Program Overview

Prepare for a successful career tackling the big issues in farming, food production and farming systems. with La Trobe's Bachelor of Agriculture.

Build foundational skills and knowledge in plant and animal sciences, agricultural systems, agribusiness, land and soil management, and sustainable agricultural practice. Get a true, practical understanding with real-world case studies that address productivity and sustainability issues locally, nationally and globally.

By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Agriculture, you will:

• Explore the leading business practices, technologies and innovations transforming farming to meet the food security challenges of the 21st century while reducing their environmental impacts
• Gain hands-on experience in soil science, disease identification, cropping and livestock management, entrepreneurship and innovation, and logistics and supply chain management
• Integrate theory with practice via work-based learning with agriculture industry leaders
• Benefit from learning with experts in industry including world-leading researchers in agricultural and veterinary sciences
• Have the flexibility choose from majors in agribusiness, animal science, or plant and soil science along with optional majors in climate change or open access majors and minors from a range of disciplines
• Graduate ready to apply for membership with Ag Institute Australia..

Majors: Plant and soil science

In the Plant and soil science Major, you will explore the issues that are set to dominate the future of agriculture, including unpredictable water supply, climate change, food security, environmental impacts of agriculture, and sustainable cropping and grazing systems. You will learn how science and innovation are critical in developing solutions to these issues, playing a critical role in securing Australia's role as a key food producer in the global economy. In combining studies in chemistry, plant biology, ecology, earth and data science, you will examine how to sustainably increase plant based food production in Australian farming systems whilst minimising the impacts on the environment.