Crop and Pasture Science Murdoch University

Overview

With training from scientists, professionals and industry-leading farmers learn how science is applied to food production in cropping and pasture systems regionally, national and globally. 

At the Crop and Pasture Science program offered at Murdoch University you’ll gain extensive knowledge into the factors that affect the growth of plants used for food and forage production, and how plant growth can be manipulated through various interventions. 

In the process you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding about how agricultural businesses operate under the influence of government policies, markets and the value chain.

3 reasons to study Crop and Pasture Science at Murdoch

• Five-star rating for student-teacher ratio, overall experience, student support and teaching quality.
• Study at Australia’s only campus-based farm to gain hands-on experience in soil science, crop science and pasture science.
• Get hands-on experience across a total of eight weeks of industry placements in farms and agriculture research programs across WA.

What you’ll learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you’ll learn:

• agricultural science and food production
• crop protection and plant biosecurity
• agricultural markets, economics and policy
• crop and pasture science
• agricultural and environmental technologies.

Your future career

This major will make you an adaptable and innovative agricultural scientist ready for a variety of careers in the agricultural industries.

Careers could include:

• Agricultural Scientist
• Agronomist
• Biosecurity and Quarantine Officer
• Farm Manager
• Research Scientist.

You could work in the private sector as a consultant for farming businesses or agricultural supply businesses, in government organisations, or in a research facility.