What is the uni course for me?

Question

Hi guys. So, I'm just finishing up my first term of Year 12 and have been advised to start thinking about universities and which courses suit me. Preferably, the uni would be in Sydney (where I currently live), but I'm willing to make exceptions.

I'm quite good at Agriculture, and up until today when I found out I failed an important Business Studies test (even when I studied for it), I had wanted to do Agricultural Business Management at Charles Sturt. It seemed to suit me because it was a course that didn't require me to have studied science or maths - yep, I dropped both - and also because I enjoyed the 'business' side of agriculture.

Clearly, the whole 'business' thing isn't working out for me - I'm still loving ag though, and am now considering becoming an agriculture teacher.

So I was just wondering...what uni course would this require? Would I have to have studied sciene or maths to get into it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The easiest way to combine your interest in agriculture with teaching is to do a degree in an agriculture type programme, followed by a 1 year Graduate Diploma in Teaching (most universities have the grad dip in teaching). This is the easiest way as there are not a whole lot of courses that allow you to specialise in agriculture in a teaching course. But remember, agriculture studies is a branch of science so you will have to do at least some science courses if you want to study it at a university level.



There are a few ways you can do this. I found a variety of first degrees for you from Charles Sturt:



Bachelor of Agricultural Business Management

http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/agricultural_business_management/course-overview

With this background you will be able to teach Business Studies, Agriculture and maybe General Science.



Bachelor of Agricultural Science

http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/agricultural_science/admission-requirements

(requires background in Math and Chemistry but you can get in without as they have pathways to help)

With this background you will be able to teach Agricultrue, General Science, General Maths and probably Chemistry and Biology.



Bachelor of Agriculture

http://www.csu.edu.au/courses/undergraduate/agriculture/admission-requirements

(requires background in Math and Chemistry but you can get in without as they have pathways to help)

With this background you will be able to teach Agricultrue, General Science, General Maths and probably Chemistry and Biology.



Second qualification:



Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)

http://www.open.edu.au/public/courses/education/monash-university-graduate-diploma-of-education-secondary--mon-eds-gdi-2012

Qualifies you to be a teacher.

Answer 2

Science and Maths are always going to be respected subjects, so dropping them will always mean you have that disadvantage when up against another candidate with an otherwise similar repertoire.



Though if you've specialised earlier, science and maths qualifications may not even be taken into account. ɪf you're still set on Ag Business, see if there's some way you can re-take the test; or just try study harder in future examinations.



In the UK, to become a teacher they usually seem happy to take anyone with a good work ethic and a respectable degree behind them. Then there's the teacher training, which if I remember rightly is some basic english/maths tests, and a year of work placements.



Have a look on the http://www.tta.edu.au/ website, and if you can't find the information you're after - drop them a message on the "contact us" page.



Hope I've been of some help! :)

Answer 3

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