Unit Synopsis
This unit prepares you for an industry placement in an Agricultural Service Industry (for example rural finance consultancy). You will build on your existing theoretical knowledge from units already completed in the Bachelor of Agriculture course to conduct a business strategy assessment relevant to your host enterprise.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Corequisite AGRI12011 Developing Emerging Business Opportunities Prerequisite AGRI11005 Agricultural Business Planning Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Practical Assessment | 10% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 30% |
| 3. Written Assessment | 60% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
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Term 1 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.67% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE
Assessment One Interview was interesting assisting in learning.
The interview presentation should be used for assessment one.
The interview presentation was used for assessment one, with additional criteria, assisting students to gain a more in depth understanding of the agricultural service industry they were learning about.
Source: SUTE
A practical component would help to solidify the importance of workplace planning.
Group work and interactive tutorials could be developed to provide a practical element. However, as this unit is a prerequisite for the placement unit, the practical component for this unit is addressed in the placement unit.
As a prerequisite for a practical placement, this unit drew on real world practical situations and problems to ensure learning material was relevant and engaging.
Source: SUTE
Improved depth of analysis, critical thinking and demonstration of student understanding through assessment pieces.
Additional assessment help sessions will be offered to ensure students understand what is required and can confidently complete assessment pieces.
Assessment help sessions were offered and undertaken to help students to confidently complete assessment pieces.
Source: CV85 Update Course Proposal.
This is the final offering of this unit.
No feedback/recommendations are required.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Communicate appropriately within the agricultural service industry.
- Analyse workforce planning and performance in an agricultural service industry.
- Prepare a workforce management plan.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment | • | ||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | • | |
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |