Professional experience

Students are required to complete at least 60 days of approved professional experience, plus at least one Faculty Excursion prior to graduation,. This experience is undertaken during vacations and may be credited to them in a 6 cp unit of study in their fourth year of study.

A minimum of 30 days of the 60 day requirement must be completed as 'On-Farm'/Field experience for all our degrees (BScAgr, BHortSc, BAgrEc, BResEc and BLWS). The remainder is completed with organisations involved in agriculture, business, research and the resource industries and is known as ‘graduate’ experience. The Faculty maintains a database in excess of 5000 providers for professional experience to assist students.

Professional experience, which is highly regarded by employers, provides an insight into the operations of organisations and often leads to offers of employment prior to graduation. This exceptionally useful program differentiates the Faculty's degree programs from other applied Science and applied Economics degrees.

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