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Bachelor of Equine Science

ProviderCharles Sturt University
Course code: UAC215204UniversityStudy area: Agriculture, Environmental and Related StudiesCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Turn your love of horses into your career with the Bachelor of Equine Science from Charles Sturt University is now Australia's only provider of this unique course.

This course will prepare you for a successful career in equine health, welfare, breeding, equitation science, training, nutrition, performance, rehabilitation, teaching, research or business.  

Alongside a choice of elective subjects, you could also choose to do a business management major. This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge you’ll need to make evidence-based decisions in equine and animal-related industries, ensuring you’ll be job-ready when you graduate. 

Charles Sturt University offers world-leading technology and facilities, including a high-speed treadmill and reproduction barn and laboratory. and equine isolation unit. The Equine Centre has six stable blocks, covered yards and handling facilities, an indoor arena, several outdoor arenas and an undercover horse walker.

Entry requirements

Review the available standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.

Standard entry

Applicants with recent secondary education

Assumed knowledge: Chemistry, Mathematics Advanced.

Other applicants

Refer to the Charles Sturt University general admission criteria.

English requirement
Cambridge C1 Advanced 169, no component below 162Cambridge C2 Proficiency 169, no component below 162IELTS Academic 6, no band below 5.5PTE Academic 50, no component below 42TOEFL iBT 60, no component below 15

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Student profile

Total students65
#2024
Higher education entry13 · 20%
20%
School leavers (ATAR)12 · 18.46%
18.46%
Secondary education14 · 21.54%
21.54%
Vocational pathway20 · 30.77%
30.77%
Other entry pathways6 · 9.23%
9.23%
International students0 · 0%
0%

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

Course curriculum not yet available

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