Agriculture HSC Syllabus

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Stage 6 Preliminary Course Content:

• Overview
  • Agricultural systems
  • Agricultural history
  • Social aspects surrounding agriculture
• The farm case study
  • The farm as a unit of production
  • Farm management
  • Marketing
  • Farm technology
  • The agricultural workplace
• Plant production
  • Plants and their commercial production
  • Animals, climate and resource interaction
  • Microbes, invertebrates and pests
  • Technology
  • Experimental design and research
• Animal production
  • Animals and their commercial production
  • Plants, climate and resource interaction
  • Microbes, invertebrates and pests
  • Technology
  • Experimental design and research

Stage 6 HSC Course Content:

• Plant/Animal production
  • Soil, nutrients and water
  • Factors contributing to the degradation of soil and water
  • Sustainable resource management
  • Plant production systems
  • Constraints on plant production
  • Managing plant production
  • Animal nutrition
  • Animal growth and development
  • Animal reproduction and genetics
  • Animal pests and diseases
  • Animal ethics and welfare
  • Experimental analysis and research in plant/animal systems
• Farm product study
  • The farm as a business
  • Decision-making processes and management strategies
  • Agricultural technology
  • Marketing of a specific farm product
• Electives
  • Agri-food, Fibre and Fuel Technologies
  • Climate Challenge
  • Farming for the 21st Century