Travel concessions 433

Annual travel concession cards are available from the University Office (Mitchell Building) each March for full-time students without income.

The concession card entitles such students to a standard 30 cent fare on any S.T.A. bus, tram or train joumey in metropolitan Adelaide and a 50 ^p€r cent reduction on rail fares throughout Australia.

Students under the age of26 ^years who are undertaking a 75 per cent (or more) workload can obtain a concession card from Ansett Airlines and T.A.A. which entitles them to a 25 per cent reduction on air fares in Australia.

Further information conceming student travel concessions including the Intemational Student Identity Card is available lrom Student Travel Australia, Level 4, Union House.

49. Welfare

and

Education

Seruice Welfare Senioes

The Education and Welfare Officers, who are located on the ground floor of the L^ady Symon Building, are available to advise students conceming welfare resources on campus, financial matters (including assistance

to

students æeking

work

and eligible for Unemployment Benefits), housing, personal support and academic matters.

The Officers act on behalf of students seeking representation conceming academic and administrative matters and appeals as well as advising or relerring on matters for disabled students, ovenieas students and student-parents.

Education Services

Both Education and Welfare Off¡cers have a responsibility to asist students in their roles on faculty and departmental committees or as student rcpresentatives on committees

of

the University.

They are available to assist the Students' Association or ^groups ol students in makng submissions within the University, to State, Federal Governments or to Education bodies on matters of relevance to students both of an academic or non-academic nature. Such issues could include: assessment procedures; courses, their content, accrcditation and workJoads (e.g over âssessment); graduate (unþmployment; withdrawal rate$ housing;

issues relevant to overseas students; adequacy of T.E,A.S. or other income support; isues rclevant to the position and status of women in higher education including child care.

FACULTY OT

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

REGULATIONS, SCHEDULES AND SYLLABUSES OF DEGREES

Bachelor of Agricultural

Science

(B.Ag.Sc.) (Old Course)

Regulations

⁴³⁶

Bachelor of Agricultural

Science

(B.Ag.Sc.)

Regulations

⁴³⁷

Schedules

⁴³⁹

Syllabuses First Year

Second Year ...

Third and Fourth Years Agricultural Biochemistry Agriculture

Agronomy Animal Sciences Biomeiry

Botany (for B.Ag.Sc.) Economics (for B.Ag.Sc.) Entomology

Genetics Geology

Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics (for B.Ag.Sc.) Plant Pathology

Plant Physiology Soil Science

Master of Agriculture (M.Ag.):

Regulations Schedules Syllabuses

Master of Agricultural

Science

(M.Ag.Sc.):

Regulations

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.):

Regulations and Schedules: under "Board ofResearch Studies"-

s¿e Contents.

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464 466 467

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DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL

scrENcE (oLD couRSE)

REGULATIONS, SCHEDULF"S AND SYLLABUSF,S

For regulations, schedules and syllabuses

ofthe

Bachelor ofAgricultural Science (Old Course) see Calendar of the University for 1986, Volume II, ^pages 43$448.

436

Agricultural

Science

B.Àg.Sc.

DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

REGULATIONS

I

.

There shall be an Ordinary and an Honours degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science.

2. (a) The Council, after receipt ofadvice from the Faculty ofAgricultural Science, shall from time to time ^prescribe schedules defining:

(i)

the subjects of study for the degree;

(ii)

_the range of subjects to be satisfactorily completed and the examinations to ^be passed by candidates.

Such schedules shall become effective from the date ofprescription by the Council orsuch other date as the Council may determine.

(b) The syllabuses of subjects shall be specified by the chairman

of

department or departments concerned and submitted to the Faculty and the.Executive Committee of the Education Committee for approval, except that chairmen of departments may approve minor changes to previously approved syllabuses.

(c) Schedules made by the Council and syllabuses approved by the Executive Committee of the Education Committee shall be published

in

the next edition of the University Calendar.

3. To qualify for the Ordinary degree a candidate shall comply with the provisions

of

Schedule Il.

4. (a) To qualify for the Honours degree a candidate sball complete the requirements for the Ordinary degree and comply with the provisions of Schedule III.

(b) Acandidatewhosatisfiestherequirementsofsub-regulation(a)ofthisreglrlationshall be awarded the Honours degree ofBachelor ofAgricultural Science, but the Faculty shall decide within which ofthe following ^{classes and} divisions the degree shall be awarded:

First Class Second Class

Division A Division B Third Class

(c)

A

candidate who fails

to

obtain an Honours classification may be awarded ^the Ordinary degree provided the candidate has in all other respects completed the work for that degree.

(d) Candidates may not enrol for a second time for the Honours course if they (i) have already qualifìed for Honours, or (ii) ^{have presented} for examination but failed ^to obtain Honoúrs, or (iii) have withdrawn from the Honours course unless the Faculty on such conditions as it may determine permits re-enrolment.

5. Except by permission of the enrol in any subject for which th subject has not been satisfactori candidate who holds an Honou

exemption from the requirements of this regulation, and on ^such conditions, as

it

may determine.

6.

A

candidate shall not be eligible

to

^present for examination unless the ^prescribed classes have been regularly attended and the written, practical or ^other work required has been completed to the satisfaction of the teaching staffconcemed.

7. In determining the candidate's final result in a subject the examiners may take into account assessments ofthe candidate's written, practical or other work, and the resultsof terminal or other examinations in that subject provided that the candidate has been given notice at the beginning ofthe course ofstudy for the subject ofthe way in which such assessments will be taken into account and oftheir relative importance in the final result.

8. There shall be three classiûcations of pass in any subject for the Ordinary degree, as

follows: Pass with Distinction, Pass with credit, Pass. If the list of candidates who pass be

published

in

two divisions, a pass

in

the higher division may be prescribed

in

the

appropriate syllabus as prerequisite for admission to another subject. A candidate with a lower djvision pass who wishes to ^gain a higher division pass shall be allowed to repeat the subject, subject to the provisions ofRegulation I

l.

9. Notwithstanding results in individual subjects, a candidate shall be deemed to have passed the whole olthe first or the second year provided the total mark obtained at annual examinations in all the subjects that constitute the year and the lowest mark obtained in any one subject thereof meet such requirements as the Faculty may determine from time to time.

10.

A

candidate may be granted a supplementary examination

in

a subject only in circumstances approved by Faculty and in accordance with the policy determined by Faculty from time to time.

I

L

(a) A

candid

ct or who obtains a lower division pass

and who

desires l,

unless exempted whotly or partially therefrom by

the

rned, again complete the required work

in that subject

to

staffconcemed.

ass

or

higher

in

the

for any other subject of the same material, as the Faculty may (c) For the ^purposes ofsubregulations (a) and (b)

ofthis

regulation, a candidate who is refused permission to sit lor an examination, or who fails to enter for or to attend the examination in any subject although eligible to do so, shall be deemed to have lailed to pass the examination.

12.

A can

^d equivalent examinations in the University or elsewhere or who

ha

may, on written application, be granted such exemption from the

r

regulations as the Council on the recommendation of the Faculty olAgricultural Science may determine.

Regulations allowed 24 February, 1983.

Amended: l7Jan. l9E5:8

Agricultural

Science

B,Ag.Sc.

DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

SCHEDULES

(Made by the Council under Regulation ^2.)

NOTE: Svllabuses of subiects lor the desree of B.Ag.Sc. are published below. immediately after the schedules. For syllabuséíolsubjects raug-ht for orher degées and diplomas, see the table ofsubjects at the end ofthe volume.

SCHEDULE I: ARRANGEMENT OF COURSES

l.

The course for the Ordinary degree shall occupy four years of full-time study or equivalent.

2.

Itisnotnecessaryforacandidatetotakeallthesubjectsofanyoneyearsimultaneously or to complete all the subjects set out for one year before enrolling for any subject ofthe lollowing ^year provided that the pre-requisite subjects have been passed. But a candidate who desires to take a third year subject belore completing the frrst and second year must obtain the permission of the Dean.

SCHEDULE II: THE ORDINARY DEGREE

l. To

^qualify

for

the Ordinary degree a candidate shall satislactorily complete the requirements olthe subjects listed below, subject to such conditions and modifications as may be specified or allowed by the regulations.

2. FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS 2418 Agricultural Economics IH*

3174 Biology I 6878 Chemistry I 5339 Geology IHW*

3. SECONDYEARSUBJECTS 1654 Agricultural Microbiology

73 15 Agricultural Physics 5 I

l4

Agricultural Tnology 793

I

^Biometry

5543 Statistics IH Either

4357 Mathematics IH*

Or

7490 Computer Science IH$

1692 Botany IIA 1894 Chemistry

IIA

1875 Genetics IHW

2554 Physical Resources in Agriculture

'Candidates intending ^!o study Economics, Geology or Mathemat¡ca ^ß

oithe desrce mav witñ the perinission ofthe Deaniîrol in and count ^I.

ii io ceõioev t ãn¿ e¡ther9'186 Mathemar¡cs I o¡ 3ó I ? Mathematics ⁱⁿ

clause 2.

$A quota mayapplyto thissubject in 198?

4. THIRD YEAR SUBJECTS 6209 Agricultural Production AND Either

(a) FOUR oi:

3484 Agricultural Biochemistry

lll

375ó Agronomy and Plant Breeding

lll

9528 Animal Physiology

III

1342 Animal Production

III

9870 Crop Physiology

1036 Entomology

III

Or

(b) TWO of the subjects listed in clause 4(a) Togelher wilå ONE of;

6302 Applied Mathematics

IIA

5726 Applied Mathematics IIB 3542 Geology

II

4863 Genetics

II

9748 3936 8899

5286 Agricultural Experimentation

9 124 Farm Management***

7387 Mathematical Statistics

II**

9688 Pedologyf 3827 Plant Pathology

III

4995 Soil Management

III

3885 Soil Colloids+

8925 Pure Mathematics II Both

9893 Macroeconomics

llH

And

8870 Microeconomics

IIH

6023 Genetics

IIIt

6698 Geology

IIIAf

9419 Horticultural Science IV 2403 Mathematical Statistics

IIIl

I 174 Plant Breeding and Crop Genetics IV

6701 Plant Pathology IV 3106 Soil Science IV+

'3885 ollered in alternate yea6 (even yea6).

t9688 red in alternate yeaß(odd yeas).

rCan _g 73E7 Mathematical Statistics ll towards the degree are exempt from 5286 Agricultunl Exper

'r'Not ^{offered in I 987.}

5. FOURTHYEARSUBJECTS

9039 Agricultural Practice and Policy ^(see also clause 8) AND Either

(a) TWO ot:

8649 Agricultural Biochemistry IV 1288 Agronomy IV

3474 ,\nimal Physiology and Production IV Botany IIIAT

Economics

III

(Agricultural Science)t (see clause 6. below) Entomology IV

Or

(b) ONE of the subjects listed in clause 5(a) together with TWO of the subjects listed in clause 4(a) not previously taken.

Or

(c) ONE olthe subjects listed in clause 5(a) other than 3 106 Soit Science IY , together with 4635 Soil Management IVH ¿nd ONE of the subjects listed in clause 4(a) not previously taken.

ny two of the s not cou nted as subjects towards the th i rd ^yea r of the 3276 Soil Col logy.4798 Soil Manasemenì lVH.

otany llIA, 3 lll. 6023 cenerics lll. 6698 Geology ItlA, or 2401 counted towa

6.

A candidate desiring to present 3936 Economics

III

(Agricultural Science) towards the degree musttake7249 Economic Theory III (O),4ND one option from the following list:

5897 Agricultural Economics IIIH

(O)

8269 Econometrics IIIH (O) 9 103 Business and Government IIIH

(O)

8 I 34 Economics of Labour

IIH(O)

3793 Applied Econometrics IIIH

(O)

5654 Public Finance IIIH(O)

Agricultural

Science

B.Ag.Sc.

7. (a) No candidate will be permitted to count for the degree any subject together with any óther subject that, in thé opinion ofthe Faculty, ^{contains a} substantial amount

of

thé same matãtial; and no subjêct may be counted twice towards the degree'*

(b) No candidate may present the ^same part subject, section of a subject,

unit

of a subject or option in more than one subject for the degree.

.A _{table of} unacceptable combinations of subjects and part subjects is given towards the end of this Volume ^(ree Contents).

8.

In

order

to fulfil

the requirements fior 6209 Agricultural Production and 9039

Administrator.

9. (a) Candidates from other laculties in the University.or fro institutions may, on written application

to

the Registrar'

lf

Bachelo

will not be granted status in 9039 Agricultural Prac

may be maãe for contributions to the practical experience component (see clause 8).

(b) Extra study as prescribed by the Head/Chairman ^of the department concerned may ùé required in nominated subjects before such candidates enter the course'

10. A candidate who holds a diploma of Roseworthy Agricultural ^College with a grade point average of 3.0 or more may be exempted from taking subjects listed in clause 4(a) änd be adm'ltted to subjects listed in clause 5(a) at the discretion ofthe Head/Chairman of the department concêrned and with the permission of the Dean of the Faculty.

I

l.

under the provisions of Regulation 9, a student may be granted a FacrJlty Pass in the first or second year ofthe coursé notwithstanding ^results in individual ^subjects, provided that the aueragê mark obtained at annual examinations for all the subjects that constitute the year is 50 or over, and at

lea

t. Moreover:

(i)

^'a Faculty ^pass sûall not

be

which the student ^has failed is a

pre-requisite for a

compuls

rtaken by the student in a future year;

(ii)

á student who has been granted a Faculty Pass in First or ^Second Year shall not be

'

permitted to take any subject in succeeding years for which the pre-requisite had been failed;

(iii)

a stuáent who has been granted a Faculty Pass in First or Second Year and who wishes to take a subject in Third or Fourth Year, having failed its pre-requisite in the year

in

which the Faculty Pass was granted, shall only be permitted to take that iubject after having passed the pre-requisite.

12. Farm Familiarization Tour.

Candidates will be required 10 attend a tour offarm enterprises during the first academic year. The ^purpose ofthis tour is to acquaint candid.ates at first hand with the essentials of Éarming-ioit, crops, animals, machinery. Details

will

be provided

at

the

time

of enrolment.

13. When, in the opinion of the Faculty of Agricultural Science, special circumstances exist, the ôouncil, òn the recommendation of the Faculty

in

each case' may vary the provisions ofclauses

l-12

above.

NOTE (nol foming pan of lhe schedules):

work required to complete an Adelaide dlåtiil

"¿u"",¡on.r insrirurions w ^sse

ieÀsr the whole ofthe work ofthe ^der

I who has completed at Adelaide , or

i rãcìltv ue pim¡tled lo comple ^her

441

SCHEDULE III: THE HONOURS DEGREE

urse a candidate must obtain

will

take responsibility _for candidate's academic record d be sought at the end ofthe I complete the final year of the course for the

factorily complete an advanced course as set g subjects:

3.

The

hall normally be completed in one year concurrently with

th

ear of study for the Oräinary degree. The naculty may

permit

ork over a period of not móre tÉan two yeaÀ on such

conditi

NOTES (nol forming part of the schedules):

L An Agric-ultural w¡shes to undertake s should consult the

Chaiman of the D towards the e nd ol Or¿¡nuï-¿"eræ òf

B.Ag.Sc. A student Botany or Honoum rfre Hãnóun"aìgre

olB.Sc. in the Facu

. (B.As.Sc.).. The _of

ly under review, T

í lln and who bè ä

consult the Dean _he

442

Agricultural

Science

B.Ag.Sc.

DEGREE OF

BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

SYLLABUSES

Text-books:

The lists of the text-books were correct at the time that this Volume ^went to ^press.

It

is possibte however that amendments to these lists will be made before the start of lectures;

änd,

if

so, students attending ^classes

wilt

be notified appropriately

by the

lecturer concemed.

In general, students are expected to have their own copies oftext-books; but.they ^are advised to await advice from the lecturer concerned before buying any particular book.

Only the prescribed edition ofany text-book ^should be bought.

Reference books:

Although lists of books and joumals for reference purposes are regarded as_important, details have not been included in this Volume. ^These

will

however be issued from time to time by the departments concerned.

It

is hoped that all books and joumals set for reference will be available to be consulted in the Barr Smith Library and/or the Waite Institute Library.

Ex¡minations:

For each subject ^students examination in that ^subject such of the following as are written or practical work, fi

FIRST YEAR STUDIES.

The syltabuses

îor

3174 Biology

I,

6878 Chemistry

l,

4357 Mathematics

IH'

⁷⁴⁹⁰

Computer Science IH and 5543 Statistics IH are given elsewhere ^(see Contents-Table of Subjects).

2418 Agricultural ^Economics IH.

Pre-requisite:

Nil.

Contacl hours:

I

^lecture a week and

I

tutorial a fortnight spread over 3 terms.

Content: The course

will

cover basic microeconomics and its applications

to

rural

Assessment: Details will be discussed with the class early in Term _{I '}

Texçbook: Campbell, K. O., and Fisher, ^B. 5., Agricultural marketing and prices,2nd edition (Longman Cheshire).

443

5339 Geology IHW.

Contact hours:30 lectures, 60 hours olpractical work and excursions spread over 3 terms.

Content: It is concerned with the aspects ofgeology with special relevance to agriculture.

Lectures:

Mi

and lormation of

soils.

Geolog

ion, principles ol

stratigraphy,

water, and ^geo-

morphology.

Practical wo photographs ances are m Students on enrolment.

Assessment: Details will be discussed with the class early in Term

l.

Text-book: Hay,

E.

A.,_and. McAlester, A..

L.,

physical geology: principles _and

p ers p ective s, 2nd edition (Prentice-Hall).

SECOND YEAR STUDIES.

1654 Agricultural Microbiology.

Pre-requisite:3 I 74 Biology I.

contac! hours: Approximately

l8

lectures and 36 hours practical work, all in one term.

Content: An

introduction

and techniques used in their study; their morphology,-physiology

a

ion; microbial ecology in relation tô Man, water, soil, ^plants,

animal

s pathogens; microbéi and food.

required to submit a practical book and to sit a three-hour nd offirst term and assessment oflaboratory work. Further

the Department of Plant Pathology.

7931 Biometry.

Pre- requisite: 5543 Statistics IH.

Contact hours: 54 hou¡s divided between lectures and tutorials extending over the year.

Ass-essment:approximately 25% on the basis of continuous assessment of regular written assignments, and the rest on the results olexaminations at the end of firsiand second terms. Further details can be obtained from the Biometry section, waite Agricultural Research Institute.

Reading /¡sls; No text-book is recommended. A list of reference books will be available beforehand and will also be provided at the first lecture.

f894 Chemistry IIA.

8 Chemistry I. Experience shows that students who have not achieved at least a Division

I

^pass

in

the organic chemistry section of 6g?g considerable diffrculty with the organic chemistry section

of

^lg94

contacthours:54lecturesand l0tutorialsextendingoverthethreetermsoftheyearand 86 hours ofpractical work extending over the seconã and third terms.

Agricultural

^Science

B.Ag.Sc.

Content: The lectures cover the chemistry of the major classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds; a classihed treatment of isomerism, with particular emphasis on stereo- isom'erism; application

of

infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry_ in lar biological ^interest, aminoacids,

of

carbohydrates, fermentation, metabolism, regulation; ^genetic Assessment: A final written examination is held ^at the end of each term on lecture and

tutorial

material given during that term. The written examinations are set

in

the expectation that students

will

have done the prescribed tutorial work and attended the tu[orial sessions relating to that work. The practical work, which contributes ^22.5o/o to the final assessment, is evaluated during the laboratory seslons.

Texçbooks:Morrison, ^R. T., and Boyd, R. N., Organic chemistry,4th edition (Allyn ^and Bacon); Conn, E. E., and Stumpl

P.K.

Outlines of biochemistry, 4th edition (Wiley).

1692 Botany IIA.

Pre-requisite: A ^pass at Division I or higher standard in 3174 Biology I.

Assumed knowledge; ó878 Chemistry I or equivalent.

Conract hours:3 lectures a week in first and second terms, ^plus 2 practicals per week in all 3 terms.

Content: Sections A and B covering first and second terms, see entry under 3673 Botany II in the Faculty ofScience.

C.

Pn¡crrcnr TnxoNouy. (Term tll). A practical course which covers features used to classify flowering plants, an introduction to the ^use ofkeys, and examples ofplants of particular significance in Agriculture.

Assessment: Class exercises, projects and practical reports. Examinations at the end

of

each term.

Text-book: Flora

of

South Ausftalia,

Vols l-4,

4th edition (Govemment Printer, Adelaide). Note: Dve to the high ^purchase cost, the Department plans to have copies available for hire ^at a cost of$20.00 per student.

1875 Genetics IH\ry.

Contact hours:

I

lecture and a tutorial/practical class each week throughout the year.

Content: Mendelian genetics. Application of statistical tests to genetic data. Cytogenetics.

Genetic linkage. Biochemical genetics. Population genetics and evolution. Genetic polymorphism and selection. Mutation. Inbreeding and outbreeding. Genetic studies

ol

twins. Genetics of quantitative characters.

Assessment: Examinations at the end _Qf each term.

Text-book: To be advised at the beginning ofthe ^year.

3554 Physical

Resources

in Agriculture.

Pre-requisite:5339 Geology IHW or 2136 Geology I. This subject may ^{be taken} only concuffently with or after completion ol73 ^{I 5} Agricultural Physics.

Contact hours:26 lectures, 8 tutorials, and 24 hours ofpractical work including ^{a one-day} weekend freld trip.

The major topics considered are:

Content: C¡.ur¡lrOlOcy AND MEIEOROI-ocv: Atmospheric circulation; Insolation ^and radiation balance; Evaporation, cloud formation and precipitation; Micrometeorology, wind and turbulence; Climate of plants and crops.

HyonOlocy: ^Water resources; Hydrologic cycle in a catchment-influence of agriculture;

Ground water, soil water; Water quality and salinity.