Professional experience

All students enrolled in the BScAgr, BAgrEc and BResEc degrees (and those completing a BHortSc or BLWSc degree) 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, for students who have commenced their candidature since March 2009, is a requirement of a compulsory 6 cp unit of study credited to their fourth year of study.

A minimum of 30 days of the 60 day requirement must be completed as 'On-Farm'/Field experience for this unit. 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.

The new, three-year BEnvSys degree does not include the professional experience unit.