988)

Economics lit 09: Industrial OrganisationThe semester will reflect the following topics:1. Theory of the firm2. Competition, monopoly and externalities3. Dominant firm with a competitive fringe4. Cartels5. Non-cooperative oligopoly

6. Product differentiation and monopolisticcompetition

7. Limit pricing, preda tion and strategic behaviour8. Price discrimination9. Nonlinear pricing10. Vertical restrictions and vertical integration11. Information, advertising and disclosure12. Durability13. Patents and technological change14. Regulation and antitrust policy.

TextbookD.W. Carlton and J.M. Perloff Modern Industrial Organization

(Harper Collins, 1990)

Economics R10: Australian Industry PolicyThis course examines aspects of industry policy in thecontext of the international competitiveness ofAustralian industry. It examines industry assistanceand the prevalence of foreign multinationals inAustralia. Attention is also given to industryregulation, trade practices legislation, privatisationand microeconomic reform. A distinctive feature ofthe course is the strong emphasis on the changingstructure of Australian industry and on policies aimedat developing high-technology industries.

Economics 111.11: Contemporary EconomicissuesThis option treats contemporary economic issuesemphasising the Australian experience though not tothe exclusion of international economic issues.Attention is devoted to policy issues and experiencesso that economic performance is matched againstpolicy prescriptions. This means a heavy reliance onofficial papers to explore the policy announcementsand books and journals for critical appraisals.

Topics to be treated in this option reflect concernsfor macroeconomic features of the Australianexperience including historical perspectives oncontemporary issues. With such a setting the currenteconomic position may be placed in the context ofpolicy developments over previous decades.

Other topics may include employment andunemployment, balance of payments on currentaccount and capital account including matters aboutdebt and equity financing, the role and function ofinternational capital markets, the free trade andprotection themes, investment and structural change,trading structures with exports and imports, issues inbanking and financial markets, and immigration andpopulation.

Economics III.12: Capital and DistributionThroughout the history of economics, theories aboutthe forces which govern income distribution in acapitalist economy have been intimately bound upwith the concept of 'capital'; in particular, its definitionand measurement and how this concept relates to thedetermination of prices in a capitalist economy. Thepurpose of this course is to examine the modernversion of the classical approach to capital anddistribution and also to draw out its wider implicationsfor the theory of output and employment and foreconomic policy.

The major topics covered are:1. The Modern Classical Approach to Capital,

Distribution and the Rate of Profit: circularproduction processes; the relation betweenrelative prices, the rate of profit and the realwage; income distribution and the choice oftechnique;

2. Extensions of the Modern Classical Approachto Capital and Distribution: rents and non-renewable resources; joint production, fixedcapital and distribution; exogenous influenceson distribution; disequilibrium pricing andstability of equilibrium in the classical approachto value and distribution;

3. Capital, Distribution and Economic Theory: AWider Perspective: marginalist views of capitaland distribution and the choice of technique;controversy in capital theory and the critique ofdemand and supply approaches to distribution;capital, distribution, effective demand and thetheory of output and employment; value,distribution and economic policy.

Economics 111.13: Monetary EconomicsThis course surveys the role of money in historical andmodern theories of monetary economics. The mainfocus is on monetary aspects of macro economicmodelling and policy. We begin with some microfoundations of money demand and supply. Wedescribe popular macro models, showing how moneymanifests itself through interest rate, wealth andinflation effects. This leads to an analysis of the causesand consequences of inflation and then to a discussionof the theory of expectations and their use in variousmodels, for example, Monetarist, New Classical andNew Keynesian. Various issues may be consideredsuch as debt neutrality, fiscal policy and inflation,credibility in the context of optimal monetary policy,the efficiency of asset markets, the theory of the termstructure of interest rates, and the problem ofinstruments, targets and goals of monetary policy.The course integrates closed and open economy issues-for example, interest rate policy and foreign exchangeintervention policy are analysed in tandem.Throughout this course, we relate the development ofthe theory of empirical studies and the evolution offinancial institutions.

TextbooksF. Mishkin The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial

Markets 3rd edn Harper Collins, 1992)M. Kohn Money, Banking and Financial Markets 2nd edn (The

Dryden Press, 1993)

Reference bookB. McCallumMonetary Economics, Theory and Policy (Maxwell

Macmillan International Editions, 1989)

Economics 111.14: Economic GrowthThis course deals critically with growth economics. Thecomplexity of economic growth is so great that a singleapproach which tries to incorporate all the dynamic andstructural complications would be incomprehensible.Accordingly, a variety of growth models have beenconstructed, each examining some small selection ofdynamic forces. A critical review of some of those

economics and models will be provided with majoremphasis on 'new' growth theories which attempt toaccommodate structuralchange,innovationand humanlearning. The current revival of growth economics, afteran eclipse of almost two decades, is both timely andimportant. It is now increasingly recognised thatintelligent macroeconomic policies have to be formulatedin the context of a growing economy over the medium orlong-termperiod.Thecourseisrecommended tostudentsinterested in growth economics, structural change andmacroeconomic policy.

Reference booksL.L. Pasinetti Structural Economic Dynamics (Cambridge U.P.,

1993)J. Halevi et al. (eds) Beyond the Steady State (Macmillan, 1992)G.M. Crossmanand E. HelpmanInnovation and Growth in the

Global Economy (MIT Press, 1991)

Economics 111.15: Public Finance A: Taxationand RevenueThe semester will reflect the following topics:1. Welfare economics and public finance2. Taxation: theory3. Public utility pricing4. The Australian revenue system.

TextbookJ.E. Stiglitz Economics of the Public Sector 2nd edn (Norton,

1988)

Economics 111.16: Public Finance B: PublicExpenditureCoreq Economics 111.15

The semester will reflect the following topics:1. Welfare economics and public finance;2. Public goods;3. Public choice theory;4. externalities;5. The Australian expenditure system.

TextbookJ.E. Stiglitz Economics of the Public Sector 2nd edn (Norton,

1988)

Economics 111.17: Labour Economics AThis is a practically oriented course which aims toprovide an understanding of labour markets issues -work conditions, pay and employment levels. Whetheryou are interested in the functioning of the individualfirm, the national economy or issues of equity andsocial justice, anunderstanding of how labour marketswork is essential. A range of economic theories will beexamined, some of which also draw on industrialrelations. The emphasis will be on practical issues, onthe realities of the Australian situation, and currentissues. Among these are the complex issue of enterprisebargaining, what role if any should more centralisedwage fixing systems have, skill acquisition and accessto jobs, efficiency and equity functions of labour unionsand employer associations, and the question of how todesign a sustainable highly productive workenvironment. Although the course centres on theAustralian experience, overseas experience isaddressed when relevant.

Economics 111.18: Labour Economics BCoreq Economics 111.17

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Using material introduced in Labour Economics A,this option develops a number of themes concerningthe functioning of the Australian labour market andthe relationship to the labour market of a range ofdemographic groups within Australian society.Particular attention is given to the problems ofpersistent unemployment and consequences flowingfrom it. A profile of unemployment in Australia sincethe 1950s is presented, as is an assessment of thecompeting theoretical explanations as to whyunemployment has become such a persistent problem.This is followed by an examination of the labourmarket status of particular demographic groups, forexample, youth, migrants, older workers, Aborigines,sole parents, and the links between labour marketstatus and poverty.

The second part of the semester is devoted toexamination of policy prescriptions designed toimprove the functioning of the labour market and/or the labour market outcomes of disadvantagedindividuals. Attention is given to, among otherthings: (i) the links between the education systemand the labour market; (ii) the links betweenimmigration policy and the labour market; and (iii)specific labour market programs designed to assistthe process of skills acquisition and retraining ofthe labour force.

Economics 111.19: Economic SystemsThe primary purpose of this course is to show that aneconomy will function and perform in the way it doespartly for reasons of the environment, partly as a resultof policies, decisions and actions of its participants, andpartly for 'systemic' reasons. Although much emphasiswill be placed on systemic factors, the student will bemade aware of the common features of moderneconomic systems in order to avoid the tendency in theconventionalcomparativeeconomicsliteratureof givingundue importance to those factors.

The course is divided into two major parts. Part Iconsists of a general theoretical framework forclassifying and analysing economic systems, using asfar as possible a system-free terminology (free frombias). The aims of this part of the course are to defineprecisely the nature and structure of contemporaryeconomic systems and to develop an alternativeclassification of the world's economies to theconventional classifications which have becomeincreasingly obsolete labels for describing thefundamental properties and modus operandi of moderneconomies. Part II examines the dynamic developmentof economic systems and their chronologicalrelationship, focusing on the evolution of marketeconomies and the transition from centrally plannedto market-oriented economies.

The course is highly recommended for thosestudents who wish to acquire a deeper understandingof the systemic changes that are currently taking placein Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

Reference booksAs the lectures do not follow the general pattern of the

conventional comparative economics literature no singletextbook is set for this course. However, students arestrongly advised to consult the following references:

.M. Montias The Structure of Economic Systems (Yale, 1976)S. Pejovich The Economics of Property Rights: Towards a Theory

ofComparativeSystems (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990). Kornai Anti-Equilibrium: on Economic Systems Theory and

the Tasks of Research (North-Holland, 1971)F. Seton Cost, Use and Value: The Evaluation of Performance,

Structureand Prices Across Time, Spaceand Economic Systems(Clarendon, 1985)

.M. van Brabant Remaking Eastern Europe: On the PoliticalEconomy of Transition (Kluwer AcademicPublishers, 1990)

conomics 11120: Strategy, Risk and Rationalityhe semester course will reflect the following topics:

Introduction: history, role and uses of gametheory. Its place in social theory.

2. The elements of game theory: agents'motivation, rationality and beliefs.

3. Risk: parametric and strategic uncertainty.Expected utility theory and alternatives.

4. The first models of equilibrium behaviour:dominance, stability and John Nash'sequilibrium.

5. Unavoidable uncertainty: probabilisticstrategies, bluffing, indeterminancy, hesitationand multiple equilibria.

6. Repeated games and backward induction:introducing time in interactions. Agentschoosing strategies before and after they observeothers' behaviour.

7. The prisoner's dilemma and the problem ofcooperation: game theory and the debates insocial theory about the role and necessity ofcollective agencies (for example, the State).

8. Evolutionary game theory: the emergence ofconventions when social and economicinteractions are repeated. The birth of normsand links with moral philosophy as well asevolutionary economics.

9 Laboratory experiments in game theory:evidence on how people choose between riskystrategies.

10. Game theory: its place in social science.

TextbooksS. Hargreaves-Heap and Y. Varoufakis Game Theory: A

Critical Guide for Social Scientists (Routledge, 1993)D. K1 eps Game Theory and Economic Modelling (Clarendon, 1990)E. Rasmusen Games and Information: An Introduction to Game

Theory (Blackwell, 1989)K. Binmore and P. Dasgupta The Economics of Bargaining

(Blackwell, 1987)

Economics 111.21: Bargaining, Contracts andSocial ChoiceCoreq Economics 111.20

The option will reflect the following topics:1. Introduction: (a) the bargaining problem, (b)

contracts between individuals, (c) socialcontracts.

2. Axiomatic and procedural (that is, explicit)models of bargaining.

3. The first solutions to the bargaining problem:the early contributions of John Nash, Kalai andSmorodinski, and Luce and Raiffa.

4. A procedural approach to the bargainingproblem: Rubinstein's solution.

5. Bargaining uncertainty of a parametric kind:the problem of 'not knowing' one's opponent.

6. Conflict and contract: What do game andbargaining theory have to offer in terms of atheory of why people, firms, countries, unions,etc. fight?

7. Game theory, the pure theory of contract andsocial choice: How does a collective agency(such as the State) mediate between competinginterests? Arrow's impossibility theorem in thelight of strategic analysis.

8. Voting strategies: Why vote? What does it meanto vote strategically? The limitations ofdemocracy as a result of strategic voting.

9. Theories of Justice: the notion of justice withinthe framework of voluntary associationsbetween citizens with conflicting objectives.John Rawls, Robert Nozick and Amartya Senon fairness, entitlement and justice.

10. Social contracts, socialisation and the market: areinterpretation of Rousseau's social contractand of Adam Smith's invisible hand (or itsmore modern version: general equilibrium)along the lines of game and bargaining theory.

11. The market, the bargaining process and liberty:liberal, conservative and Marxist perspectives.

TextbooksS. Hargreaves-Heap and Y. Varoufakis Game Theory: A

Critical Guide for Social Scientists (Routledge, 1993)D. Kreps Game Theory and Economic Modelling (Clarendon,

1990)E.Rasmusen Games and Information: An Introduction to Game

Theory (Blackwell, 1989)K. Binmore and P. Dasgupta The Economics of Bargaining

(Blackwell, 1987)

Economics 111.22: Health EconomicsThis course will provide a general introduction tohealth economics and to the use of economics inunderstanding current health issues in Australia.Amongst the topics covered will be the following:scope of health economics; healthcare as a commodity;market failure in health care; the Australian healthcare system; the concept of health and need; healthcare insurance and its failure; the utilisation of healthcare; demand for health; the supply of medical services;alternative methods of paying doctors; the hospital asa firm; paying hospitals; economic evaluation in healthcare; costing health care; measuring health effects(economics and epidemiology); valuing human life;QALY S —a measure of benefit; designing an economicevaluation; disease costing in policy; equity in healthcare; different approaches to health care systems; andthe Australian health strategy review.

At the end of the course students should be able todescribe the key features of health economics as a sub-discipline, discuss health care issues from an economicsperspective and discuss some of the currentcontroversial issues within health economics. Duringthe course students will be introduced to some of the'classic' articles in health economics and will learnsomething of the other disciplines with whicheconomists have to become familiar when working inhealth.

TextbookA. McGuireet al. The Economics of Health Care: An Introductory

Text (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988)

Economics 111.23: Housing EconomicsThis course will cover some of the economic analysisused to provide an understanding of housing marketsand housing policy. Where possible the Australiansituation will be placed in a broader context bycomparing the outcomes here with those in othercountries.

The first part of the course will concentrate onproviding background information. It will cover suchtopics as the nature, structure and operation of housingmarkets, including the determinants of the demandfor and supply of housing, factors affecting houseprices, rents and tenure choice. The second part willfocus on the interaction between housing and financemarkets and on the nature and effect of the ways inwhich housing is financed. The third part of thecoursewill concentrate on the institutional framework withinwhich Australia's housing policies are implemented.It will examine the characteristics of the varioushousing tenures or sub-markets which exist; namelyowner-occupation, private rental and public rental,provide an overview of the types of policies directedtowards each of these tenures in the post war periodin Australia, examine the outcomes of those policiesand discuss the policy options being considered by,and available to the government.

At the end of this course, you should have a clearunderstanding of the complexities involved inanalysing housing markets; you should have increasedyour ability to apply the theoretical constructs of firstand second year to analysing real world issues; youshould understand the meaning and implications ofhousing tenure; you should be able to critically evaluatecurrent housing policies and policy proposals.

TextbookCurrently, there is no textbook which is suitable for this

course. The two references below are recommended as astarling point:

National Housing Strategy Australian Housing: TheDemographic, Economic and Social Environment NHS IssuesPaper No.1 (Canberra: AGPS, 1991)

L. Smith et al. 'Recent Development in Economic Models ofHousing Markets' Journal of Economic Literature, 1988,V26, pp. 29-64

Economics 111.24: Monetary Policy and theAustralian Financial SystemStudents are provided with an opportunity in thiscourse to examine the impact and operation ofmonetary policy within the context of the Australianfinancial system. The course focuses on the institutionsthrough which Australian monetary policy is affected.

Topics covered include:1. Overview of the Australianmonetary /financial

system2. The operation of monetary policy3. The Reserve Bank of Australia4. The short term money market and authorised

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6. Other providers of investment finance7. The impact of deregulation8. Recent policy experience.

Economics 111.25: Financial Markets andInstrumentsThe purpose of this course is to provide an analysis ofthe behaviour and performance of markets in financialassets and liabilities. This includes both direct andindirect forms of financing. The emphasis is on themicroeconomic functioning of these markets withparticular attention to the range and characteristics ofinstruments traded. The range of instrumentsconsidered includes basic instruments such as bondscontracts, options, swaps, etc. The types of marketsconsidered include equity markets, debt markets andforeign exchange markets.

Topics covered include:1. The nature and role of financial markets in the

economy2. The essentials of portfolio management3. Basic or underlying instruments in financial

markets4. Derivative instruments in financial markets.

Economics 111.26: Financial IntermediationCoreq Economics 111.25

Financial Intermediation attempts to examine theeconomic function and theory of the workings of thefinancial system from an institutional point of view. Itbegins with the theory of intermediation, how the sizeand form of financial flows are determined and whyintermediaries emerge in the process of savingsallocation among investment possibilities. The varioustypes of intermediaries, their precise functions andbehaviour, are considered within the context of theAustralian economy. Some consideration is also givento the prudential regulation of these institutions andthe problems regulation poses for them and thefinancial system as a whole.

Topics covered include:1. Overview of the financial system2. Theory of financial intermediation3. Commercial banks and thrift institutions4. Money market corporations and finance

companies5. Insurance and superannuation6. Brokers, mutual funds and collective

investments7. Regulation8. Information, disclosure and supervision.

Economics Ill Additional 16 unitsCoreq Economics III

This course consists of four options (two hours eachper week for one semester), not already taken, fromthe list of options provided for Economics III. Oneoption from Economics III(P), which is equivalent totwo options in Economics III, may be included.

Economics Ill Supplementary 8 unitsPrereq Economics IICoreq Economics III

This course consists of any two options (two hourseach per week for one semester), not already taken,from the list of options provided for Economics III.

Finance 201: Corporate Finance I 8 unitsPrereq Accounting I or Financial Accounting Concepts and

Management Accounting Concepts, Economics I,Econometrics I

Classes Sem 1: (31ec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

This course provides an introduction to corporatefinance, including investment decision-making. Thefirst part of the course deals with the analyticaltechniques necessary to make investment decisions,both when cash flows are known and when they areuncertain. The second part of the course deals with thecorporation and the Australian capital market, theraising of capital, including equity versus debt, andallocating capital, including dividends, internalinvestments and takeovers. As far as possible, thecourse will attempt to link theory to practicalapplications via examples, exercises and assignments.

Finance 202: Corporate Finance II 8 unitsPrereq As for Finance 201Coreq Finance 201Classes Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

This course builds on Finance 201: Corporate Finance,but is more applied in that it is concerned with theactual workings of financial markets. It examines theoperation of financial markets from both a theoreticaland practical perspective, concentrating mainly butnot exclusively on Australian financial markets. Thecourse deals with the economic role of capital marketsand theories of capital market behaviour. Theoperations of equity and derivative markets inAustralia, including options and futures, are examinedalong with foreign exchange and debt markets. A newand important area of study known as 'marketmicrostructure is introduced and a number of issuesin corporate governance and take-overs are examined.

Financial Accounting A 8 unitsPrereq Accounting IClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, one 1000w essay, weekly

assignments, one test

Accounting and reporting practices of companies,particularly listed public companies. Emphasis isplaced on developing an understanding of, and theability to critically evaluate, the various regulatoryrequirements (professional and statutory) governingfinancial reporting. The economic significance ofmanagements' ability to choose between alternativetechniques for recording/reporting a given transactionor event are also considered from within a 'costlycontracting' framework. Issues covered includeaccounting for taxes, intangibles, extractiveindustries.Consideration of off-balance sheet liabilities andowner's equity. Introduction to intercorporateinvestments.

Financial Accounting Concepts 6 unitsClasses Sem 1: (2 lec, 1 tut & 1 workshop)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, mid-sem test

Provides an introduction to the theory and practice ofaccounting. Designed primarily for students who arenot majoring in accounting. The aim is to developskills in preparing and analysing financial statements.Topics include: the institutional arrangements inAustralia and overseas,balance sheet equation, currentassets (including inventory, accounts receivable),income measurement, financial statement preparationand analysis.

Forecasting for Economics and Business8 units

Coreq Econometrics IIAClasses Sem: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

The need to forecast or predict future values ofeconomic time series arises frequently in manybranches of applied economic and commercial work.It is, moreover, a topic which lends itself naturally toeconometric and statistical treatment. The specificfeature which distinguishes time series from otherdata is that the order in which the sample is recordedis of relevance. As a result of this, a substantial bodyof statistical methodology has developed. This courseis intended to provide a first course in methods of timeseries analysis and forecasting. The material coveredwill be primarily time domain methods designed fora single series and will include the building of lineartime series models, the theory and practice of univariateforecasting and the use of regression methods forforecasting. Throughout the course a balance will bemaintained between theory and practical application.

Geography 1 12 unitsLecturers Dr Short, Assoc. Prof. Connell, Assoc. Prof. WarnerClasses Yr: (3 lec & 2hr prac)/wkAssessment (one 3hr exam, 1500w report or another 3hr prac

exam)/sem

Morning or afternoon courseThe course extends over two semesters with threelectures and two hours of laboratory work weekly.Morning lectures are repeated in the afternoon. Allstudents do the same course.

First semester: A systematic approach to theunderstanding of physical environmentalprocessesA systematic approach to modern physical geographywith emphasis on processes in geomorphology andinteractions of climate with weathering, soils andvegetation.

Second semester: Introduction to HumanGeographyAn introduction to the principles of human geographyillustrated by an analysis of development problems inthe south-west Pacific and a study of the location anddistribution of economic activities including resourceuse.

Geography 2 16 unitsThe course extends over two semesters with threelectures and the equivalent of five hours' assignmentwork (which may comprise tutorials and /or individualcourse work including fieldwork) weekly. Thefollowing courses are offered:

Principles of GeomorphologyEnvironment and ResourcesHuman Geography

In addition there is an integrated field methodscourse which will examine skills associated with theacquisition, manipulation and presentation of dataused in geographical analysis of a region. The regionwill be studied in the field during a compulsory oneweek excursion. Skills developed within coursesstudied in the first semester will be applied to thecollection and analysis of data obtained during theexcursion.

Principles of GeomorphologyLecturers Dr Short, Dr Thorns, Dr CowellClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment (one 3hr exam, two 1000w essays, hit papers, 5

days fieldwork)/sem

A two-semester course designed to introducestudents to the principles of geomorphology. Itinvolves an examination of the major earth surfacelandforms and the theories which have beendeveloped to explain landform genesis. Earth surfaceprocesses are examined; there is an emphasis onsystems theory to provide an understanding of theprocesses over a wide range of spatial and temporalscales.

First semester: Global and Regional LandformsAn examination of the major earth surface landformsand the theories which have been developed to explainlandform genesis.

Second semester: Fluvial and CoastalGeomorphologyThis course provides:(1) an introduction to hydrogeomorphology andis concerned with processes and morphologiesassociated with rivers; and(2) an introduction to the principles of coastalgeomorphology assessing the role of endogenic(lithosphere) and exogenic (atmosphere and ocean)forces in shaping coasts.

Environmental Geography and ResourceManagementLecturers Dr Dragovich, Dr Chapman, Dr DaveyClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment (one 3hr exam, two 2000w essays, hit papers, 5

days fieldwork)/sem

A two-semester course designed to evaluate theinteraction of the physical environment and humanuse of the earth's surface. The first part of the courseexamines the role of the physical environment ininfluencing human activities. The second studiesresources from social, political and economicperspectives.

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physical systems: soil erosion and natural hazards.Resource management problems are investigated at arange of scales with some emphasis being given to thechanging relationship between people and environ-ment in tropical areas.

Principles of Human GeographyLecturers Dr Gough, Dr GreenbergClasses. Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment (one 3hr exam, two 2000w essays, tut papers)/

sem

The course introduces concepts concerned withexplaining the peopling of the earth by examiningprocesses at various scales and the dynamics of systemsover time.

Levels of human activity, from the global throughto the urban, are considered through an examinationof basic economic and social processes.

Geography 3 24 unitsThis course extends over two semesters with threelectures and the equivalent of nine hours' assignmentwork (which may be comprised of tutorials and/orindividual coursework including fieldwork) weekly.All students are required to attend a five-day fieldexcursion. The traditional excursion may be replacedwith fieldwork (up five days in each semester)conducted locally in association with courses beingoffered in 3P and 3M.

Three 12-unit courses are offered: Geography 3P(Physical), Geography 3M (Environmental) andGeography 3E (Human). Students may elect to do oneor two of these three courses. It would be assumedthat those doing Geography 3P would haveundertaken Principles of Geomorphology in secondyear; those doing Geography 3M would haveundertaken Environment and Resources in secondyear; and those doing Geography 3E would haveundertaken the Huthan Geography course in secondyear.

To complete Geography 3 a student must select fouroptions, two per semester. Each option is equivalent to3 units. A student's choice of options within the 3P, 3Mor 3E courses is to be from themes or sequences whichare related to the systematic development of researchskills in the Department. These sequences are only aguide for the selection of courses. Any variation ofthese sequences must have the approval of the Head ofDepartment. Students should consult with the coursecoordinator before selecting options. Not all options

care offered in any given year.

Geography 3P: Advanced GeomorphologyThe course examines the evolution of the landscapeinvolving the history of landforms and vegetation inassociation with tectonic forces, climatic change andbiological factors. Physical, chemical and biologicalweathering processes are studied and there is anemphasis on pedogeomorphology.

Coastal SystemsThe course deals with the relationships between coastalmorphologies and the processes responsible for them.

The focus is on the general principles of morpho-dynamic adjustment, particularly as applied to thecoastal boundary layer operating on the inner shelf,shoreface and in estuaries. Form and processrelationships that generate the world's major coastaldepositional environments are studied.

Fluvial SystemsThe focus is on short-term development and changesin fluvial systems; channel stability and instability,adjustments or channel metamorphosis, and the roleof fluvial thresholds are considered.

Geography 3M: Advanced EnvironmentalGeography -The course focuses on: coastal zone environmentalmanagement and environmental geomorphology.Critical physical systems and natural hazards in thecoastal zone are examined and the ways in whichdecisions are made about resource management arestudied. The practical uses of geomorphologicalconcepts to solve problems are discussed.

Environmental Geomorphology and Information SystemsGeomorphological concepts are applied to solveproblems where landforms are transferred and wherethere is some use of or change to superficial processes.The techniques of geographic information systemsanalysis are illustrated and applied. -

Geography 3E: Advanced Social and EconomicGeographyThe course examines the contemporary economicgeography of the richer capitalist countries. It examinesthe social and economic dynamics of industrial changein a regional context.

Dynamics of the Asia-Pacific RegionThe general structure and growth patterns of theregion are considered. Special topics includeagricultural processes, population, migration andurbanisation.

Urban and Regional Geographic SystemsDevelopment theories and their relationship to ruraldevelopment and natural resources development, therole of aid and the structure and role of internationalcapital flows are examined. Social structures and theirrelationship to resolving conflicts over developmentaims and environmental management are studied.

Government I 12 unitsGovernment I is organised into two semester courses.They are both introductory courses, and are essentialprerequisites for later year courses in the Department.Both must be passed before a student may proceed toGovernment II. They will not necessarily be offered inthe order set out below.

Introduction to Australian PoliticsThis course aims to introduce students to debatesabout the nature and limits of Australian democracy,the major institutions of Australian politics, and thedistribution of power in Australian society. Majorinstitutions and forces such as parliament, executive

government, the federal system, political parties andthe media willbe examined as arenas of power, conflictand consensus. Who rules? How? Which groups areexcluded?

estimating cost functions, relevant costing, costallocation and discounted cash flow analysis.

Introduction to International and ComparativePoliticsThis course aims to introduce students to the majorconcepts and approaches in international andcomparative politics. It will examine the role of .thestate and of non-state actors ininteractions —military,economic and political — between states. It will alsointroduce the variety of non-Western political systemsand the uses and problems of comparative methods.The course will examine the interactions between theinternal and external influences on state behaviour,and how these can interact to produce radical changein both spheres. There will be a strong emphasis ontheoretical and normative issues in international andcomparative politics.

Government II 16 unitsPrereq Government I

Students inGovemmentlImustlake two semester courses(one in each half of the year) from the list of semestercourses given in the Faculty of Economics Handbook.

Government III 16 unitsPrereq Government II

Students in Government III must take two semestercourses (one in each half of the year) from the list in theFaculty of Economics Handbook. Students cannot repeatcourses completed previously.

Horticultural Science 6 unitsThis course is the same as Horticultural Science 3. (Seealphabetically under First, Second and Third Yearcourses for the BScAgr degree.)

Management Accounting A 8 unitsPrereq Accounting ICoreq Econometrics IClasses Sem 1: (2 lec, 1 hit & 1 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, weekly assignments

This course provides students with an introduction tothe basics of management/cost accounting. Areasspecifically covered include: cost terms and purposes,cost behaviour, cost-volume-profit analysis, costestimation via regression analysis and other means,basic and alternative product costing methods,detailedstudy of the budgeting process (master budgets,flexible budgets, standard costing and varianceanalysis) and cost allocation.

Management Accounting Concepts 6 unitsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec, 1 hit & 1 workshop)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, mid-sem test

Follows on from Financial Accounting Concepts. Theaim is to explain how management accountinginformation is used by managers. Topics include:

Marketing

IntroductionAny semester course in Marketing. Refer to Faculty of

Economics Handbook for other than those listed below.

Marketing 201: Marketing Principles8 units

Prereq Economics 1, Econometrics 1Classes Sem 1: (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Introduction to the terminology and functions ofmarketing in modem business practice. Market forcesand opportunities, with reference to the role of social,economic, political and global influences and trends.Macro (societal) and micro (individual and firm)implications of the market process and marketingdecision-making.

Marketing 202: Consumer Behaviour8 units

Coreq Marketing 201: Marketing PrinciplesClasses Sem 2: (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Introduction to and overview of economic,psychological and sociological bases of consumerbehaviour as they relate to the purchase andconsumption of goods and services. Marketingimplications of consumer behaviour and theinteraction of consumers and the marketing processof organisations.

Marketing 203: Marketing Research I8 units

Coreq Marketing 201: Marketing PrinciplesClasses Sem 2: (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Introduction to marketing research and the marketingresearch industry. Basics of problem recognition,formulation, research design and reporting.Qualitative research methods. Surveydesign and datacollection. Data entry and coding. Introduction tobasic quantitative analysis. Research practicum.

Marketing 301: Marketing Research II8 units

Prereq Marketing 201: Marketing Principles, Marketing 203:Marketing Research I, Economics II

Classes Sem 1: (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Quantitative marketing research methods, includingmultivariate research methods and models. Analysisand interpretation of data, report preparation andpresentation. Applications to market segmentation,targeting, positioning and demand forecasting.Advanced research methods and overview of currentstate-of-the-art. Research practicum continued fromMarketing 203: Marketing Research I.

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Marketing 302: Marketing Communications8 units


Coreq Marketing 301: Marketing Research IIClasses Sent (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Introduction to and overview of current theory andpractice in advertising, sales promotion and personalselling. Course includes case study and researchpracticum.

Marketing 303: Retail and ServicesMarketing 8 unitsPrereq Marketing 201: Marketing Principles, Marketing 203:

Marketing Research I, Economics IICoreq Marketing 301: Marketing Research IIClasses Sem (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

The role of marketing and the marketing functionwithin retail and service organisations. Specialmarketing issues involved in these organisations.Course includes case study and research practicum.

Marketing 304: New Products Marketing8 units


Coreq Marketing 301: Marketing Research IIClasses Sem: (1 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment two 2hr exams, assignments

Development and marketing of new consumer andindustrial products and the role of the marketingfunction in that process. Identification of potentiallyprofitable target markets and demand estimation.Dynamics of new product introductions. Courseincludes case study and research practicum.

Mathematics I (Life Sciences) 12 unitsAKn HSC 2-unit MathematicsClasses Yr: (4 lec & tut)/ wkAssessment (two 2hr exams & 4 assigrunents)/sem, computer

project

ContentThis is a one-year course in mathematics intended togive a rounded view of mathematics and particularlydesigned for students intending to major in the lifeand social sciences. Topics covered include differentialand integral calculus, linear algebra and statistics.

There are comprehensive details of the Mathematics1 (Life Sciences) course in the Mathematics First YearHandbook, distributed at the time of enrolment.

Assumed knowledgeKnowledge equivalent to the 2-unit HSC course isassumed. Students who do not have this knowledgeare strongly advised to attend a bridging courseconducted by the School in February.

Natural Resource Economics 8 unitsPrereq Production Economics, Commodity Price AnalysisClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/ wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

A course in natural resource economics of relevance toagriculture and the resource industries. Issuesdiscussed are: the environment as a source ofenvironmental services; socially efficient resourceallocation and Pareto welfare economics; marketfailure and characteristics of environmental services;benefit cost analysis of public projects, including themodification of environmental services; non-depletable resources and pollution; depletableresources; irreversibility; sustainability. Applicationsinclude land degradation, fisheries, forestry, land-useplanning and greenhouse effect.

TextbooksA. Randall Resource Economics: An Economic Approach to

Natural Resource and Environment Policy (Wiley, 1987)

Operations Research A

8 unitsPrereq Econometrics IIAClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

The theory and application of linear programmingmodels to economic problems is the main concern ofthis course. Topics include: formulation skills,algorithms, duality, sensitivity analysis, parametricprogramming, goal programming, integer program-ming with heuristics, network models and dynamicprogramming. The theoretical material is illustratedwith several substantial case studies and a discussionof available computer software.

Operations Research B 8 unitsCoreq Operations Research AClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

The work of Operations Research A is extended in twoimportant directions with the consideration of non-linear and stochastic models. Topics include: quadraticprogramming, gradient methods, separable methods,chance constrained programming, stochasticprogramming, inventory control theory, queuingtheory, simulation, decision theory, and stochasticprocesses. The theoretical material is illustrated withseveral substantial case studies and a discussion ofavailable computer software.

Principles of Taxation Law 8 unitsPrereq Corporations Law I or Commercial Law I (which

includes Corporations Law I)Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, weekly assignments, class work

This course is the first part of a subject which isprimarily concerned with taxation law. It commenceswith an overview of the Australian tax system,discusses contemporary tax issues and then dealswith specific topics, viz. basis of liability to Australianincome tax, concepts of residence and source of income,meaning of income, tax accounting, statutory conceptsof income, taxation of termination and long serviceleave payments, taxation of fringe benefits, basis ofliability to capital gains tax and allowable deductions.

Production Economics 8 unitsPrereq Agricultural Economics IClasses Sem 2: (3 lec and 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

Production economics is concerned with productiondecisions on resource allocation at the firm, industryand economy levels. The topics include: the nature ofagricultural and resource industry production;production functions; factor substitution; principlesof enterprise combination and multi-productproduction; firm objectives; constrained andunconstrained maximisation; cost functions and otherduality relationships; economies of scale and size infarming; input demands and dual relationships;production over time; productivity and technicalchange; production under risk and the illustration ofthe principles involved through the use of practicalapplications and exercises involving both theagricultural and resource industries. In addition, basicdecision analysis will be introduced including basicconcepts of probability; concepts of utility; utilityfunctions and elicitation of preferences.

TextbooksD.L. Debertin Agricultural Production Economics (Macmillan,

1986)J.P. Doll and F. Orazem Production Economics: Theory with

Applications (Wiley, 1984)

Reference bookJ.R. Anderson et al. Agricultural Decision Analysis (Iowa State

U.P., 1977)

Quantitative Business Management andFinance 8 unitsPrereq Production Economics and Applied Commodity

ModellingClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut/lab session)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The application of applied optimising methods todecision-making in the agricultural and resourcesectors is the focus of this course. Topics coveredinclude: an overview of the applications of optimis-ing models; the mathematical basis for constrainedoptimisation; basic linear, quadratic and nonlinearprogramming; farm modelling; agricultural sectormodels; transPort and location models; spatialequilibrium systems; introduction to generalequilibrium models; and model validation andverification. Issues of financial analysis and control,financial relationships, investment, capital budget-ing, risk management and risk in investment decisionmaking will also be covered.

TextbooksP.J. Barry etal. Financial Management in Agricultureanterstate,

1992)S.M. Lee et al. Management Science (Wm C. Brown, 1990)H. Levy and M. Sarnat Capital Investment and Financial

Decisions (Prentice Hall, 1994)

Reference booksP.B.R. Hazel] and R.D. Norton Mathematical Programming for

Economic Analysis in Agriculture (Macmillan, 1986)

Research Methods 4 unitsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec & 1 tut/workshop)wkAssessment one 2hr exam, assignments

Topics covered will include: report preparation;journalistic techniques and methods of reporting;seminar and workshop presentation methods; visualmethods including overhead slides, projected slidesand video; time management techniques; research asan orderly process of enquiry; hypothesis formulationand testing; preparation of research proposals; therole of the economist; sources and collection ofagricultural data; primary versus secondary data;agricultural surveys; questionnaire construction andinterviewing techniques; and methods of analysis ofsurvey data.

TextbookK. Howard and J.A. Sharp The Management of a Student

Research Project (Gower Publishing, 1970)

Reference bookG.L. Johnson Research Methodology for Economists: Philosophy

and Practice (Macmillan, 1986)

Sample Design and Analysis 8 unitsCoreq Econometrics IIAClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments, tests

The twin problems of cost and efficiency in samplinglead to the development of different methods ofsampling (stratified, cluster, multistage, replicatedsamples, probability proportional to size) and todifferent estimators (for example, ratio). Non-responsein a survey may lead to biased estimation, andprocedures must be developed to overcome thispotential bias. The analysis of survey data leads to aconsideration of the estimation of the samplingvariance from the complex samples. The use of surveydata in regression analysis and CM-square tests raisesseveral problems that are addressed. Special topicsmay include: panels, sampling rare populations,optimal experimental design and telephoneinterviewing.

The Australian Economy 12 unitsClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wk

This terminating course provides a comprehensivetreatment of the workings of the Australian economy.The emphasis in this course is on applied themes withtheory introduced only where necessary to sustain theanalysis. The aim is to show the interdependenciesbetween the main sectors of the Australian economyand the rest of the world. The course offers a broadappraisal of how the Australian economy operatesand the main policy issues bearing upon it. The mainsections of the course are as follows:1. Australia in an international economic setting2. National economic structure:

(a) national income and expenditure(b) financial flows

3. Foreign sector and the balance of payments4. Financial activity: institutions and markets5. Business sector: incorporated and unin-

corporated business enterprises and theirmarkets

6. Government sector: federal and state functionson revenue and expenditure, and the provisionof services

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7. Households: composition and distribution ofincome and expenditure

8. Labour markets and wage determination

9. Policies for development:(a) agriculture(b) resources(c) industry: manufacturing and services

10. Economic policy:(a) goals and instruments(b) policy issues and controversies

11. Prospects for development.

Reference booksAustralian Bureau of Statistics Australian Year Book (A.B.S.

current edn)F.H. Gruen (ed.) Surveys of Australian. Economics (Allen &

Unwin, current edn)State of Play: The Australian Economy Today (Allen & Unwin)

An Indecs Economics Special Report

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This chapter of the handbook contains informationspecific to the Faculty of Agriculture and some generalinformation. For further details about discontinuationand examinations, as well as general informationabout the organisation of the University, assistancefor students with disabilities, child care facilities,accommodation, health, counselling, financialassistance, careers advice and a range of other matters,see the University of Sydney Diary, available free fromthe Student Centre and student Union outlets.

EnrolmentNew students and re-enrolling students who do not satisfythe pre-enrolment conditions collect their enrolmentforms from the FacultyOfficein the McMillan Buildingwhere they choose courses and lodge a registrationform.

Confirmation of enrolmentAll the information provided when you enrol is addedto the University's computerised student recordsystem. This includes your degree, academic year andthe subjects you are taking. It is important that thisinformation be recorded correctly at the beginning ofthe year, and amended should a change occur in anyof the details during the year. Any subject enrolmenthas a financial implicationunder the Higher EducationContribution Scheme (HECS).

To enable you to see what enrolment data has beenrecorded, you will be sent a 'confirmation of enrolment'notice shortly after completion of enrolment. Youshould check this carefully. If the informationis correctyou should keep the notice as a record of your currentenrolment. Should the notice be incorrectin any detail,you should apply at the Faculty Office immediately tohave your record amended. A new confirmation willthen be prepared and sent to you. You will alsoreceive, about two months after the beginning of eachsemester, a statement showing your HECSassessmentfor that semester. If there appears to be an error in thisassessment, you should follow the directions forcorrection of the assessment which are included onthe statement.

If you wish to:change a subject in which you are enrolled;discontinue a subject; ordiscontinue enrolment totally

you should apply at the Student Centre or FacultyOffice for the appropriate form and then at the FacultyOffice to obtain approval. Your record at the Universitywill not be correct unless you do this. It is not sufficientfor instance to tell the lecturer, associate lecturer oreven the departmental office that you discontinued asubject. Unless an enrolment change is approvedformally at the Faculty Office it will not be accepted bythe University and in some cases will incur a financialliability under HECS.

RegulationsDiscontinuation of enrolment and re-enrolmentafter discontinuation—undergraduateAll Faculties and Boards of Studies'1. A candidate fora degree of Bachelor who ceasesattendance at classes must apply to the Faculty orBoard of Studies concerned and will be presumed tohave discontinued enrolment from the date ofapplication, unless evidence is produced (i) that thediscontinuation occurred at an earlier date and (ii)that there was good reason why the application couldnot be made at the earlier time.2. A candidate for a degree of Bachelor who at anytime during the first year of attendance discontinuesenrolment in all courses shall not be entitled to re-enrol for that degree unless the Faculty or Board ofStudies concerned has granted prior permission to re-enrol or the person is re-selected for admission tocandidature for that degree.3. Subject to subsections (i) and (ii) of section 1, nocandidate for a degree of Bachelor may discontinueenrolment in a course or year after the end of lecturesin that course or year.4. The Dean, Pro-Dean or an Associate Dean of aFaculty or the Chairperson of a Board of Studies, mayact on behalf of that Faculty or Board of Studies in theadministration of these resolutions unless the Facultyor Board of Studies concerned decides otherwise.

WITHDRAWAL FROM FULL-YEAR AND FIRST SEMESTER COURSES

5. A candidate for a degree of Bachelor whodiscontinues enrolmentin a full-year or First Semestercourse on or before 31 March in that year shall berecorded as having withdrawn from that course.

WITHDRAWAL FROM SECOND SEMESTER COURSES

6. A candidate for a degree of Bachelor whodiscontinues enrolment in a Second Semester courseon or before 31 August in that year shall be recordedas having withdrawn from that course.

All Faculties and Boards of Studies except the Faculty ofEngineeringDISCONTINUATION

7. (1) A discontinuation of enrolment in acourse shall be recorded as 'Discontinued withPermission' when the discontinuation occursafter the relevant withdrawal, period and(a) on or before the Friday of the first week

of Second Semester for a full-year course,or

(b) up to the last day of the seventh week ofteaching in a one semester course.

(2) A discontinuation of enrolment in acourse shall be recorded as 'Discontinued' whenthe discontinuation occurs

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(a) after the Friday of the first week of SecondSemester for a full-year course, or

(b) after the last day of the seventh week ofteaching in a one semester course.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) the Dean,Pro-Dean or an Associate Dean of the Faculty orChairperson of the Board of Studies concernedmay determine that a discontinuation ofenrolment should be recorded as 'Discontinuedwith Permission' on the grounds of serious ill-health or misadventure.

Examination gradesEach subject taken will be allotted one of the followinggrades at the annual examinations:

Grade per cent

High Distinction

85-100Distinction 75-84

Credit

65-74*Pass 50-64

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Examinations

PeriodsThere are three formal examination periods each year.

Period

when held approximateduration

First semester

June

2 weeksSecond semester November

3 weeksSupplementary January

1 week

In addition individual faculties and departmentsmay examine at other times and by various methodsof assessment, such as essays, assignments, viva voce,practical work, etc. Some departments do not examineduring the first semester.

The following information applies to both theBachelor of Science in Agriculture and the Bachelor ofAgricultural Economics degrees.

Completion of courseExcept by permission of the Dean, no student shall beallowed to sit for any examination unless therequirements specified by the Faculty have beencompleted. The Dean may call upon any studentwho has been absent from more than 10 per cent ofclasses in any semester to show cause for suchabsence. Students who fail to show sufficient causeare excluded from admission to examinations. Noexcuse for absence from lectures, demonstration orpractical work shall be received unless tendered inwriting to the Faculty Office within one week afterattendance is resumed.

Notification of examination resultsThe results of annual examinations are displayed onnoticeboards in the Main Quadrangle and posteddirectly to you at the end of the year.

Disclosure of examination marksFinal marks will appear on your annual result notice.Marks may also be obtained from your departmentfor the major components of assessment which makeup the final marks. You are entitled to informationabout any details of the assessment procedures usedto determine the final result.

Your examination scripts and any other assessmentmaterial may be retrieved within a reasonable timeafter the completion of assessment in each course.This does not apply to examination papers whichinvolve the repeated use of the same material insuccessive examinations.

*See section on concession] passes.

Award of honours at graduationExtract from resolutions of the Faculty1. Honours are awarded in Agriculture and not inan individual subject.2. Details of the Fourth Year work anddetermination of marks for Fourth Year are theresponsibility of heads of departments and sectionsconcerned.3. All candidates are formally eligible to beconsidered for honours. Except with the specialpermission of the Faculty, honours shall not beawarded to any candidate for the degree of Bachelorof Science in Agriculture or Bachelor of AgriculturalEconomics unless the candidate has completed thecourse in the minimum time. Notwithstanding theprevious condition, students who complete the firstthree years of the course in four years, and who byvirtue of their weighted average marks wouldotherwise qualify for the award of honours, will be soconsidered. Such candidates may however bedisadvantaged in terms of honours grading andranking.4A. For the BAgrEc degree. For the assessment ofan aggregate mark for the award of honours at the endof the Fourth Year—(a) Each of the courses provided for in the

resolutions in Second and Third Years shall beweighted according to unit value and aweighted mean obtained. The combinedexamination results of the Second and ThirdYears shall be given a weighting of 50 per cent.

(b) The Fourth Year mark shall be given a weightingof 50 per cent.

4B. For the BScAgr degree. For the determinationof the overall honours mark for the award of honoursat the end of the Fourth Year—(a) Each of the courses provided for in the

resolutions in Second and Third Years shall beweighted according to unit value and aweighted average mark (WAM) obtained.

(b) The overall honours mark shall be the averageof the Second and Third Year WAM and theFourth Year mark.

5. In computing the aggregate marks of students,the mark achieved on the occasion of the first attemptat a course shall be the mark used. A supplementaryexamination mark is not considered a first attempt ata course.

6A. For the BAgrEc degree. For the award of aparticular level of honours a candidate, exceptinspecialcircumstances, must obtain the relevant minimumaggregate mark and the minimum WAM in Secondand Third Year courses set out in the following table:

Level of honours Minimum

Minimumaggregate

weighted averagemark

mark in Secondand Third Year courses

Class I

75 70Class II Division I

70 65Class II Division 2

65 62

In the event of a recommendation for the award ofhonours that departs from these standards, it shall beincumbent upon the head of department and sectionconcerned to make out a substantial case for such adeparture. Admissible grounds for departure wouldinclude medical disability or misadventure early inthe course, and the existence of consistently lowerstandards of grading in courses undertaken outsidethe Faculty of Agriculture.6B. For the BScAgr degree. For the award of aparticular level of honours, a candidate, except inspecial circumstances, must obtain the relevantminimum marks as set out in the following table:

Level of honours Minimum Minimum Minimumoverall Fourth WAM in

honours Year Second andmark mark Third Years

Class I 75 75 70Class II Division 1 66 70 63Class II Division 2 61 65 58

In the event of a recommendation for honours thatdeparts from these standards, it shall be incumbentupon the head of department and section concernedto make a substantial case for such a departure.7. The Board of Examiners shall be responsible forthe award of the university medal and the award ofhonours. Achievement of the minimum standardsreferred to elsewhere in these resolutions is not initself sufficient justification for these awards.8A. For the BAgrEc degree. A university medalmay be awarded, on the recommendation of the Headof the Department of Agricultural Economics, to astudent who has a mark of at least 85 in the FourthYear course, an aggregate mark of at least 80 and aSecond/Third Year WAM of at least 75.8B. For the BScAgr degree. A university medalmay be awarded, on the recommendation of the Headof Department concerned, to a student who has amark of at least 85 in the Fourth Year course, an overallhonours mark of at least 80 and a Second/Third YearWAM of at least 75.

Supplementary examinationsSupplementary examinations may be granted tostudents who have:(a) been prevented by duly certified illness or

misadventure from sitting or completingexamination; or

(b) failed in any examination, but whose work isdeemed to be of sufficient merit to warrant afurther test.

Senate resolutionStudents should note the following resolution of theSenate:(a) Supplementary examinations should be regardedby both teacher and taught as distinct privilegesgranted to worthy students and not as rights.(b)Boards of Examiners shall determine whichstudents shall be allowed to take supplementaryexaminations. Due notice should be taken of certifiedillness or misadventure.

Award of supplementary examinations for theBScAgr degreeWhere a candidate fails to secure 50% in one or morecourses the Faculty shall reserve the right to awardsupplementary examinations.(a) Normally such awards shall be subject to the

following restrictions:.(i) No candidate shall be awarded a

supplementary examination in anycourse in which less than 40% wassecured;

(ii) Supplementary examinations shall onlybe awarded to a candidate who haspassed 50% or more of the unitsattempted at the annual examinations;

(iii) A candidate attempting a course for thesecond time at the annual examinations,who fails to pass in that course, shall notnormally be eligible for the award ofsupplementary examinations.'

(b) In cases of misadventure or duly certified illnessthe Board of Examiners shall determine eachcase individually on its merits.

A candidate awarded supplementary examinationsunder this rule will normally be permitted to countthe supplementary examinations as annualexaminations and they will be entered as annualexaminations on the academic record.

Supplementary examinations and further testsfor the BAgrEc degree1. Supplementary examinations are normally notawarded to candidates for the BAgrEc degree.2. Further tests may be awarded by the examiningdepartment where the candidate has been preventedby sufficient and duly certified illness or misadventurefrom completing the assessment for a course. Suchfurther tests are privileges and not rights.3. Further tests may also be awarded in a coursewhere the examiner requires further evidence to reacha final assessment of a candidate who has failed acourse and whose performance is borderline.4. Where possible and practicable, all further testswill be administered and results finalised before theBoard of Examiners' Meeting.

' For students coming within this rule who have achieved aweighted average mark (WAM) greater than 50 or who failed inonly one course, each case would be considered on its merits.

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5. Incomplete results at the time of the Board ofExaminers are recorded by the symbol 'V' (result tocome). Any incomplete result not finalised by thecommencement of First Semester in the next academicyear will be altered to 'Fail', on the approval of theAssociate Dean (Agricultural Economics) inconsultation with the Head of Department offeringthe subject.6. The Head of Department is responsible for theawarding, timetabling and conduct of further tests,which may take such form as the Head of Departmentdirects. Students in a course must be given notice ofthe proposed date for conducting further tests no laterthan the date of publication of the final UniversityExaminations Timetable.7. Individual students granted a further test shouldwherever possible be given at least three days' priornotice. A candidate who is absent from a further testwithout sufficient reason will be deemed to havefailed the test.8. In respect to the notification of students referredto in sections 6 and 7, students will be deemed to havebeen notified by the Department as a result of theposting of information by the due date on officialnoticeboards as advised by the Department concerned.9. It is the responsibility of the student to providewritten evidence of illness or misadventure to theappropriate Head of Department as soon as possibleand practicable and in any case before the close of therelevant examination period. Where such evidence isnot presented in rime for the student to be offered afurther test on the advertised date, it will only beconsidered by the Head of Department where there issufficient reason why it has not been presented by thatdate.10. The highest grade of award following a furthertest is Pass, except where the further test is granted onthe grounds of illness or misadventure.

Concessional passesThe Faculty reserves the right to award a concessionalpass to candidates at the December examinations. Acandidate awarded a concessional pass at theDecember Board of Examiners' Meeting may attemptto upgrade the result to a pass at the supplementaryexaminations, but a concessional pass is deemed tofulfil any requirements for the student to continue inthe degree course unhindered.

Award of concessional passesThe concessional pass is not available for candidatesin the BAgrEc degree.

The following conditions shall normally guide theBoard of Examiners in the award of a concessionalpass to candidates in the BScAgr degree:(a) A candidate's performance in all other courses

attempted shall be considered by the Board ofExaminers.

(b) To be eligible for a concessional pass a candidateshall have-(i) obtained a weighted average mark of at

least 52% at the first attempt at First Yearcourses, and in subsequent examinationsa weighted average mark of at least 55%;

(ii) been examined in at least 36 units ofcoursework;

(iii) only one course which has a contributingmark between 49% and 45% (inclusive);

(iv) no course with a mark of less than 45%.(c) Students taking the Fourth Year examinations

shall not be eligible for the award of aconcessional pass.

(d) A candidate will not be awarded both the rightto sit a supplementary examination in onecourse and a concessional pass in another courseconcurrently.

(e) A candidate who is attempting a course for thesecond time at the annual examinationshall notbe eligible for the award of a concessional passin that course.

Having awarded a concessional pass to a candidate,the Faculty shall not alter the mark awarded to thecandidate by a department. This mark shall be enteredin the candidate's record and recorded as a concessionalpass on the academic record.

Illness or misadventureYou may apply to the Faculty in writing for specialconsideration of your examination performance ongrounds of illness or misadventure. In the case ofillness a medical certificate should be provided. Theminimum requirements of a medical certificate arethat it:(a) be submitted and signed by your own medical

practitioner and indicate the dates on whichyou sought attention;

(b) certify unambiguously a specified illness ormedical disability for a definite period;

(c) indicate the degree of your incapacity, andexpress a professional opinion as to the effect ofyour illness on your ability to take anexamination.

Certificates in connection with annual orsupplementary examinations should be submittedprior to the examinations, unless the illness ormisadventure takes place during the examinations, inwhich case the evidence must be forwarded as soon aspracticable, and in any case before the close of theexamination period. There is a special form availableat the Student Centre and at the University HealthService for submission with medical certificates.

For consideration on the grounds of misadventure,your application must include a full statement ofcircumstances and any available supportingevidence.

The need to seek early adviceMany students in need of advice fail to make full useof the assistance available to them. If you believe thatyour performance during a course, or yourpreparation for your examinations, has beenadversely affected by medical, psychological orfamily circumstances, you should seek advice asearly as possible. Members of the teaching staff, ofthe University Counselling Service, and of theUniversity Health Service, are all available forconsultation and can give advice on appropriateaction to take.

ExclusionRestriction upon re-enrolmentThere are certain circumstances in which you could beasked to show good cause why you should bepermitted to repeat any previously attempted study.Liability for exclusion from re-enrolment is determinedby academic attainment during the immediate pastone or two academic years (depending upon thefaculty or board of studies concerned). The resolutionsof the Senate restricting re-enrolment may be found inStatutes and regulations,indexed under Re-enrolment'.You should acquaint yourself with the studies inwhich you are enrolled. If you are in any doubt aboutyour liability for exclusion following academic failureor discontinuation of courses you should ask advice ofthe Exclusions Officer in the Records Services Unit.

It is not possible to define in advance all the reasonsthat constitute 'good cause' but serious ill health, ormisadventure properly attested, will be considered. Inaddition your general record, for example in othercourses, would be taken into account. In particular if youwere transferring from another faculty your record inyour previous faculty would be considered. Not usuallyacceptable as good cause are such matters as demands ofemployers, pressure of employment, time devoted tonon-university activities and so on, except as they maybe relevant to any serious ill health or misadventure.

Extract from resolutions of the Senate relatingto the Faculty of Agriculture10. (1) The Senate authorises the Faculty of

Agriculture to require a student to show goodcause why he/she should be allowed to re-enrol in the Faculty of Agriculture if, in opinionof the Faculty, he/she has not made satisfactoryprogress towards fulfilling the requirements ofthe degree.

(2) Satisfactory progress cannot be definedin all cases in advance but a student who has —(i) twice failed, or discontinued enrolment

to count as a failure, any course as definedin sections 1 2, 3 and 4 relating to thedegrees of Bachelor of Science inAgriculture and Bachelor of AgriculturalEconomics, or

(ii) at the annual examinations in the secondor any subsequent year of enrolment,failed more than sixty per cent of theunits for which enrolled and has alsoobtained a weighted average mark ofless than fifty per cent in the total numberof units for which enrolled in the twomost recent years of enrolment,

shall be deemed not to have made satisfactoryprogress.(3) In cases where the Faculty permits there-enrolment of a student whose progress hasbeen deemed unsatisfactory, the Faculty mayrequire the completion of specified courses in aspecified time, and if the student does notcomply with these conditions the student mayagain be called upon to show good cause whyhe/she should be allowed to re-enrol in theFaculty of Agriculture.

Professional experienceThe Faculty of Agriculture regards the professionalexperience which, under Senate resolutions, it requiresits students to undertake in University vacations, asan integral and essential part of their overall training.The Faculty resolutions relating to this professionalexperience are listed below.

Faculty resolutions (BScAgr and BAgrEc)1. Candidates must complete 18 weeks ofprofessional experience. Each component of theexperience must be approved by the Dean before it isundertaken.

2. A total of two weeks may be gained (one weekper excursion) by:

(i) attendance at the First Year Facultyexcursion and submission of anacceptable report on an aspect of theregion visited;

(ii) attendance at the Second Year or ThirdYear Faculty excursion, one of which iscompulsory, and submis6ion of anacceptable report on an aspect of theregion visited;

(iii) attendance at the Faculty Senior Yearsexcursion and submission of anacceptable report.

3. At least 6 weeks' experience must be gained oncommercial farms, not owned by the student's parents.This must include experience in at least 2 regions, in atleast 2 rural industries, with a maximum of 6 weeks onany one farm. An appropriate detailed report will berequired from Second, Third or Fourth Year studentsfor one period of professional experience.4. Additional experience to a total of 18 weeksmust be completed on other commercial farms or inprofessional activities appropriate to the candidate'sparticular academic interests. The maximum periodpermissible on any one farm or in any otherprofessional activity is 6 weeks and up to 4 weeks maybe approved on an enterprise owned by the candidate'sparents.5. Approved professional experience will not becredited until satisfactory reports have been submitted.A report will be required for every visit.6. Students normally should complete six weeks ofprofessional experience by the beginning of SecondYear, twelve by the beginning of Third Year andeighteen by the beginning of Fourth Year.7. Students wishing to graduate at the principalagriculture graduation ceremony must complete allprofessional experience requirements by 31 Januaryafter their final year.

ExcursionsThe Faculty, and some departments within the Faculty,conduct excursions to farms and to a variety of otherfacilities related to agriculture. The Faculty conductsthree excursions, each having a duration of one week.The first excursion is for First Year students who attendona voluntary basis. Itiscompulsory to attend oneof theother two excursions for Second or Third Year students.

The credit granted is set out under 'Professionalexperience.

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Scholarships and prizesSee also the section on financial assistance in theUniversity of Sydney Diary.

CadetshipsStudents interested in applying for governmentcadetships should enquire at the nearest branch of theCommonwealth Employment Service.

Matriculation scholarships and prizesIn addition to assistance granted by the AustralianGovernment there are a number of matriculationscholarships and prizes. Details of matriculationscholarships available by application may be obtainedfrom the Scholarships Office (closing date: 31 Marcheach year).

Martin Mcllrath Scholarships are tenable in theFirst Year in the Faculty of Agriculture. James MurphyBursaries, which are tenable by sons of Catholicparents, cover collegiate fees at St John's College.

Others include the Services Canteen Trust Fundscholarships, the Soldiers' Children Education Schemescholarships and the Gowrie scholarship. Some aretenable by students of any faculty, some are restrictedto the Faculty of Agriculture.

University bursariesBursaries are awarded on the combined grounds offinancial need and academic merit and application

may be made at any time to the Financial AssistanceOffice (open Monday to Thursday from 9.30 am to2.30 pm). In addition interest-free loans are availableto students who are able to demonstrate financialneed.

University scholarships and prizesDetails may be obtained from the Scholarships Office.Some scholarships and prizes may be awarded tostudents of any faculty; others to students in specifiedfaculties.

Other scholarships and prizesA summary of the details of scholarships and prizesavailable to students in the Faculty of Agriculture isgiven below. Note that scholarships marked * requirethe applicant to submit an application. For furtherinformation, contact the Scholarships Office.

Prize compositionsDetails of these may be obtained from the ScholarshipsOffice with whom applications generally close in thefirst week of Second Semester.

Faculty resolutionsA candidate who presents for re-examination in anysubject shall not normally be eligible for any prize orscholarship awarded in connection with suchexamination.

Prize or scholarship Value

Australian Farm Management TrophySociety Prize

Belmore Scholarships 300300300300

Brian G. Davey Memorial Scholarshipsin Soil Science

350

John Arthur Cran 75Dairy Research Foundation 400John Neil Downing Memorial 500John and Beatrice Froggatt 950

W.W. Froggatt Memorial 110Golden Jubilee Scholarship in 450

Agricultural ScienceClifford Dawson Holliday 150D.L. Jackson 150F.C. McCleery Memorial Award 150•Martin Mcllrath Scholarships 490

Theresa G. Makinson 85National Farmers' Federation 150

Sibella Macarthur Onslow 150*Ft Partridge 400

Poultry Research Foundation 400Joyce Winifred Rouse 40SUAGA Prize 100Sydney Chinese Association 30

Qualification

Proficiency in field of farm managementin Fourth Year

Proficiency in First YearProficiency in Chemistry IProficiency in Second YearProficiency in Soil Science 2 and Agricultural Chemistry 2Proficiency in Soil Science 2 and 3

Proficiency in HSCProficiency in Fourth Year Animal ProductionProficiency in professional experienceProficiency in (a) Anatomy and Taxonomy of Insects and

(b) Physiology and Toxicology taken either as part ofAgricultural Entomology 4 or Biology 3

Proficiency in Agricultural Entomology 4 projectProficiency in Third Year

Proficiency in Third Year ExaminationsProficiency in Crop Science IFellowship and Leadership in the Faculty (Third Year students)Proficiency in HSC and First, Second and Third Years (men only)

Preference to sons of ex-servicemenProficiency in Horticulture 4Proficiency in Fourth Year in degree of Bachelor of Science in

Agriculture or Bachelor of Agricultural EconomicsProficiency in Agronomy 4For students in Third and Fourth Years in need of financial

assistanceProficiency in Fourth Year Animal ProductionProficiency in Agricultural Chemistry 4President, AGSOCProficiency in Microbiology 3 (Science) or Agricultural

Microbiology 3A and/or 3B

Universities Credit UnionG.W. Walker Memorial EssayProfessor W.L. WaterhouseSir Robert Watt MemorialWeed Society of N.S.W.A.R. Woodhill Prize in Entomology

Arthur Yates and Co. Pty Ltd (2 prizes)

Prize or scholarship Value

Qualification

100 Proficiency in Agricultural Economics 180 Most proficient essay in the course Applied Marketing70 Proficiency in Plant Pathology 3 and Agricultural Genetics 370 Proficiency in Crop Science 250 Proficiency in Weed Science150 Proficiency in Agricultural Entomology and Mycology 3 and

Agricultural Entomology 450 Proficiency in Agricultural Genetics 450 Proficiency in Horticultural Science 4

Badham LibrarySee also the section on libraries in the University ofSydney Diary.

Badham Library holds most of the current materialneeded by Agriculture staff and students, especiallyin the later years of their courses.

The Library covers the fields of agriculture, plantindustry and agricultural economics, biologicalscience, botany, zoology, genetics, veterinary scienceand food technology.

Other libraries containing material of use to thestudents of Agriculture are the Fisher Library (FirstYear students), the Geography Library andWolstenholme (Economics) Library.

Books, but not periodicals, may be borrowed fromthese libraries. Use of reserve material is for limitedperiods only.

Mathematics Learning CentreLecturer-in-charge Jacqueline M. Nicholas, MSc Hull

The Mathematics Learning Centre offers help to studentswho enter the University with insufficient preparationin mathematics to enable them to cope with themathematical requirements of their chosen course.

In the Faculty of Agriculture, courses inAgriculturalEconomics, Biometry, Economics and Econometricsall assume a certain level of knowledge of mathematics.Generally, students entering the Faculty are assumedto have takenHSC 2-unit mathematics or its equivalent.If you know that you lack this assumed knowledge, orif you are doubtful whether you are well enoughprepared, you should contact the MathematicsLearning Centre.

Staff at the Centre can help you decide which topicsyou need to do extra work on. Resources are providedfor individual study, with guidance from tutors, andsmall tutorials are arranged for students who are havingdifficulties. Introductory and bridging courses areorganised during the summer and throughout the year.

LocationThe Centre is on the fourth floor of the CarslawBuilding (go to the fourth floor via the stairs oppositeStephen Roberts Theatre). Any student seekingassistance should call at the Centre, or phone 3514061.

Faculty societies

The Sydney University Agricultural SocietyThe Agricultural Society is an association of theundergraduates of the Faculty of Agriculture which

controls the social and sporting functions associatedwith the Faculty. The function and organisation of theSociety will be explained in detail at the officialwelcome to newstudents held in the orientationperiod.

MembershipThere is an annual subscription for societymembership. This fee entitles you to the privilege ofvoting and holding office, enables you to take part inthe many social and sporting activities organised bythe Society and entitles you to the annual publicationTriticum.

A membership card is presented to each newmember.

Benefits of membershipThe Society receives an annual grant from the Students'Representative Council, the size of which depends onthe number of members. Membership of many facultysocieties is compulsory. This is not the case inAgriculture, yet last year there was over 90%membership. This is an indication of the 'esprit decorps' for which the small and close Faculty ofAgriculture is noted.

The main benefits from membership of the Societyare derived from participation in the various functionsheld throughout the year.

Special activities include the ball and dinner, whichtend to be formal functions, together with barbecues,wine-tastings, car rallies, harbour cruises and otherinformal occasions.

The Society fields teams in as many of theinterfaculty sports as possible. Both men's andwomen's sports are catered for.

Triticum, the Society's annual publication, which isgenerally available at the end of Semester 2, isdistributed to all members. The Society also publishesa newsletter, Aggerophobia, which carries all the latestnews and information relating to agricultural students.

Sydney University Agricultural Graduates'AssociationThe Sydney University Agricultural Graduates'Association (SUAGA) is a graduate society. Allgraduates of the Faculty of Agriculture are eligible formembership. Some of the more important aims of theAssociation are to maintain and foster the relationshipbetween agriculture graduates and the University, topromote social and cultural relationships among thegraduates and to take an interest in any matters thatmay be of benefit to the Faculty of Agriculture.

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POSTGRADUATE DEGREE ANDDIPLOMA REQUIREMENTSDegreesThe higher degrees in the Faculty of Agriculture are:

DAgrEc Doctor of Agricultural EconomicsDScAgr Doctor of Science in AgriculturePhD Doctor of PhilosophyMAgrEc Master of Agricultural EconomicsMScAgr Master of Science in AgricultureMAgr Master of Agriculture.The regulations governing the award of these

degrees are printed in Statutes and regulations.Prospective candidates should consult with the headof the department most closely concerned beforesubmitting an application for admission tocandidature.

All candidates would normally begin in FirstSemester (near the end of February). In some casescandidates may be able to commence in SecondSemester (about the end of July).

The following statements summarise part only ofthe regulations governing the award of these degrees.

Doctor of Agricultural Economics and Doctor ofScience in AgricultureThe degrees of Doctor of Agricultural Economics andDoctor of Science in Agriculture shall not be conferreduntil the candidate is a graduate of eight years' standingfrom the degree which qualified him or her forcandidature. The degreemaybeawarded for publishedwork which, in the opinion of the examiners, has beengenerally recognised by scholars in the field concernedas a distinguished contribution to knowledge.

Doctor of PhilosophyThe degree of Doctor of Philosophy is a researchdegree awarded for a thesis considered to be asubstantially original contribution to the subjectconcerned. Some coursework may be required (mainlyin the form of seminars) but in no case is it a majorcomponent.

Applicants should normally hold a master's degreeor a bachelor's degree with first or second class honoursof the University of Sydney, or an equivalentqualification from another university or institution.

The degree may be taken on either a full-time orpart-time basis.

In the case of full-time candidates, the minimumperiod of candidature is two years for candidatesholding a master's degree or equivalent, or three yearsin the case of candidates holding a bachelor's degreewith first class or second class honours; the maximumperiod of candidature is normally five years. The first12 months of candidature is normally on probation.

Part-time candidature may be approved forapplicants who can demonstrate that they are engagedin an occupation or other activity which leaves them

substantially free to pursue their candidature for thedegree. They should be able to devote at least 20 hoursper week to candidature including at least one day perweek during each year of candidature or an equivalentannual period made up in blocks. Normally theminimum period of candidature will be determinedon the recommendation of the Faculty but in any casewill not be less than three years; the maximum periodof candidature is normally seven years.

Degrees of Master of Agricultural Economics(MAgrEc), Master of Science In Agriculture(MScAgr) and Master of Agriculture (MAgr)Graduates of the University of Sydney who havecompleted courses acceptable to the Faculty ofAgriculture or persons who, in the opinion of theFaculty, have qualifications equivalent to thoserequired of a graduate of the University of Sydney,may apply for admission as candidates for the degreeof master.

Master of Agricultural Economics and Master ofScience in AgricultureCandidates engage in research culminating in a thesisfor two to three years full-time or pro rata part-time.Some honours graduates (or equivalent) may beeligible for a minimum candidature of one year full-time. A candidate may be required to serve a period ofprobation for not more than one year and to completesuch work during the period as may be prescribed.

Master of AgricultureCandidates engage in courses of advanced study insome branch of agriculture for one year full-time orpro rata part-time. Candidates proceed by courseworkincluding a research project comprising between 15%and 40% of the year's work. The areas of study areagricultural chemistry, agricultural economics,agricultural entomology, agricultural genetics,agronomy, animal science, biometry, cereal chemistry,horticultural science, microbiology, plant breeding,plant pathology, plant protection, soil conservation,soil contamination, soil science and turf management.The first semester of candidature is normally onprobation.

DiplomasThe following postgraduate diplomas are awarded

by the Faculty of Agriculture:GradDipAgrEc — Graduate Diploma in Agricultural

EconomicsGradDipAgrSc — Graduate Diploma in Agricultural

Science.

The Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Science shallbe awarded in the following subject areas and thetestamur for the diploma shall specify the subjectarea: agricultural chemistry; agricultural entomology;

agricultural genetics; agronomy; animal science;biometry; horticultural science; microbiology; plantpathology; plant protection, soil science and turfmanagement.

Graduates of the University of Sydney who havecompleted courses acceptable to the Faculty ofAgriculture or persons who, in the opinion of theFaculty, have qualifications equivalent to thoserequired of a graduate of the University of Sydney,may apply for admission as candidates for a diploma.

Candidates engage in courses of advanced study insome branch of agriculture, for one year full-time orpro rata part-time. Candidates proceed by courseworkincluding a research project comprising between 15%and 50% of the year's work. The first semester ofcandidature is normally on probation.

Faculty resolutionsEligibility for admission

1. An applicant for admission to candidature fora research degree shall:

(a) be a Bachelor of Agricultural Economicsor Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with Firstor Second Class Honours or equivalent of theUniversity of Sydney; or(b) for the Master of Agricultural Economicsor Master of Science in Agriculture, be a Bachelorof Agricultural Economics or Bachelor of Sciencein Agriculture with a Credit or above in theFourth Year course in the field in which thecandidate is proceeding; or(c) have completed courses in anotherfaculty or institution, these courses beingdeemed by the faculty to be equivalent.

2. Demonstrated research ability will beconsidered when determining eligibility; applicantsproposing to proceed primarily by research and thesisshould provide evidence such as publications inscientific journals.3. A research topic, which is satisfactory in terms ofresearch interests, resources and availability ofsupervision within the department, must be agreeduponbetweentheapplicant and therelevantdepartment.4. An applicant for admission to candidature forthe degree of Master of Agriculture by coursework orthe Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Economics orthe Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Science, bothby coursework, shall have a bachelor's degree of theUniversity of Sydney, or equivalent, and havedemonstrated an adequate ability for the subject areato be studied.5. Applicants may be required to provide evidenceof adequate financial resources for personal supportand compulsory fees during candidature. They maybe required to demonstrate to the satisfaction of theFaculty a proficiency in the English language adequateto undertake the proposed candidature.

Availability6. The number of students admitted may be

limited and will be determined by:(a) availability of resources, including space,library, equipment and computing facilities,and

(b) availability of adequate and appropriatesupervision, including both the supervision ofresearch candidatures and, where appropriate,the coordination of coursework programs.

7. In considering an application for admission tocandidature the Faculty will take account of resourcelimitations and will select in preference applicantswho are most meritorious in terms of sections 1-4above.

Control of candidature8. (i) Each candidate for the MAgrEc or

MScAgr degree shall pursue his or her courseof advanced study and research wholly underthe control of the Faculty.(ii) Where a candidate is employed by aninstitution other than the University, the Facultymay require a statement by that employeracknowledging that the candidature will beunder the control of the Faculty.

Part-time candidature by research9. (i) The Faculty may permit candidates to

enrol in part-time candidature provided theysupply a satisfactorily detailed plan of theirproposed program and attend at the Universityfor such consultation with the supervisor andparticipate in such departmental and faculty orcollege activities as are required by the Head ofthe Department.(ii) The Faculty may permit part-timecandidates for the MAgrEc or the MScAgrdegree admitted under the provisions ofChapter 10 of the by-laws to complete theinvestigation elsewhere, after two years havebeen spent in this or equivalent candidaturewithin the University of Sydney.(iii) Candidates admitted to part timecandidature are expected to devote a minimumof 20 hours per week (or equivalent) to theircandidature.(iv) Research assistants or associate lecturersin the University shall enrol part-time unlessthey can demonstrate to the satisfaction of theFaculty that they have sufficient time to pursuefull-time candidature.

Coursework to be completed10. A candidate proceeding by coursework shallsatisfactorily complete such coursework as the Facultyon the advice of the Head of the Department mayprescribe. Coursework, including a research project,will be chosen from the tables of courses attached tothese resolutions.

(a) For the MAgr degree, 56 units ofcoursework must be completed including 8 to24 units of a research project.(b) For the DipAgrEc, 52 units of courseworkmust be completed including 8 or 16 units of aresearch project.(c) For the DipAgthc, 48 units of courseworkmust be completed including 8 to 24 units of aresearch project.

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Credit for previous studies11. The Board of PostgraduateStudies (Board) maygrant credit:

(a) towards MAgr candidature forcoursework completed in graduate diplomacandidature in this Faculty;(b) for up to 12 units of unspecifiedcoursework towards MAgr candidature forcourses completed in another faculty of thisUniversity or of other tertiary institutions;(c) for up to 8 units of unspecifiedcoursework towards graduate diplomacandidature for courses completed in anotherfaculty of this University or of other tertiaryinstitutions; provided that—(a) no course for which credit is granted hasbeen a basis for the award of any other degreeor diploma;(b) the course or courses were passed at alevel of competence or with such additionalassessment or other requirements as may bedetermined by the Board in each case;(c) the course or courses were completedwithin six years immediately preceding thecommencement of candidature for the MAgrdegree or the graduate diploma.

Form of a thesis12. (i) A thesis may be bound for submission in

either a temporary or a permanent form.(ii) Temporary binding must be strongenough to withstand ordinary handling andpostage. The preferred form of binding is the'Perfect Binding' system; ring-back or spiralbinding is not permitted.(iii) The cover of a temporarily bound thesismust have a label with the candidate's name,name of the degree, the title of the thesis and theyear of submission.(iv) The requirements for permanent bindingare set out in Statutes and regulations in theAcademic Board's resolutions for binding ofPhD theses.(v) Following examination, and emendationif necessary, at least one copy of a thesis (theRare Book Library copy) must be bound inpermanent form on acid-free paper.(vi) If emendations are required, all copies ofa thesis which are to remain available withinthe University must be emended.

Result of candidature13. (1) The Board awards, or for the PhD degree

recommends the award of, the degree ordiploma whenever:(a) the examiners have recommended

without reservation that the degree beawarded and the Head of the Departmentconcurs; or

(b) all of the examiners have recommendedthat the degree be awarded or awardedsubject to emendations to all copies ofthe thesis which are to remain availablewithin the University and the Head ofthe Department concurs; or

(c) the Board accepts a recommendationfrom the Head of the Department toaward or award subject to emendationsdespite reservations expressed by one ormore of the examiners; or

(d) the coursework results are satisfactoryand the Head of the Departmentrecommends the award of the degree ordiploma.

(2) The Board may permit an unsuccessfulcandidate to prepare for re-examination if, in itsopinion, the candidate's work is of sufficient merit towarrant this concession and the Head of theDepartment has so recommended.

(In order to ensure that the copies of the thesiswhich are retained in the University are as free of erroras possible, the Board may award the degree subject toemendations even if the Head of the Department hasnot recommended the correction of minor errors whichexaminers have listed. To avoid any confusion as towhat is required, the Board will draw to the attentionof the Head of the Department the emendations itrequires.)

Satisfactory progress14. (i) A candidate proceeding by research and

thesis shall lodge a progress report annuallywith the Registrar.(ii) The Board may require a candidateproceeding by coursework to show good causewhy he/she should be allowed to re-enrol in acourse which has been twice failed, ordiscontinued to count as failure.

Preliminary requirements15. Whenanapplicantis not qualified for admissionto a master's degree by research, the Faculty mayrequire satisfactory completion of a preliminaryexamination before admission to candidature can begranted. In such a case a candidate may be enrolled ina master's preliminary program which shall consist ofsuch coursework or other requirements as the Facultymay determine.

Delegation16. In these resolutions-

(i) 'Faculty' delegates its responsibility tothe Board;(ii) the Board delegates the followingresponsibilities to the Dean who in turndelegates them to the Associate Dean(Postgraduate Studies):Approval of—(a) award of the Master of Agriculture

degree and the Graduate Diplomas inAgricultural Science and AgriculturalEconomics

(b) award of the Master of Science inAgriculture and Master of AgriculturalEconomics degrees when there is noapparent reason for debate at the Board

(c) appointment of examiners(d) admission to candidature(e) supervisory arrangements

(f) variation of candidature(g) extension of candidature(h) completion of candidature away from

the University(i) suspension of candidature(j) approval of continuance following

receipt of annual progress reports.

Table of courses of advanced study MAgr (Agricultural Science subject areas) andGradDipAgrSc

Course Unit value CommentCourses with the same name but different unit values are mutually exclusive.

Agricultural ChemistryResearch Methods in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 8 CompulsoryResearch Project 24 Compulsory 1Research Project A 16 Compulsory 1Chemistry and Biochemistry of Biological Macromolecules 16Chemistry and Biochemistry of Biological Macromolecules A 8Cereal Chemistry 16Cereal Chemistry A 8Methods of Analysis of Agricultural and Food Products and the 16Environment

Methods of Analysis of Agricultural and Food Products and the 8Environment A

Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 8 units

Cereal Chemistry MAgr onlyAs for Agricultural Chemistry except Cereal Chemistry 16 Compulsory

Animal ScienceResearch Project 24 CompulsoryAnimal Health (Advanced) 8Animal Reproduction (Advanced) 8Non-Ruminant Nutrition (Advanced) 8Animal Genetics (Advanced) 8Pig Production (Advanced) 8Poultry Production (Advanced) 8Ruminant Nutrition (Advanced) 8Ruminant Production (Advanced) 8Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 8 units

Agricultural GeneticsResearch Project 16 Compulsory IResearch Project A 8 CompulsoryResearch Project B 24 CompulsoryBiotechnology 4

Advanced Biotechnology 4Cytology and Cytogenetics 4Advanced Cytogenetics 4Data Management (Advanced) 4Introductory Plant Breeding 4Advanced Plant Breeding 4Livestock Genetics 4Population Genetics 8Prokaryote and Eukaryote Molecular Genetics 12Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 24 units

AgronomyResearch Project 24 Compulsory 1Research Project A 8 or 16 Compulsory ,IAgronomic Experimentation 8Advanced Crop Agronomy 8

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Advanced Pasture AgronomyCrop Physiology (Advanced)Plant NutritionWeed EcologyOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 24 units

BiometryResearch ProjectAdvanced BiometryApplied Multivariate AnalysisComputing Skills in BiometryDesigning Experiments in AgricultureStatistical Modelling in AgricultureOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 24 units

Horticultural ScienceResearch Project

Research Project AOrnamental Horticulture (Advanced)Methods in Horticultural Research (Advanced)Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 18 units

Plant BreedingResearch ProjectPlant Breeding APlant Breeding BBiotechnologyBreeding for the EnvironmentCytogenetics and Genetic ManipulationGermplasm ManagementQuantitative GeneticsOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 20 units

Soil ConservationResearch ProjectFormation, Evaluation and Management of the Soil ResourceNatural Resource Economics (Advanced)Soil Properties and Processes

Strategies for Soil ConservationAdvanced Methods of Studying and Analysing SoilChemistry of the Soil EnvironmentData Management (Advanced)Physical Modelling of the Soil EnvironmentSoil Mineralogy, Pedogenesis and TaxonomyOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 16 units

Soil ContaminationResearch ProjectAdvanced Methods of Studying and Analysing SoilChemistry of the Soil EnvironmentPhysical Modelling of the Soil EnvironmentSoil ContaminationSoil Properties and Processes

Advanced BiometryData Management (Advanced)Formation, Evaluation and Management of the Soil ResourceOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 12 units

26 Compulsory(MAgr only)

18 Compulsory6 Compulsory6 Compulsory

8 Compulsory8 Compulsory

16 Compulsory for MAgr8 Compulsory for

GradDipAgrSc66886686

16 Compulsory2 Compulsory8 Compulsory4 Compulsory8 Compulsory4 Compulsory4 Compulsory

Alternate years from 19936*6*6*

Course Unit value

Comment

Courses with the same name but different unit values are mutually exclusive.Soil ScienceResearch Project

16 CompulsoryResearch Project A

8 CompulsoryAdvanced Methods of Studying and Analysing Soil

6

Chemistry of the Soil Environment

6Data Management (Advanced)

4

Formation, Evaluation and Management of the Soil Resource 8Physical Modelling of the Soil Environment

6

Soil Mineralogy, Pedogenesis and Taxonomy 6Soil Properties and Processes 8Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 24 units

MicrobiologyMicrobiology (Advanced)

24 Compulsory

Research Project

24 CompulsorySpecial Aspects of Microbiology 8 Compulsory for MAgr

Agricultural EntomologyInsect Anatomy 8 CompulsoryInsect Taxonomy and Collection 8 CompulsoryResearch Methods in Entomology 16 Compulsory for MAgrResearch Methods in Entomology A

8 Compulsory for

Insect Ecology (Advanced) 8 GradDipAgrSc

Special Topics in Entomology 8Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 16 units

Plant PathologyResearch Methods in Plant PathologyResearch Methods in Plant Pathology A

20 Compulsory for MAgr16 Compulsory for

GradDipAgrScBiology and Control of Viral and Bacterial Diseases 6Crop Protection 4Ecology and Control of Soilbome Fungal Pathogens 6Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology) 6Defence Mechanisms of Plants 6Special Topics in Plant Pathology 8Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 16 units

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Plant ProtectionInsect Taxonomy and CollectionPrinciples of Crop ProtectionPlant Protection Research MethodsPlant Protection Research Methods A

Biology and Control of Viral and Bacterial DiseasesEcology and Control of Soilbome Fungal PathogensInsect AnatomyInsect Ecology (Advanced)Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology)Defence Mechanisms of PlantsSpecial Topics in EntomologyTopics in Plant PathologyOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 16 units

Turf ManagementResearch ProjectDiagnostic Methods in Turf ManagementAdvanced Turf ManagementPlant NutritionTurf ManagementTurf Species and VarietiesSpecial Topics in Business Management

Applied Plant EcologyComputing Applications in ManagementEcology and Control of Soilbome Fungal Pathogens

•Available subject to background knowledge and availability of facilities.

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Ecology and Control of Soilbome Fungal Pathogens

6•Irrigation Science 4*

Soil Properties and Processes 8*

Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology)

6*Other courses approved by the Head of Department up to 8 units

•Available subject to background knowledge and availability of facilities.

Note: MAgr 56 units totalGradDipAgrSc 48 units total

Table of courses of advanced study MAgr (Agricultural Economics) and GradDipAgrEc

Course Unit Value Comment


16

Compulsory

8

Compulsory8888848884

8

MAgr only

8

MAgr only88

8

MAgr only

8

MAgr only

8

MAgr only8888

Research ProjectResearch Project AAgricultural and Resource Policy (Advanced)Applied Commodity Modelling (Advanced)Applied Commodity Trade (Advanced)Applied Marketing (Advanced)Commodity Price Analysis (Advanced)Contemporary Issues in Agricultural EconomicsNatural Resource Economics (Advanced)Production Economics (Advanced)Quantitative Business Management and Finance (Advanced)Research Methods (Advanced)Applied EconometricsDecision TheoryEconometric Applications AEconometric Theory AEconometrics BEconomics III (Supplementary)Forecasting for Economics and BusinessMacroeconomics AMacroeconomics BMicroeconomics AMicroeconomics BOther courses approved by the Head of Department up to 16 units

Note: MAgr 56 units totalGradDipAgrEc 52 units total

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FORAGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTAREASAgricultural Chemistry and CerealChemistryChemistry and Biochemistry of BiologicalMacromolecules 16 units

Chemistry and Biochemistry of BiologicalMacromolecules A 8 unitsClasses YrA course of lectures and laboratory classes on physicalbehaviour of natural macromolecules and the struc tureand function of polysaccharides, proteins and nucleicacids. The 8-unit course will include additional material

on the mechanism of enzyme action, the chemistryand biochemistry of nucleic acids and gene expression,and the regulation of metabolism.

Cereal Chemistry

16 units

Cereal Chemistry A

8 unitsClasses Yr

A course of lectures and practical classes on the usesof various cereal, legume and oil-containing seeds. Itincludes descriptions of the chemical structures,location, properties, isolation and analysis ofcommercially significant components such as proteins,polysaccharides and lipids as well as harmfulsubstances, such as enzyme inhibitors, alkaloids,mycotoxins.

Methods of Analysis of Agricultural and FoodProducts and the Environment 16 units

occurrence of or eradicate the above diseases; the useof commercial biological and chemical products tocontrol animal health.

Methods of Analysis of Agricultural and FoodProducts and the Environment A 8 unitsClasses Yr

Thiscourse teaches the theory and practiceof advancedanalytical techniques for measuring the quality ofagricultural products and the environment. It consistsof laboratory analyses of the compounds in food thatare important in nutrition, as well as procedures forassessing the quality of food, soil and water withrespect to residues of agricultural chemicals. Exercisesusing computer simulation will be included to modelprocesses of environmental chemistry and the factorsaffecting the persistence of some compounds.

Research Methods in Agricultural and BiologicalChemistry 8 unitsClasses Sem 1

This course deals with recent developments inexperimental techniques and analytical methods inagricultural and biological chemistry. Candidatesprepare discussion papers and short essays (ofapproximately 1000 words) on topics of their choice,selected from a reading list which covers a wide rangeof basic and applied areas of biological chemistry.

Research Project 24 units

Research Project A 16 unitsClasses Yr

Candidates either undertake a program of extendedlaboratory experiments in biological chemistry andanalyses of food and agricultural products or theyelect to carry out a short research project in closeassociation with a member of the academic staff.Projects are usually available in one of the followingareas of research interest within the Department ofAgricultural Chemistry and Soil Science: carbohydrateand nitrogen metabolism in a variety of crop plants;symbiotic nitrogen fixation; biochemistry of herbicidesand pesticides; nutritional aspects of seed proteins;organic and inorganic residues in agriculturalproducts.

Animal ScienceCoordinator Dr Lean

Research Project 24 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an aspect of animal production.

Animal Health 8 unitsLecturer Dr MillerClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Biology and immunology of host responses toinfectious and parasitic diseases; definition of generaldisease states; examination of several livestock diseasesof major economic significance; the development oflivestock management programs which minimise the

Animal Reproduction (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Dr MillerClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Reproductive biology, with a strong emphasis onreproductive processes in domestic animals;assessment of reproductive performance and theidentification of causes of reproductive failure; theprinciples and practice of controlled breedingprograms, the production, manipulation andstorage of gametes and embryos; artificialinsemination and multiple ovulation and embryotransfer.

Non-ruminant Nutrition (Advanced) 8 unitLecturer Assoc. Prof. BrydenClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Nutritional requirements of pigs and poultry, withemphasis on commercial production, and thespecial needs of breeding stock. Least costformulation of rations. The use of computer-basedmodels to predict production responses tonutrients, and to maximise profitability. Nutrition:genotype interactions and the influence ofantinutritive factors and the application ofbiotechnology to the feed industry.

Animal Genetics (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. Nicholas, Assoc. Prof. MoranClasses Yr: (2 lec & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

A course of lectures and practical classes providing afirm basis in population and quantitative genetics,leading to more advanced applications in animalbreeding. Single locus population genetics theory,including the theory of selection and random drift,precedes the exposition of quantitative theory,including partitioning of phenotypic and geneticvariances and parameter estimation. Selection indexes(both single trait and multi-trait) are dealt withextensively and BLUP (Best Linear UnbiasedPrediction) is discussed. Practical classes are based oncomputer simulation or analysis of illustrative data.Excursions illustrate the applications of genetics incommercial and research settings.

Pig Production (Advanced) 8 unitsCoordinator Assoc. Prof. BrydenClasses Yr: (2 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

A course of lectures and practical classes with emphasison the efficiency of pig meat production. All aspects ofthe production cycle are covered includingmanagement of the breeding sow and growing pig.Environmental requirements, housing, feedingpractices and disease control are considered.Application of computer-based models to commercialpiggeries.

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4 units8 units

Cytology and CytogeneticsLecturer Dr DarveyClasses Sem 1 or Sem 2Assessment one 2hr exam

Advanced Crop AgronomyClasses Sem 1Assessment one 3hr exam, review paper

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Poultry Production (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. BalnaveClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Avian biology, with emphasis on the unique featuresof the digestion, absorption and utilisation of nutrients,and on the physiology of egg formation. Commercialproduction of broilers and table eggs, withconsideration of environmental requirements, housingand disease control.

Ruminant Nutrition (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. KellawayClasses Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Ruminant physiology and metabolism, with particularreference to the unique features of digestion in theruminant. Nutrient requirements of sheep for meatand wool production, and of cattle for meat and milkproduction. The use of computer-based models tomaximise the profitability of production. Nutrition:genotype interactions.

Ruminant Production (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. GoodenClasses Yr: 4 lec/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

Sheep production, including wool production, meatproduction, pasture and sheep management systems,reproductionandpropertymanagementIntensiveandextensive systemsof bee f production,includingpastureand cattle management systems and reproduction.Milk production, including milking systems, pastureand dairy cow management and reproduction. Use ofcomputer-based models in animal production.

Agricultural GeneticsResearch Project 16 units

Research Project A 8 units

Research Project B 24 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigationintoanarea of interestinagriculturalgenetics.

Biotechnology 4 unitsLecturer Dr SharpClasses Sem 1 or Sem 2

A course of lectures and practical periods covering:techniques and potential uses of plant transformationin manipulating plant quality and agronomiccharacteristics; the use of molecular techniques in thediagnosis of plant diseases in plant breeding; theconstruction and use of genetic maps for selection inplant breeding programs.

Advanced Biotechnology

4 unitsAn advanced course.

Lectures in cytology and cytogenetics, with specialemphasis on cereals and the application ofchromosome engineering to plant breeding. Thelaboratory course includes routine cytologicalprocedures and tissue culture technology.

Advanced Cytogenetics 4 unitsAn advanced course in cytogenetics with a strongpractical component.

Data Management (Advanced) 4 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. O'NeillClasses Sem 2Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

This course explores experimental design and analysis,using balanced and unbalanced data sets. Examplesare taken from current experiments conducted in theDepartment or the Faculty. This course is half ofAdvanced Biometry.

Introductory Plant Breeding 4 unitsApproximately 30 lectures and 30 hours of laboratorywork devoted to the theory of plant breeding,conservation of genetic variability, breeding forresistance to disease and measurements and analysisof data.

Advanced Plant Breeding 4 unitsAn advanced course in plant breeding, withemphasis on design and implementation of abreeding program.

Livestock Genetics

4 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. NicholasClasses Sem 2

A course of lectures in livestock genetics with specialemphasis on the genetic basis of animal disease.

Population Genetics 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. Nicholas, Assoc. Prof. MoranClasses Yr: (2 lec & 2 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

A course of lectures and practical periods, dealingwith population genetics, quantitative inheritance andanimal breeding given by the Department of AnimalScience.

Prokaryote and Eukaryote Molecular Genetics12 units

This course is offered by staff in the School of BiologicalSciences, Faculty of Science.

AgronomyResearch Project

24 units

Research Project A 8 or 16 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-defined investigation into an area of interest inagronomy.

A field-based course on crop management withparticular reference to grain legume and fibre crops.Analyses will be in the context of (i) their ecology,underlying physiology and nutrition; (ii) their farmingsystem, including technical and economic analysis oftheir management and their roles and restrictionswithin existing and imaginable farming systems; and(iii) their end uses, and how to better meet the technicalneeds of markets. Remote sensing and geographicinformation systems technology are used to monitorcrop area and production, computer-based decisionsupport systems to assist crop management, andprofessional diagnosis of hypothetical problems incrop production to develop analytical skills.

The course involves two field trips. The first, of fivedays, begins in the first week of Semester 1. Thisallows study of two crops. A second field trip isorganised to research broader issues of managementof traditional and alternative field-crop ecosystemsidentified by students during the course.

Advanced Grassland Agronomy

8 unitsClasses YrAssessment one 2hr exam, assignments

Identification of management problems relating topastures within farming systems; grasslandmeasurement; improvement of farm performance;plant adaptation and management of plantcompetition. Principles of grassland ecology;taxonomy and identification of important grasses andlegumes.

Weed Ecology

4 unitsClasses Sera 1Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

Principles of weed ecology and weed management.Population dynamics, control strategies, effects ofweeds on crops. Herbicide residues and herbicideresistance. Future developments.

Plant Nutrition 4 unitsSee under Turf Management.

BiometryResearch Project 24 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in biometry.

Advanced Biometry 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. O'NeillClasses YrAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

This course explores experimental design and analysis,using balanced and unbalanced data sets. Examplesare taken from current experiments conducted in theDepartment or the Faculty. It also extends statisticaltheory to more difficult design problems. Topics hereinclude bivariate distributions, maximum likelihoodestimation, likelihood ratio tests.

Applied Multivariate Analysis

8 unitsLecturer Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 2

This course develops methods for analysing severalagronomic variables simultaneously, in designedexperiments.

Computing Skills in Biometry 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. O'Neill, Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 1Assessment assignments

This course takes many of the latest computingpackages such as Word, Excel, Genstat, SAS and S,and applies them to problems in design and analysisof experiments. A programming language such asBasic, Fortran or Pascal is also studied, as it relates tobiometrical problems.

Designing Experiments in Agriculture 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. O'Neill, Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 1Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

This course looks at the principles and techniquesunderlying the modern statistical approach todesigning experiments in agricultural research.Emphasis is placed on students learning how to adviseexperimenters on design problems, in consultationwith Faculty members.

Statistical Modelling in Agriculture 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. O'Neill, Dr ThomsonClasses Sem 2Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

This course looks in depth at how statistical modelscan be of use in agricultural research. Topics coveredinclude linear and non-linear models, time seriesmethods, and spatial analyses of field experiments.

Horticultural ScienceResearch Project 26 units

Research Project A 18 units

Candidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in horticulture.

Ornamental Horticulture (Advanced) 6 unitsCoordinator: Dr GoodwinClasses: Sem 1: (2 lec & lhr workshop)/wk & three 6hr

workshops; Sem 2: lhr workshop/wk & four 3hrworkshops

Assessment: class work, assignments, one 2hr exam

A lecture and practical course on the productionand postharvest handling of ornamental crops, andthe identification and properties of ornamentalplants. The practical component emphasises thedesign and conduct of experiments on ornamentalplants.

Methods In Horticultural Research (Advanced)6 units

Lecturer Dr GoodwinClasses: Sem 1: 14 lec & seven 6hr prac, 4-day residential

short course (mid-sem break)Assessment: two lhr exams (50%), assignments

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Lectures and practicals on methods used in rsearch onornamental and fruit crops. The course covers the useof controlled environment rooms, DNA manipulationand advanced tissue culture methods, includingAgrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. Thefruit crop segment of the course (2 units) will be givenas a one-week residential at Yanco in the MIA.

Plant BreedingResearch Project 24 unitsAna ttempt is made to tailor the project to the student'srequirements, thus discussion of project requirementsis welcome prior to course enrolment. Projects may becarried out at any of the Plant Breeding Institutelocations (Campus, Cobbitty, Narrabri); howeverAustralian students with access to approved researchfacilities (other universities, public or privatebreedingcentres or laboratories, CSIRO, etc.) will be exemptedfrom this requirement, subject to adequate supervision.

Plant Breeding A 8 unitsClasses mid-year break (end of Sem 1)Assessment open book exam, seminar assignments

Lectures and laboratory work on the theory andphilosophy of plant breeding. Special emphasis isplaced on present and future technologies with respectto anther culture, mutation breeding, breeding fordisease resistance, somaclonal variation, apomixis,interspecific hybridisation, the wheat x maize systemfor haploid production, hybrid producing systemsand microspore culture for the production of transgenicplants. The course aims to develop perspective inrelation to research priorities and realistic researchobjectives. It also considers various aspects of programdesign and efficiency, including the cost of establishingand maintaining programs, returns to growers, andsources of income (PVR, patents, hybrid seed, etc.).

Plant Breeding B 4 unitsClasses Sem 2Assessment literature review, assignments

A review of variousplant breeding programs, obtainedfrom field trips to public and private breeding centresin eastern Australia, including the Phytotron inCanberra. The course includes practical hands-onfield experience. It also includes various aspects ofplot design and automated data analysis, which aremainly presented during the visit to the PlantBreedingInstitute at Narrabri.

Biotechnology 4 unitsA course of lectures and practical periods covering:techniques and potential uses of plant transformationin manipulating plant quality and agronomiccharacteristics; the use of molecular techniques in thediagnosis of plant diseases in plant breeding; theconstruction and use of genetic maps for selection inplant breeding programs.

Breeding for the Environment 4 unitsLectures and practical periods dealing withmanagement of pests, diseases (fungi, bacteria andviruses) and environmental pollutants. Deals briefly

with soil degradation and weed control. The plantbreeding options will be discussed, including theselection, identification and transfer of genes forresistance to diseases, mineral toxicities, etc. The detailsof the National Rust Program and its philosophy forthe genetic control of the rusts will be elaborated atboth a theoretical and practical level. The greenhouseeffect and the management options for rapidly alteringbreeding strategies in response to a changingenvironment will also be discussed.

Cytogenetics and Genetic Manipulation 4 unitsLectures and lab work in cytogenetics emphasisingcereals and genetic means for manipulation andalien incorporation. Cytogenetics componentincludes chromosome identification; aneuploidy;polyploidy; genome origins; genetic control ofchromosome pairing; gene mapping; andcytogenetics of crop species. Genetic manipulationcomponent includes: alien genetic transfer; inducedmutation; alternative methods for the production ofhaploids; genetic and cytoplasmic male sterility;alternative systems for hybrid production; wide-species crosses; and identification of useful genes(apomixis, meiotic, restitution, endosperm andembryo quality from wide species crosses,parthogenesis, semigamy, etc.). Practical componentincludes: techniques for chromosome identification(Feulgen staining, C-banding, N-banding,autoradiography); various tissue culture techniquesincluding somaclone production and anther culture;and various other laboratory and greenhousetechniques including mutation breeding,chromosome doubling, etc.

Visits are made to key research centres includingthe CSIRO Division of Plant Industry in Canberra inconjunction with the biotechnology course.

Germplasm Management 4 unitsClasses Sem 2Assessment literature review, assignments

Lectures on strategies and methods for germplasmcollection, storage, evaluation, and utilisation; and ongermplasm databases. A review of major internationalgermplasm centres is also included.

Quantitative Genetics 4 units(for part-time students)

A course of lectures and practical periods, dealingwith population genetics and quantitativeinheritance.

NoteIn an attempt to assist Australian students wishing tocomplete this degree while simultaneously workingin industry, it is intended to run each of the abovefour-unit courses as an intensive two-week programat least once every two years, so that part-time studentscan complete the course on a pro rata basis. Theseintensive courses would be conducted during theUniversity vacation periods, when college facilitiesshould be readily available.

The eight- and four-unit courses in plant breedingwill also be presented on a similar basis; however field

trips will need to be adjusted to seasonal limitations,with part-time students having a choice as to the yearof participation in each field trip.

Soil Conservation

Research Project 8 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in soilconservation.

Formation, Evaluation and Management of theSoil Resource 8 unitsSee Soil Science.

Natural Resource Economics (Advanced)8 unitsSee Agricultural Economics.

Soil Properties and Processes 8 unitsSee Soil Science.

Strategies for Soil Conservation 10 unitsClasses Yr: 10 days in the field (semester breaks)Assessment assignment, seminar

In this course candidates will investigate and integratebiological, chemical, physical, economic andsociopolitical constraints on soil conservation in thecontext of a particular enterprise, farming system orgeographic region. This will involve the design andexecution of a field-sample survey. The concepts ofland care and sustainable development will beinvestigated thoroughly in the course of this study.

Advanced Methods of Studying and AnalysingSoil 6 units

Chemistry of the Soil Environment 6 units

Data Management (Advanced) 4 units

Physical Modelling of the Soil Environment6 units

Soil Mineralogy, Pedogenesis and Taxonomy6 units

See Soil Science.

Soil ContaminationResearch Project 16 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in soilcontamination.

Advanced Methods of Studying and AnalysingSoil 6 units

Chemistry of the Soil Environment 6 units


See Soil Science.

Soil Contamination 10 unitsLecturer Prof. McBratneyClasses Sem 2: (4 lec & 1 prac)/wk; 5 days of fieldworkAssessment one 3hr exam, essay, field and lab work

The course explores topical environmental issuesconcerned with soil contamination and considerscausesofsoilcontamination;samplingof contaminatedsoil, analysis and interpretation; hazards posed tobiological systems; and soil and waste managementstrategies in pollution prevention and landreinstatement. Amongst the topics considered aresewage sludge (heavy metals and organics),agrochemicals (pesticides and nitrogenous fertilisers),acid rain (aluminium toxicity), industrially-contaminated land (petrochemicals, cyanides, phenols,asbestos, catalysts, PAHs, PFA, strong acids/bases),domestic waste (methane, plastics, metalliferousmaterials), mines and mine wastes (coal, oil shale,metal ore mining) and reinstatement of spoiled soils(soil storage/emplacement, slope stability, vegetationestablishment, use of ameliorants, end-use sensitivity).

Laboratory classes will involve the study anddetermination of soil contaminants and investigationsinto their retention, movement and phytotoxicity. Sitevisits will provide an opportunity to view problemsand practical solutions in the field.

Soil Properties and Processes

8 unitsSee Soil Science.

Advanced Biometry

8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. O'NeillClasses YrAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

This course explores experimental design and analysis,using balanced and unbalanced data sets. Examplesare taken from current experiments conducted in theDepartment or the Faculty. It also extends statisticaltheory to more difficult design problems. Topics hereinclude bivariate distributions, maximum likelihoodestimation, likelihood ratio tests.

Data Management (Advanced) 4 units

Formation, Evaluation and Management of theSoil Resource 8 unitsSee Soil Science.

Soil ScienceResearch Project

16 units

Research Project A 8 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in soil science.

Advanced Methods of Studying and AnalysingSoil 6 unitsLecturer Mr GeeringClasses Sem 2: (3 lec, 1 tut & Shr prac)/7wks (second half)Assessment one 2hr exam, field and prac reports, problem

sets, essay

Approaches to scientific investigation and methods ofliterature survey followed by tutorial on computersearch techniques.

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Physical. Particle Size Analysis (PSA) of clay fractionand fractionation by centrifugation techniques, specificsurface area measurements by BET Thermocouplemethods for field measurements of moisture. Thermalconductivity methods for soil moisture content,Gamma and neutron probe methods for fieldmeasurements of moisture content and bulk densityand time-domain reflectometry.Physico-chemical. Measurement of oxidation-reductionstatus, 02 diffusion rate and 02, CO2 concentrations insoil, selective ion-electrodes for measurements of ionactivities in soil solution.Geotechnica . Mechanical measurements of soilproperties including Atterberg limits, unconfinedcompression, penetrometer, Proctor and compaction,torsion shear box, dynamometer, rupture-test anddrop shatter test, sampling and testing procedures fordetermining physical properties of swelling soils.Soil structural. Soil structure and stability tests inrelation to aggregate size and soil micro-aggregates.Fractionationof soil organic matter and determinationof principal functional groups involved in CEC andcomplexation of heavy metals.

Chemistry of the Soil Environment 6 unitsClasses Sem 1: (3 lec, I hit & 8hr prac)/7wks (first half)Assessment one 2hr exam, prac report, problem sets, essay

Topics include cation exchange capacity and pHdependent charge, soil charge characteristics, soilchemical analyses and their interpretation, formationof acid soil — Al and Mn toxicities, chemistry andadsorption/desorption of K, P and S in soil, soilsolution and speciation of ionic components, soilsalinity and sodicity, oxidation/ reduction reactionsin soil and chemistry of soil organic matter andnitrogen.


Lecturer Prof. McBratneyClasses Sem 1: (2 lec, I hit & 5hr prac)/7wks, 5 days in the

field (first half)Assessment one 2hr exam, field and prac reports, problem

sets, essay

The emphasis is to examine the quantitative aspects ofsoil physics particularly in relation to the transfer ofenergy, gas, water, solids and solutes in soil.

Lecture and laboratory topics include heat flow,gas movement, soil water energetics, saturated andunsaturated flow of soil water, infiltration, solutemovement, water and wind erosion as well as thefundamentals of numerical computer modelling ofsoil physical processes.

Field work involves field measurement of soilphysical properties such as hydraulic conductivityand infiltration rates and moisture content.

Data Management (Advanced) 4 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. O'NeillClasses Sem 2Assessment one 2hr exam, assignments

This course explores experimental design and analysis,using balanced and unbalanced data sets. Examples

are taken from current experiments conducted in theDepartment or Faculty. This course is half of AdvancedBiometry.

Formation, Evaluation and Management of theSoil Resource 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. Koppi, Mr Geering, Prof. McBratneyClasses Sem 2: (4 lec & 3hr prac)/wk, 5 days in the fieldAssessment one 3hr exam, report, field and lab work

Lectures on classification of soil, soil survey,ped ologica 1 processes, geomorphology and soilstratigraphy, aerial photography, geostatistics andtheir application to land evaluation for rural purposes,the forms of land degradation occurring in Australia,and management conducive to sustainable soilhusbandry.

Field work involves landscape description and thedescription, mapping and sampling of soil profiles forthe purpose of assessing land use capability and fieldvariability of soil properties.

Laboratory work involves routine physical andchemical tests of samples taken in the field relevantto assessment of the land-use potential and thequantification of the soil variability at the surveysite.

Soil Mineralogy, Pedogenesis and Taxonomy6 units

Lecturer Assoc. Prof. KoppiClasses Sem 2: (3 lec, 1 hit & 8hr prac)/7wksAssessment one 2hr exam, prac reports

This course centres on a weathering study whichtraces the changes from a rock parent material upthrough the soil profile. The methods of study includeparticle-size analysis and extraction of a fine-sandfraction for optical identification and quantification ofthe mineral species present. Thin sections of the rockand profile are prepared, examined and the mainfeatures identified and quantified. The data from thesand analysis, micromorphological investigations andclay mineral assessments are used to provide anunderstanding of the pedogenesis of the particularsoil.

A detailed study, including exercises, is made ofthe USDA soil classification system, Soil Taxonomy.

Soil Properties and Processes 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. Koppi, Prof. McBratney, Mr Geering,

Dr NewClasses Sem 1: (4 lec & 4hr prac)/wk, 1 day in the fieldAssessment one 3hr exam, class work, prac book

This course includes the fundamental properties ofsoil, the factors of soil formation, and the processesthat operate in the soil system. Components comprisingpedology, soil physics, soil chemistry and soil biologyare synthesised by reference to common soil horizonsand profiles from N.S.W. Field studies start withdescription and assessment of essential characteristics.The physics of water and gas movement, temperature,density, swelling and strength are considered. Thechemistry of soil solids, surfaces and solutions arediscussed as well as macronutrients and micro-nutrients and problems such as salinity, acidity and

waterlogging. There is also some discussion of soilmicroorganisms and microbiological transformationsin the soil.

MicrobiologyMicrobiology (Advanced) 24 unitsClasses 108 lec, 189hr of prac work and 32hr of other course-

related activities organised into four themes

Theme 1: Molecular Microbiology —bacterial structureand function, microbial differentiation, prokaryoteevolution and taxonomy, bacterial and bacteriophagegenetics and bacterial physiology.Theme 2: Medical Microbiology —medical bacteriology,virology and serology.Theme 3: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology —recombinant DNA, microbial growth, industrialmicrobiology, food microbiology, pollutionmicrobiology.Theme 4: Environmental Microbiology — microbialecology, plant microbiology. In second semester thereare several specialist lecture courses, based on researchinterests of the academic staff.

The practical course complements the lecture courseand includes project work and excursions to industrial,medical and research institutions.

Research Project 24 unitsClasses Yr

Candidates are required to undertake a project andsubmit a report in some advanced aspect ofagricultural microbiology related to the area ofinterest.

Special Aspects of Microbiology 8 unitsThese may include tutorials, seminars, essays anddirected reading on selected topics.

Agricultural EntomologyInsect Anatomy 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. McDonaldClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr theory exam & one 3hr prac exam

The internal and external anatomy of all orders ofinsects will be studied in detail. Practical classeswill enable students to dissect a number of insecttypes and examine examples of the major order ofinsects.

Insect Ecology (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Dr MeatsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignment

Ecological principles will be dealt with as they applyto conservation, sustained-yield harvesting and pestmanagement (classical and managed biologicalcontrol, sterile male techniques, behavioural andintegrated systems). The remainder of the course willemphasise behavioural mechanisms of importance toecological systems. Further topics to be covered rangefrom foraging theory and predator-prey interactionsto interference mechanisms and opportunisticresponses.

Insect Taxonomy and Collection 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. McDonaldClasses Yr: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam & two 3hr prac exams, assignment

The classification, life cycle and general biology of allorders of insects will be considered. Candidates willbe given an introduction into the philosophy oftaxonomy. Lectures will deal with insect zoogeographyand phylogeny. Practical classes will give studentsgood working knowledge of all insect orders. Thecollection will supplement the practical classes.

Research Methods in Entomology 16 units

Research Methods in Entomology A 8 unitsClasses Yr

This will involve analytical laboratory work,management of experimental data and writing up ofdata for critical review.

Special Topics in Entomology 8 unitsClasses YrAssessment assignment

The course deals with specialised areas of particularinterest to each candidate. Candidates will be given aselected reading list and will prepare discussion papersand essays on these topics.

Plant PathologyBiology and Control of Viral and BacterialDiseases 6 unitsCoordinator Prof. DeverallLecturer Dr BowyerClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on thecharacteristics of viruses and bacteria and theirinteractions with plants, and the principles of diseasecontrol.

Crop Protection 4 unitsCoordinator Dr RoseLecturers Dr Rose, Prof. Burgess, Prof. Deverall, Dr BowyerClasses Sem 2: 4 lec/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, essay

The course covers weeds, diseases and insect pests ofcrops. The topics covered in this introductory courseon the principles of crop protection are populationdynamics; loss assessment; strategies, includingthresholds; biocontrol; legislation, includingquarantine; pesticide use; resistance to pesticides;future directions. There will be contributions frominvited speakers.

Ecology and Control of Soilborne FungalPathogens 6 unitsLecturer Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and practical classes on the natureof diseases caused by soilborne fungi and the ecologyand control of these pathogens.

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Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology) 6 unitsLecturers Prof. Deverall, Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on theprinciples of fungal taxonomy and fungal physiology.The taxonomy of the Fungi Imperfecti is considered indetail.

Defence Mechanisms of Plants 6 unitsLecturer Prof. DeverallClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on thegenetic and physiological aspects of the interactionsbetween plants and pathogens underlying diseaseresistance.

Research Methods in Plant Pathology 20 units

Research Methods in Plant Pathology A16 units

Classes Sem 2

This course involves analytical laboratory work andthe management of experimental data, together withessay assignments on a range of topics in experimentalplant pathology. A written report is required on theexperimental work.

Special Topics in Plant Pathology 8 unitsThis course deals with specialised areas of particularinterest to each candidate. Candidates will be given areading list on which essays and/or seminars will bepresented.

Plant ProtectionBiology and Control of Viral and BacterialDiseases 6 unitsCoordinator Dr RoseLecturer Dr BowyerClasses San 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on thecharacteristics of viruses and bacteria and theirinteractions with plants, and the principles of diseasecontrol.

Ecology and Control of Soilborne FungalPathogens 6 unitsLecturer Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and practical classes on the natureof diseases caused by soilborne fungi and the ecologyand control of these pathogens.

Insect Anatomy 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. McDonaldClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam & one 3hr prac exam

The internal and external anatomy of all orders ofinsects will be studied in detail. Practical classes will

enable students to dissect a number of insect typesand examine examples of the major order of insects.

Insect Ecology (Advanced) 8 unitsLecturer Dr MeatsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignment

Ecological principles will be dealt with as they apply toconservation, sustained-yield harvesting and pestmanagement (classical and managed biological control,sterile male techniques, behavioural and integratedsystems). The remainder of the course will emphasisebehavioural mechanisms of importance to ecologicalsystems. Further topics to be covered range fromforaging theory and predator-prey interactions tointerference mechanisms and opportunistic responses.

Insect Taxonomy and Collection 8 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. McDonaldClasses Yr: (2 lec & 6 prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam & two 3hr prac exams, assignment

The classification, life cycle and general biology of allorders of insects will be considered. Candidates willbe given an introduction into the philosophy oftaxonomy. Lectures will deal with insect zoogeographyand phylogeny. Practical classes will give studentsgood working knowledge of all insect orders. Thecollection will supplement the practical classes.

Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology) 6 unitsLecturers Prof. Deverall, Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on the principlesof fungaltaxonomy and fungal physiology. The taxonomyof the Fungi Imperfecti is considered in detail.

Defence Mechanisms of Plants 6 unitsLecturer Prof. DeverallClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac for 7wks)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on thegenetic and physiological aspects of the interactionsbetween plants and pathogens underlying diseaseresistance.

Plant Protection Research Methods 16 units

Plant Protection Research Methods A 8 unitsClasses Sem 2Assessment assignment

This will involve analytical laboratory work, andmanagement of experimental data on a topic in plantprotection.

Principles of Crop Protection 8 unitsCoordinator Dr RoseLecturers Dr Rose, Prof. Burgess, Prof. Deverall, Dr BowyerClasses Sem 2: 4 lec/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignment

The course covers weeds, diseases and insect pests ofcrops. The topics covered in this introductory courseon the principles of crop protection are population

dynamics; loss assessment; strategies, includingthresholds; biocontrol; legislation, includingquarantine; pesticide use; resistance to pesticides;future directions. There will be contributions frominvited speakers. An assignment on a topical aspect ofcrop protection is required.

Special Topics in Entomology 8 unitsClasses YrAssessment assignment

The course deals with specialised areas of particularinterest to each candidate. Candidates will be given aselected reading list and will preparediscussionpapersand essays on these topics.

Topics in Plant Pathology 6 unitsClasses YrAssessment assignment

This course deals with areas of particular interest toeach candidate. Candidates will be givena reading liston which essays and/or seminars will be presented.

Turf ManagementResearch Project 16 unitsCandidates will conduct and report on a well-definedinvestigation into an area of interest in turfmanagement.

Applied Plant Ecology 6 unitsLecturers Dr Smith, Prof. MartinClasses Sem 2Assessment one 3hr exam, assignments and an individual

seminar

Aspects of plant protection and its effects on theenvironment. Interaction between weeds, pests anddiseases; contamination of groundwater; herbicideand pesticide safety and other topical issues. Inaddition to written assignments, each student will berequired to choose a topic in consultation 'with thelecturer and subsequently present a seminar for theclass on that topic. For example, a golf course managermight address the ecological management of pestsusceptible, regularly cut turf grasses growing onsoils of low cation exchange capacity outside the usualthermal limits of the grasses.

Diagnostic Methods in Turf Management2 units

Coordinator Prof. MartinAKn extensive knowledge of turf management, basic

knowledge of inorganic chemistryPrereq Turf Management, Plant NutritionClasses Sem 1: 7 lec & seven 3hr pracAssessment quizzes, an assignment and a prac exam

Following an overview of the main chemical, physicaland biological diagnostic tests used in the formulationof advice by turf consultants and in decision-makingby turf managers, the course will provide anintroduction to the theoretical basis and practicalapplication (including interpretation guidelines) ofselected chemical methods used for diagnosticpurposes in the turf industry for soils, irrigation watersand plant tissues.

Reference bookG.E. Rayment and F.R. Higginson Australian Laboratory

Handbook of Soil and Water Chemical Methods (IskantaPress, 1992)

Irrigation Science 4 unitsCoordinator Dr SuttonClasses Sem 1: (1 lec & 3 prac/workshop)/wkAssessment one 2000w report, one 1500w essay

The course covers the scientific basis of irrigationpractice. Modification of productivity potentialthrough irrigation. Objectives of irrigation.Biological, physical and technical aspects ofirrigation science, including furrow, flood, sprinklerand drip systems. Efficiency of water use and theproper use of instrumentation for irrigationmanagement.

Reference bookM. E. Jensen Design and Operation of Farm Irrigation Systems

(American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1980)

Plant Nutrition 4 unitsLecturer Dr CampbellClasses YrAssessment assignments

This course examines how plants acquire nutrientsand distribute nutrients between organs duringgrowth. Temperature, water and cutting (defoliation)effects on nutrient uptake. Nutrient function, nutrientgenotype interactions and diagnosis of nutrientdeficiencies/toxicities are interrelated concepts. Othertopics include: prediction of macronutrients andmicronutrient requirements; legume nutrition; heavymetals; can nutrients affect plant resistance topathogens?; environmental considerations, e.g.leaching of nitrate. A substantial reading list andwritten assignment are directed to an industry of thegraduate student's choice.

Turf Management 8 unitsLecturer Prof. MartinClasses Sem 1Assessment one 3 hr exam, assignments and prac exercises

Lectures, workshops and field visits centred on thetheme of 'turf: a self-contained system'. Students willaddress the scientific issues underlying the design,construction, grassing and maintenance of turffacilities: construction of desired soil profiles; structure,nutrition and drainage of soils under turf management;the micro- and macroenvironment of turf; watermanagement; physiology of growth under turfconditions; environmental legislation and emergingissues for turf management.

Advanced Turf Management 8 unitsCoordinator Prof. MartinPrereq Turf ManagementClasses Sem 2Assessment one 3hr exam, reports

Lectures, discussions and practical experiments togainadvanced expertise in laboratory and field aspectsof the plant sciences underlying turf management.Topics include germination, stress physiology,

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irrigation and water use, root growth, growthanalysis,canopy photosynthesis and fertilizer management.

Turf Species and Varieties 4 unitsLecturers Mr King, Prof. MartinClasses Sem 2Assessment one 2hr theory exam, prac exam, plant collection

This course, which is given as intensive workshops,has three aims: to provide an overview of planttaxonomy (how plants are named and how the familiesof plants are arranged); to teach skills in plantidentification (use of botanical terminology and use ofconventional and vegetative taxonomic keys); and torecognise commercially-important turf species andvarieties and weeds. Information is also provided onbiochemical methods of identifying grasses;development of new cultivars by breeding and/orselection; comparative trialing of grasses: plant varietyrights and cultivar registration.

Special Topics in Business Management 4 unitsLecturer Assoc. Prof. DrynanClasses Sem 2Assessment exam, class work, term paper

This course involves a minimum of 25 hours of formallectures and practical classes with additional directedreading of relevance to particular student groups. Thecourse will focus on the management economics oforganisationsprovidingmarket-priced and non-pricedservices suchas recreation. Topics may include marketassessment and marketing strategies, pricingstrategies, financial planning and control, and resourcemanagement.

Computing Applications In Management 6 unitsLecturer Dr SuttonClasses Sem 1Assessment assignment

This course considers elements of computerprogramming using a standard language such asPascal, Fortran or Quick Basic; the application ofprogramming to simulation modelling; the applicationof programming to the automation of intensiveagricultural, horticultural and turf grass industries;the use of spreadsheets in record keeping andperformance analyses.

Soil Properties and Processes 8 unitsLecturers Assoc. Prof. Koppi, Prof. McBratney, Mr Geering,

Dr NewClasses Sem 1: (4 lec & 4hr prac)/wk, 1 day in the fieldAssessment one 3hr exam, class work, prac book

This course includes the fundamental properties ofsoil, the factors of soil formation, and the processesthat operate in the soil system. Components comprisingpedology, soil physics, soil chemistry, and soil biologyare synthesised by reference to common soil horizonsand profiles from N.S.W. Field studies start withdescription and assessment of essential characteristics.The physics of water and gas movement, temperature,density, swelling and strength are considered. Thechemistry of soil solids, surfaces and solutions arediscussed as well as macronutrients and

micronutrients and problems such as salinity, acidityand waterlogging. There is also some discussion ofsoil microorganisms and microbiological trans-formations in the soil.

Mycology (Taxonomy and Physiology) 6 unitsLecturers Prof. Deverall, Prof. BurgessClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 12 prac)/wk for 7wksAssessment one 3hr exam

A course of lectures and laboratory classes on theprinciples of fungal taxonomy and fungal physiology.The taxonomy of the Fungi Imperfecti is considered indetail.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FORAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAgricultural and Resource Policy(Advanced) 8 unitsClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The topics discussed include: the basic theoreticalframeworks for the economic evaluation of policyformation (including Pareto welfare economics andpublic choice theory), market and governmentfailure; the institutional structure of agriculturaland resource policy formulation in Australia;microeconomic issues in agricultural and resourcepolicy arising from linkages between agricultureand the resource industries and with the rest of theeconomy. Students will be expected to read widelyfor this course.

Applied Commodity Modelling (Advanced)8 units

Classes Sem 1: (3 lec Sr 1 tut/lab session)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The application of applied econometric methods tothe agricultural and resource sectors is the focus ofthis course. Topics covered will include: estimationof production relationships; demand; supply;expectations models and simple simultaneousrepresentations of commodity sectors using multipleregression techniques; time series forecasting appliedto commodity and futures markets; and a suitableselection from an introduction to dynamicmultipliers, dynamic elasticities, and econometricsimulation. Use will be made of a variety of dataanalysis and econometric computer packages.Emphasis will also be placed on electronic andgraphical approaches to data analysis along withconsideration of the limitations and problems of theparticular techniques.

Applied Commodity Trade (Advanced)8 units

Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

In this course the basic economic principles underlyinginternational trade in agricultural and resourcecommodities and the policies involved will be

presented. Issues related to trade and developmentwill also be considered. The main topics covered willinclude: trends in agricultural and resources trade;trade policies of importing and exporting nations,including issues such as food aid and surplus disposalprograms; economic integration and impacts oninternational commodity trade; international tradepolicy-making, including GATT; trade policies of thecentrally-planned economies and developing countries;the impact of exchange rates and other macroeconomicvariables on international trade in commodities.

Applied Marketing (Advanced) 8 unitsClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut/excursion)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

Applied Marketing relates to the basic economicconcepts involved in the marketing of products intothe food and fibre system. Topics covered will include:the marketing function including transportation,storage, processing, market development, advertising,market information, standardisation and grading;marketing management and planning; marketefficiency; futures markets and other risk-sharingdevices; types of market and industry organisation;marketing boards and corporations and their role inadministered pricing; private trading corporationsand their roles in agriculture and the resources sector.

Commodity Price Analysis (Advanced)8 units

Classes Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut/excursion)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The topics covered will include: the nature ofagricultural and resource commodity markets, marketsupply relationships, market demand relationships,price determination, marketing margin relationships,spatially related markets, market dynamics, deriveddemand for inputs, price expectations, non-competitive market forms and contestable markets.Applied examples from agriculture and the resourceindustries will be used throughout the course asillustrations of the principles involved.

TextbooksW.G. Tomek and K.L. Robinson Agricultural Product Prices

(Cornell UP., 1990)R.S. Pindyck and D.L. Rubinfeld Microeconomics (Macmillan,

1992)

Contemporary Issues in AgriculturalEconomics 4 unitsClasses Yr: 54hr seminars

Topics include: recent developments in agriculturaleconomic theory; current economic issues in theAustralian and world agricultural and resourceindustries; appraisal of current Australian agriculturaland resource policy.

Natural Resource Economics (Advanced)8 units

Classes Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

A course in natural resource economics of relevance toagricultureand theresourceindustries.Issuesdiscussedare: the environment as a source of environmentalservices; socially efficientresource allocation and Paretowelfare economics; market failure and characteristicsof environmental senrices; benefit cost analysis of publicprojects, including the modification of environmentalservices; non-depletable resources and pollution;depletable resources; irreversibility; sustainability.Applications include land degradation, fisheries,forestry, land-use planning, greenhouse effect.

Production Economics (Advanced) 8 unitsClasses Sem 2: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

Production economics is concerned with productiondecisions on resource allocation at the firm, industryand economy levels. The topics include: the nature ofagricultural and resource industry production;production functions; factor substitution; principlesof enterprise combination and multi-productproduction; firm objectives; constrained andunconstrained maximisation; cost functions and otherduality relationships; economies of scale and size infarming; input demands and dual relationships;production over time; productivity and technicalchange; production under risk and the illustration ofthe principles involved through the use of practicalapplications and exercises involving both theagricultural and resource industries.

Quantitative Business Management andFinance (Advanced) 8 unitsClasses Sem 1: (3 lec & 1 tut/lab session)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam, assignments

The application of applied optimising methods todecision-making in the agricultura l and resource sec torsis the focus of this course. Topics covered include: anoverview of the applications of optimising models; themathematical basis for constrained optimisation; basiclinear, quadratic and nonlinear programming; farmmodelling; agricultural sector models; transport andlocation models; spatial equilibrium systems;introduction to general equilibrium models; and modelvalidation and verification. Issues of risk managementwill also be covered, including basic concepts ofprobability; concepts of utility; utility functions;elicitation of preferences; production under risk; farmplanning under risk; and risk allocation mechanisms.

Research Methods (Advanced) 4 unitsClasses Sem 2: (2 lec & 1 tut/workshop)/wkAssessment one 2hr exam, assignments

Topics covered will include: report preparation;journalistic techniques and methods of reporting;seminar and workshop presentation methods; visualmethods including overhead slides, projected slidesand video; and time management techniques; researchas an orderly process of enquiry; hypothesisformulation and testing; preparation of researchproposals; the role of the economist; sources andcollection of agricultural data; primary versus

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secondary data; agricultural surveys; questionnaireconstruction and interviewing techniques; andmethods of analysis of survey data.

ENROLMENT REGULATIONSDiscontinuation of enrolment andreadmission after discontinuation —postgraduateAll Faculties, Boards of Studies and GraduateSchools — all candidates1. A candidate will be presumed to havediscontinued enrolment in a course, degree or diplomafrom the date of application to the Faculty, Board ofStudieS or Graduate School concerned, unless evidenceis produced (i) that the discontinuation occurred at anearlier date and (ii) that there was good reason whythe application could not be made at the earlier time.2. A candidate who at any time discontinuesenrolment from a degree or diploma shall not beentitled to re-enrol in that degree or diploma unlessthe candidate is readmitted to candidature for thatdegree or diploma.3. Subject to subsections (i) and (ii) of section 1,candidates may not discontinue enrolment in a courseafter the end of classes in that course, unless thedegree or diploma regulations permit otherwise.4. The Dean, Pro-Dean or an Associate Dean of aFaculty, or a Chairperson of a Board of Studies or aChairperson of a Graduate School may act on behalf ofthat Faculty, Board of Studies or Graduate School inthe administration of these resolutions.

Candidates proceeding mainly by courseworkWithdrawal from full-year and First Semester courses5. A candidate for a degree or diploma whodiscontinues enrolment in a full-year or First Semestercourse on or before 31 March in that year, shall berecorded as withdrawn from that course.

Withdrawal from Second Semester courses6. A candidate for a degree or diploma whodiscontinues enrolment in a Second Semester courseon or before 31 August in that year, shall be recordedas withdrawn from that course.

Discontinuation7. A candidate for a degree or diploma whodiscontinues enrolment in a course after thewithdrawal period but before the end of classes in thatcourse, shall be recorded as 'Discontinued withPermission' in that course, unless the degree or diplomaresolutions permit otherwise.

Candidates proceeding mainly by thesisWithdrawal8. A candidate who discontinues enrolment in acourse or degree before the end of the fifth week ofenrolment, shall be recorded as having withdrawnfrom that course or degree.

Discontinuation9. A candidate who discontinues enrolment in acourse or degree after the end of the fifth week ofenrolment shall be recorded as 'Discontinued withPermission'.

Note that 'Faculty' includes for these purposes a 'College Board'.

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHINSTITUTESPlant Breeding InstituteThe PlantBreeding Institute associated with the Facultypromotes the science of plant breeding, and theimprovement of crop plants available for cultivationin New South Wales. The Institute is governed by acouncil composed of the Vice-Chancellor, members ofthe N.S.W. Wheat Research Foundation, members ofthe Faculty of Agriculture, and a representative of theN.S.W. Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs.The Professor of Plant Breeding in the Department ofCrop Sciences is the Director of the Institute.

Institute of Advanced StudiesThe Institute of Advanced Studies was establishedwithin the Faculty of Agriculture in 1974 to advise theSenate regarding several bequests. The Institute willuse the funds to further the development ofpostgraduate studies and research in the Faculty. It isintended that the Institute shall promote the attractionof additional income.

The directors of the Institute are elected from andby members of the Faculty of Agriculture who are full-time permanent members of the departments. TheDean and Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) areex officio directors.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES:POSTGRADUATEThe following is a summary only; for full detailsconcerning the conditions governing the awards ofthese prizes and scholarships contact the ScholarshipsOffice.

34 091-35 44216 000

as advertised

as advertised

31 March

Richard Claude MankinScholarship —

Postdoctoral

Postgraduate

James Vincent Scholarshipin Microbiology

For research into water conservation

APA or similar scholarshipholders working in appliedmicrobiology

Value Closing dateScholarship for applications

Other information

Tenable at the University of SydneyAustralian Postgraduate Awards 14 619

Henry Bertie and Florence MabelGritton Postgrad. ResearchScholarships —

Senior 41 574-43 143

Junior

14 619

15 October Graduates with Hons I. For research inany field

For research in chemistry in relationto industry and agriculture

as advertised

as advertised

Linnean Macleay Fellowships 800- Graduates in science or agriculture3200 who are members of the Linnean

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Awards restricted to candidates in AgricultureMcCaughey Memorial Institute as for as advertised

Scholarship APA

Norman Scott Noble Scholarship up to 1000 31 May

Irvine Armstrong Watson up to 300 31 MayScholarship

Graduates to conduct researchin agricultural sciences withparticular relevance to rice

Travel grant or grant-in-aid tocandidates in the discipline ofagricultural entomology

Travel grant or grant-in-aid tocandidates in the disciplines ofagricultural genetics, biometry,plant breeding or plant pathology

Faculty scholarshipsThe following five are identical (except that the F.H. Loxton is restricted to males) and are awarded annuallydepending on the availability of funds.

Thomas Lawrence PawlettPostgraduate Scholarship

Christian Rowe ThornettScholarship

Alexander Hugh ThurburnScholarship

W.C. Turland PostgraduateScholarship

F.H. Loxton PostgraduateScholarship

as for 31 OctoberAPA

as above 31 October

as above 31 October

as above 31 October

as above 31 October

Graduates for full-timeresearch within the faculty(Preference to Hons I or Hons IIDiv. 1 or equivalent)

as above

as above

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Awards not restricted to graduates inAgricultureTravelling scholarshipsBaillieu Research ScholarshipH.S. Carslaw Memorial ScholarshipWilliam and Catherine Mcllrath ScholarshipThe Rhodes ScholarshipThe Linnean Macleay FellowshipsThe Nuffield Foundation Dominion Travelling

FellowshipsScience Research Scholarships of the Royal

Commission for the Exhibition of 1851The Gowrie Postgraduate Research ScholarshipsThe J.B. Watt Travelling ScholarshipThe James King of Irrawang Travelling ScholarshipThe G.H.S. and I.R. Lightoller ScholarshipThe University of Sydney Postgraduate Research

Travelling ScholarshipsThe Charles Gilbert Heydon Travelling Fellowship in

the Biological SciencesThe Eleanor Sophia Wood Travelling FellowshipsThe Herbert Johnson Travel GrantsThe Rotary Foundation FellowshipsThe Commonwealth Scholarships tenable in other

British Commonwealth countries under theCommonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan

CSIRO postdoctoral studentships.Other scholarships are available. Enquiries about -

scholarships should be made at the Scholarshipssection of the Administrative Support ServicesDivision. Enquiries about scholarships offered by otheruniversities should be addressed to the registrar of theuniversity concerned.

Title of courseActual lecturers

Allied studiesClass contact &course durationExams, essays, etc.

Title of courseActual lecturersAllied studies

Class contact &course duration

Exams, essays, etc.

Examples

Classes

Sem 1: 1 class/wk

Yr: (2 lec & 3 tut/prac)/wk

Sem 2: 3 lec/wk &1 tut/fn

Assessment

one 3hr examtwo 3hr exams/semone 2000w essayone 3000w essay,

two 2000wessays/sem, 4hit papers

the course(one 3000w &

two 2000wessays)/sem

one class work session eachweek during Semester 1

two lectures and threetutorials or practicals weekly,throughout the year

three lectures per week andone tutorial per fortnight,during Semester 2

one 3-hour examtwo 3-hour exams per semesterone 2000-word essayone 3000-word essay for

the course, two 2000-word essays per semesterand four tutorial papers for

one 3000- and two 2000-word essays per semester

Frequency

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per week per fortnight

per semesterper year

Appendix: Explanation of symbolsfor courses of study

Symbols may have been used in the courses of studychapter in the handbook as a succinct way of presentingteaching and assessment information. Because of thevaried nature of the work described and occasionaldifficulties in interpretation and typesetting, suchdetails are not construed as a firm undertaking.Students are advised to check details with thedepartments concerned. The significance of symbolsused is as follows:

Hypothetical examples of symbols used

Double Dutch 1Assoc. Prof. Holland

Dr NederlandsAKn HSC German

Classes Yr: (3 lec & 1 tut)/wk

Assessment one 3hr exam, two2000w essays/sem, 4 tutpapers/sem

8766 Star Wars 5Dr Lazer Ms GunnPrereq 7653 Coreq Intro. Media

ManipulationClasses Sem 1: (2 lec & 3 hit/

prac)/wk;Sem 2: (2 lec & 2 tut/prac)/wkAssessment one 3hr exam/sem,

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Allied studiesAKnPrereq

Coreq

assumed knowledgeprerequisite (you must have

passed the indicatedprerequisite before you startthe course)

corequisite (you must enrol inthis course at the same timeunless you have alreadypassed it)

Type of class contact/assessmentclass class contact of any formlab laboratorylec lectureprac practicaltut tutorialexam examinationtut paper tutorial paper

Durationhr hourSem 1 Semester 1Sem 2 Semester 2Yr throughout the year

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Education A35Edward Ford Building A27

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