Programme Name | Diploma in Animal Husbandry (Level 5) |
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Programme Description | The programme is two years full-time programme, which prepare students with comprehensive knowledge and technical skills in the animal husbandry field and their management. They will also be instilled with self-confidence in animal handling techniques and discipline in animal ethics and their welfare. |
Majors | Animal Husbandry |
Minimum Requirement | 1. A pass in Fiji Year 12 Certificate Examination or equivalent with a pass in English and a minimum aggregate mark of 200 out of 400 including Biology, and/or Agriculture Science and completion of any other subject (s): Mathematics (Pure/Life), Chemistry/ Geography/ Food & Nutrition Technology/ Physics/Computer Science/ Economics/ Introduction to Technology or; 2. Applicants with Certificate IV in Animal Husbandry or mature applicants with vast years of experience and practical skills in animal husbandry are eligible for admission into the program. 3. Applicants may also be admitted to the programme who may not meet the requirement on the years of continuous education progression, but who are able to demonstrate their ability to succeed in the respective programmes on the basis of their maturity, work experience, or prior learning. The Dean may require such an applicant to sit for any specific or general examination as a prerequisite for any such enrolment or may restrict enrolment only to certain prescribed courses that must be passed to progress further. |
Programme Type | Diploma |
Credit Points Required | 240 |
Campus | Koronivia |
Duration | 2 Years |
Estimated Tution Fees - Local (FJD) | $10,030.00 |
Estimated Tution Fees - Regional | $30,091.00 |
Note |
Core Units | Offered In |
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ASM403 - Industrial Attachment | Summer |
ASP402 - Pig and Poultry Production | Semester 2 |
ASM400 - Animal Ethics, Welfare and Behaviour | Semester 1 |
ASH400 - Animal Housing Systems & Infrastructure | Semester 1 |
ASP403 - Applied Apiculture | Semester 2 |
ASN400 - Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology | Semester 1 |
ASH401 - Introduction to Animal Anatomy and Physiology | Semester 2 |
ASP400 - Introduction to Animal Science | Semester 1 |
ASM402 - Introduction to Farm Economics and Marketing | Semester 1 |
COM408 - Professional Communicaton | Semester 1,2 |
Core Units | Offered In |
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ASM501 - Livestock Waste Production and Management | Semester 2 |
ASH501 - Animal Health and Management | Semester 1 |
ASP503 - Beef & Dairy Cattle Production | Semester 2 |
ASP501 - Goat and Sheep Production | Semester 2 |
ASP502 - Introduction to Animal Breeding and Genetics | Semester 2 |
ASH500 - Livestock Product and Meat Hygiene | Semester 1 |
ASM502 - Livestock Production & Climate Change | Semester 2 |
ASP500 - Principles of Pasture and Fodder Production | Semester 1 |