Bachelor of Science (Agricultural Science and Agribusiness) and Master of Agricultural Science

In your first three years, you will complete the following and a semester of postgraduate study:

• Agricultural Science and Agribusiness (extended major)

The global population is increasing and with it comes the need for a profitable and economically viable agribusiness sector to meet the food and fibre demand of humanity. The extended major in Agribusiness and Agricultural Sciences will combine practical business skills with your interests in agriculture to tackle the global challenge of creating a sustainable food future.

You will then complete a final year of postgraduate study in the Master of Agricultural Science in your selected specialisation:

• The Master of Agricultural Science

• Agribusiness Specialisation - The Agribusiness specialisation is designed to prepare you for professional employment in a variety of fields related to agriculture, including finance, marketing, international trade, policy formation, business management, and rural development. You will learn the business and economics skills needed to assume managerial and leadership roles in agriculture and other related industries. The specialisation teaches you how to understand the unique nature of businesses in agricultural sector.  
• Agricultural Economics Specialisation - The Agricultural Economics Specialisation is focuses on the application of economics, risk management and marketing within Agricultural enterprises and the wider international industry and social contexts. This specialisation explores optimisation of resource management using applied economics within the physical, biological and social constraints in selected agricultural sectors. Sustainable agricultural industries must be underpinned by sound economic principles.  

Agribusiness Combined Bachelor’s and Master’s

BSc (Agricultural Science and Agribusiness Extended Major) and Master of Agricultural Science

Undergraduate (UG) specific units

Elective units

Postgraduate (PG) specific units

Unit Description

Develop your employability skills through a science work placement. The following units are available to all science undergraduate students who are looking to gain practical hands-on industry relevant experience:

• SCIE2205 Science Work Placement Unit
• SCIE2206 Science Consultancy Project

The UWA Plant Growth Facility (PGF) provides a high-quality, functional and practical growing site for carrying out experiments under controlled conditions. Users are able control light quality, temperature, water, nutrients and soil composition while eliminating the variability found in nature. The facility has the capacity for a wide range of research projects and is available to all staff and students while also supporting national and international collaborative research.

The PGF consists of 19 greenhouses, 8 phytotrons, 29 plant growth rooms and 8 plant growth cabinets. Other facilities include an autoclave, soil storage areas and sterilisation equipment, ancillary equipment storage spaces and a deionised water production facility.

Visit the PGF website

The Shenton Park Field Station is a centrally located large scale agricultural research facility that caters to the broader scale experiments with less reliance on artificial conditions. Being 7 kilometres from the Crawley Campus and the ability to grow out large scale crop, pasture, horticultural or native plants gives a real world perspective.

Visit the SPF webpage