Course code
Qualifications are made up of courses. Some universities call these papers. Each course is numbered using six digits.
Level
The fourth number of the course code shows the level of the course. For example, in course 219206, the fourth number is a 2, so it is a 200-level course (usually studied in the second year of full-time study).
Subject
Course planning information
Course notes
This course is only available to students who have been selected into the BVSc programme. The placement is undertaken during the mid-semester 2 break in Year 1 and the Modules for Health & Safety and AgriChemicals are undertaken during Semester 2. Transport will be supplied from the Manawatu Campus during the course. Upon selection, students will indicate a week of preference (of two weeks available) and a confirmation email will be sent by 1st August.
Attendance at all practical, laboratory, fieldwork, external placements, and/or clinical classes is compulsory. Non-attendance, without exemption having been granted, constitutes failure in the course, regardless of marks obtained in assessments. Failure of the course will necessitate a repeat at next offering (normally 12 months later), with payment of the appropriate field trip fee. Failure of the course at a second attempt will constitute a failure of the Second Year of the BVSc.
Learning outcomes
What you will learn. Knowledge, skills and attitudes you’ll be able to show as a result of successfully finishing this course.
- 1 Handle farm animals safely.
- 2 Recognise normal behaviours of farm animals and know how to use these in animal management.
- 3 Demonstrate a basic level of competence using common farm machinery.
- 4 Demonstrate a basic level of competence using common agrichemicals.
- 5 Evaluate the owner’s goals and economic status of a simple agricultural enterprise.
- 6 Demonstrate a basic level of competence with health and safety protocols.
Learning outcomes can change before the start of the semester you are studying the course in.
Assessments
| Assessment | Learning outcomes assessed | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Practical/Placement | 1 2 3 5 | 0% |
| Test | 6 | 0% |
| Test | 4 | 0% |
Assessment weightings can change up to the start of the semester the course is delivered in.
You may need to take more assessments depending on where, how, and when you choose to take this course.
Explanation of assessment types
- Computer programmes
- Computer animation and screening, design, programming, models and other computer work.
- Creative compositions
- Animations, films, models, textiles, websites, and other compositions.
- Exam College or GRS-based (not centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by a college or the Graduate Research School (GRS). The exam could be online, oral, field, practical skills, written exams or another format.
- Exam (centrally scheduled)
- An exam scheduled by Assessment Services (centrally) – you’ll usually be told when and where the exam is through the student portal.
- Oral or performance or presentation
- Debates, demonstrations, exhibitions, interviews, oral proposals, role play, speech and other performances or presentations.
- Participation
- You may be assessed on your participation in activities such as online fora, laboratories, debates, tutorials, exercises, seminars, and so on.
- Portfolio
- Creative, learning, online, narrative, photographic, written, and other portfolios.
- Practical or placement
- Field trips, field work, placements, seminars, workshops, voluntary work, and other activities.
- Simulation
- Technology-based or experience-based simulations.
- Test
- Laboratory, online, multi-choice, short answer, spoken, and other tests – arranged by the school.
- Written assignment
- Essays, group or individual projects, proposals, reports, reviews, writing exercises, and other written assignments.
Textbooks needed
There are no set texts for this course.