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Murdoch University

This course helps to build on existing plant biosecurity qualifications and help to protect invasion by pests and diseases with our Masters program. As a biosecurity specialist students will be joining a rapidly growing field of experts working across industries including agriculture, environmental science, sustainability, and international and domestic trade. In this course student’s role will be to help monitor, identify and prevent the economic, social and environmental impact of those harmful plant pests and diseases.
Good knowledge of biology and botany.
Major studies includes recognizing of regulated Pests and associating them with likely import pathways and hosts and development and implementation of plant biosecurity procedures are involved as major concept of study.
A four year Bachelor's degree. Applicants with significant professional experience in plant biosecurity or a related discipline (for example entomology, plant pathology, quarantine) may enter at the Graduate Certificate level and progress to the Graduate Diploma then to the Master's. However, completion of additional 500 or 600 level units to the value of 12 points will be required.
After completing this course, Students can then apply to join the Graduate Diploma in Plant Biosecurity.Students will also become eligible for membership to the Australian Entomological Society, the Australian Plant Pathology Society, the Australia Ecological Society, the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, the Australian Society of Horticultural Sciences and the Australian Society for Risk Analysis.
Graduates will be able to pursue careers in biosecurity, quarantine and pest management, acting in technical, research and administrative roles, with organizations such as the State Departments of Agriculture, State Biosecurity Agencies, Biosecurity Services, Plant Health Australia and private industry, or their international counterparts.
$23,500 (annual tuition fee for 2013 in AUD - 24 pts)
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