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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
BIO00201 - Biology AND CHE00201 - Chemistry AND AGR00214 - Soil Processes
Unit aim
Explore crop production from the level of global food security down to soil microbiology. Learn about crop domestication and the various end-uses for different crop species. Discuss the best options for crop and soil management for sustainable crop production. Find out what makes a good choice of cultivar.
Unit content
Global food security and climate change
Crop economics
Crop species, quality and end-use
Crop domestication and breeding
Energy capture
Soils and water
Crop and soil management systems
Managing environmental impacts of crop production
Cultivar choice
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | Apply the basic tenets of crop economics. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
2 | Demonstrate an understanding of the breadth of end-uses for crop plant species. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
3 | Describe the origin and the processes of domestication and breeding for at least one crop plant species. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
4 | Formulate evidence-based hypotheses on the limits to crop growth under specific field conditions. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
5 | Evaluate crop and soil management systems with regard to production goals and sustainability. | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
6 | Critically evaluate the environmental impacts of a cropping system and methods to mitigate impacts. | Intellectual rigour | Ethical practice | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||
7 | Analyse information to select suitable crop cultivars. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Apply the basic tenets of crop economics.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Demonstrate an understanding of the breadth of end-uses for crop plant species.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Describe the origin and the processes of domestication and breeding for at least one
crop plant species.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Formulate evidence-based hypotheses on the limits to crop growth under specific field
conditions.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Evaluate crop and soil management systems with regard to production goals and sustainability.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Critically evaluate the environmental impacts of a cropping system and methods to
mitigate impacts.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Analyse information to select suitable crop cultivars.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline