BOTANY

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE (NEW COURSE).

SB73 Botany IIIA.

Pre-requisite: SB82 Botany

IIA

at Division

I

or higher standard. (A fourth-year elective subject in the B.Ag.Sc. course.) With the approval of the Dean of Agricultural Science and the Chairman of the Botany Department, a combination of five units from third-year subjects in Botany for the degree ofB.Sc. in the Faculty ofScience.

HONOURS DEGREE.

SB79 ffonours Botany (B.Ag.Sc.).

Pre-requisite:

A

satisfactory standard

in

SB03 Botany

III

or special permission of the Chairman of the Department.

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Agricultural

^Science

B.Ag.Sc. (New

Course) Students wishing to take the Honours degree

in

Botany (B.Ag.Sc.) should consult the

Chairman ol the Department ol Botany during the third term of their third ^year of the B.Ag.Sc. Ordinary degree.

Assessment:

A lull

written statement on the current departmental procedures

will

be issued to each student at the beginning olthe course.

For lurther details see under SB99 Honours Botany in the Faculty ofScience.

ECONOMICS.

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OFAGRICULTURAL SCIENCB (NEW COURSE).

THIRD

YEAR SUBJECTS.

EE3G MacroeconomicsllH.t EE4G MicroeconomicsllH.t EE53 Farm Management.

Pre-requisite subject: EEIA Agricultural Economics IH or EEI

I

Economics I.

The course

will

consist

oftwo

lectures and three hours practical work a ^week and will cover the following topics:

The nature of larm businesses, theories of farm management, fatmers'goals, an analysis of farm investment, and farm management accounting methods.

Farm management techniques-including cash flow, partial and parametric budgeting, gross margins analysis, development budgets and net present value, and the ^decision theoretic approach to farm management problems. Farm management games are used to give students the opportunity to gain experience in the use ofthese techniques.

Text-books: Bamard, C. S., and

Nix,

J. S.,

Farm

planning and control ^(C.U.P.);

Chisholm, A. H., and Dill on, J. L., Discounling and other interest rate procedures infarm management (Professional farm management guidebook no. 2); Makeham, J. P., and others, Best-bet

Íarm

decisions (Professional

larm

management guidebook no. 6);

Queensland, Dept. of Primary Indust¡ies, Accounting and planning for farm ^manage- ment; Rickards, P.

4.,

and McConnell, D. J., Budgeting, ^gross margins and program- ming for farm planning (Professional larm management guidebook no. 3).

FOURTH YEAR SUBJECT,

EE03 Economics III (Agricultural Science).

EE03 Economics

III

(Agricultural Science) is available to students proceeding to the degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science.

A

candidate who wishes to ^present EE03 Ecònomics III (Agricultural Science) for the degree must study EEl E Economics IIIH and two half-subjects from the following list:

EE4H Agricultural Economics

IIIH,I

EE2E Contemporary Economic Policy Issues

IIIH,I

EE8H Econometrics

IIIH,I

EESG Economics of Antitrust and Regulation

IIIH,f

EE3H Economics of I-abour

IIIH,I

EETH Managerial Economics

IIIH,I

EE2H Public ^Finance

IIIH.t

tFor syllabuses see under the degree of B.Ec. in the Faculty of Economics

ENTOMOLOGY.

WE13 Entomology III.

Pre-requisite: WN82 Agricultural Zoology.

The course consists oftwo lectures and one practical period a week over three terms. The syllabus is devoted to ^general and systematic entomology and the principles of insect control. Subjects covered include: the anatomy, morphology and taxonomy of insects (with practice in classification of insects to family); the study of particular species

of

economic importance and the recognition of the damage caused by insects; the means available for the control or management ofinsect populations with special reference to the physiological action

ol

insecticides, the causes of resistance

to

insecticides, and ecological approaches to pest control.

Students

will

be required to make a collection ofinsects adequately representing about 20 orders and 90 families, properly mounted and identified to family. The collection may be commenced in the long vacation preceding the course. Equipment may be collected

by

intending students

lrom

the Entomology Department before the vacation. The collection must be submitted in the last week of the final term.

Assessment: Collection 150/0, general entomology practical examination 20o/o,practical books and project reports 20010, theory examinations 450/0. Timing and other details

ol

assessment will be discussed with the class during the first lecture in term 1.

Text-book: Australia, C.S.I.R.O., The insects of Australia (M.U.P.).

WE14 Entomology IV.

Pre-requisite: A pass in WEl3 Entomology III.

The course will consist olthree lectures and two practical periods a week over three terms.

Topics

will

include the physiology, behaviour, pathology, and ecology of insects and

Department towards the end ofthe previous year.

Assessment: Collection 150/o; practical books and projects 400/o; written examination _45%.

Timing and other details of assessment

will

be discussed with the class during the

trst

lectu¡e in term

l.

Text-books will be discussed with class early in the year.

HONOURS DEGREE.

WE79 HonoursEntomology.

Pre-requisite: A credit in WEl3 Entomology III.

Co-requisite subject: WE14 Entomology IV.

students wishing to take the Honours degree in Entomology should consult the chairman of the Department of Entomology during the third term olthei¡ third year of the B.Ag.Sc.

Ordinary degree.

Assessment:

A full

written statement on the current departmental procedures

will

be issued to each student at the beginning ofthe course.

After consultation, each candidate

will

be assigned a research project, which

will

be carried out under supervision. The results will be presented in a dissertation at the end of the course. A candidate may also be required to prepa¡e a seminar. candidates will begin studies on

I

February.

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Agricultural

Science

B.Ag.Sc. (New

Course)

GENETICS.

SJ02 ^Genetics II.t SJ03 ^Genetics III.t

lForsyllabuses ^see underthe degree of B Sc in the Faculty of Science.

HONOURS DEGREE.

SJ?9 ^{Honours Genetics} (B.Ag.Sc.).

Pre-requisite:

A

satislactory standard

in

SJ03 Genetics

III

or special permission of the Chairman of the DePartment.

Students wishing to take the Honours degree in Genetics should consult the Chairman of the Departmeni of Genetics during the third term of their third ^year of the ^B.Ag.sc.

Ordinary degree.

Assessment:

A lull

written statement on the current departmental procedures

will

be issued to each student at the beginning olthe course.

For lurther details, see under SJ99 (Honours Genetics) for the Honours degree olB.Sc. in the Faculty of Science.