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Agribusiness Marketing & Value Chains (AGRI30040)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
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Overview
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This subject is about applying principles of agricultural economics, agribusiness marketing and agribusiness value chain analysis to analysing and understanding the process of creating value in agricultural products, from the perspectives of individual firms in the value chain and of the whole value chain.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Understand principles of agricultural marketing
- Understand the operation of agricultural value chains
- Understand the processes of value creation for agricultural products
- Be able to map agricultural value chains
Generic skills
- Ability to integrate knowledge from different disciplines
- Communication skills through written assignments
- Quantitative analysis skills
- Sense of intellectual curiosity
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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AGRI20042 | Agricultural Economics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One Agribusiness Marketing or Value Creation in an agribusiness activity or industry assignment
| Week 8 | 40% |
One written examination
| During the examination period | 60% |
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Garry Griffith Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 15 February 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
Last updated: 15 February 2024