Bachelor of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Course overview
Deakin’s Bachelor of Fisheries and Aquaculture gives you the opportunity to study fisheries and aquaculture as a combined program.
The course provides you with comprehensive training in fisheries resource management, aquaculture management, and fisheries biology, with a focus on environmental sustainability, particularly renewable resource exploitation and culture of marine and freshwater species. You will learn about fisheries and aquaculture from a global perspective, including topics such as fish markets, nutrition and farm certification processes, the history of Australian fisheries, fisheries methods and impacts of fishing. The course also includes studies in marine and freshwater biodiversity, ecology and behaviour, research methods, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing, and environmental chemistry.
Gain hands-on skills
Fieldtrips and professional practice activities provide you with the opportunity to gain practical, hands-on skills.
A culture of research excellence
Fisheries and aquaculture research being carried out at Deakin’s Warrnambool Campus has been ranked among the best in Australia and in the world. The Australian Research Council’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative has commended the local research with a four out of five ranking - considered to be “above world standard”.
As a student in this course, you have the opportunity to learn from academic staff who are active researchers, with substantial links to fisheries and aquaculture organisations.
Career opportunities
Fisheries and aquaculture is a growing field with good job prospects around Australia. The course is focused on developing graduates with strong research and management capabilities with skill sets for a wide variety of work environments. In addition to employment in the fisheries and aquaculture fields, as a graduate you may also find career opportunities in areas such as food and agriculture based industries, quarantine, wildlife biology, government environmental monitoring, private environmental consulting and museums. Graduating students have the opportunity to undertake further studies in existing honours and PhD programs.
Course structures and prerequisites
For complete information on course structures and prerequisites refer to the Deakin course search website
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