With a specialisation in Agricultural Innovation you will develop the skills required to solve the complex challenges facing the society.
Globally agriculture will need to feed over nine billion people by 2050. With a changing climate and increasing competition for land, water and energy resources, the agricultural sector will need to find innovative ways to do more with less. To achieve this, interdisciplinary and co-innovation approaches to problem solving will be required.
By completing courses in agricultural systems, environmental management, sustainability, innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking, engineering and/or systems design, you will have the skills to integrate and adapt knowledge from different disciplines to design novel solutions to complex problems.
You will learn from world-leading experts from across ANU, and its industry partners, through initiatives including the Centre for Entrepreneurial Agri-Technology (CEAT). In partnership with government and industry, CEAT brings together research and technology to address industry challenges, cutting across traditional discipline boundaries.
Through integrated industry projects and placements, graduates will gain applied industry relevant skills and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by industry and society. By working with industry stakeholders on applied problems, graduates will develop the skills needed to translate research and theory into real-world outcomes and impact.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of agricultural systems and value chains.
- Critically analyse published literature of relevance to agricultural systems in the context of innovation, productivity and resilience to environmental, economic and social drivers of change.
- Apply knowledge from complementary disciplines to identify emerging opportunities and solve challenges in the agricultural sector.
- Integrate and adapt appropriate knowledge and problem-solving methods to co-design novel solutions with stakeholders and clients effectively in multi-disciplinary teams.
- Clearly communicate theory and results in a range of formats.
Other Information
This specialisation may only be undertaken in conjunction with the Environmental Science Major, the Geography Major or enrolment in the Bachelor of Environmental Science and Sustainability
As an exception, courses listed in this specialisation but not listed in the Science course list will contribute towards the 96 unit Science requirement for students completing the specialisation.
Advice for first year students: Students who wish to taken ENGN2300 should enroll in ENGN1211 in first year.
Students should seek further course advice from the academic convener of this specialisation.
Stakeholder engagement with industry, government and the research community during the program development phase continually identified the skill shortage of system thinking, team ready and broad knowledge graduates in the agricultural innovation system. Graduates would be expected to build careers in corporations, research institutions, industry bodies, government agencies and start-ups as innovation technologist across the agricultural sector and in supporting non government organisations globally. Graduates would have the capacity to enter the workforce with the practical skills required to immediately add value in a team setting by bring design led-innovation and systems thinking approaches to problem solving.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation may only be undertaken in conjunction with the:
- Environmental Science Major
- Geography Major
- Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, of which a minimum of 12 units must come from completion of 3000- level courses
The 24 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
12 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
ENVS2023 Sustainable Agricultural Systems (6 units)
ENVS2024 Agricultural Systems (6 units)
ENVS3042 Agricultural Innovation (6 units)
12 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
ENGN2300 Engineering Design 2: Systems Approaches for Design (6 units)
ENGN3410 Engineering Sustainable Systems (6 units)
ENVS2011 Human Ecology (6 units)
ENVS2007 Economics for the Enviornment (6 units)
ENVS3040 Complex Environmental Problems in Action (6 units)
ENVS3004 Land and Catchment Management (6 units)
ENVS3100 Independent Research Project (6-12 units)
MGMT2001 Corporate Sustainability (6 units)
MGMT2009 Design Thinking: Human-Centred Innovation (6 units)
MGMT3021 Leadership (6 units)
SCNC3000 Science Internship (6-12 units)
Courses contributing towards this specialisation cannot be double-counted towards satisfying the requirements of another major, minor or specialisation offered by the College of Science, or the principal requirements of the Bachelor of Environment and Sustainability if taken in this program of study.
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