Agricultural Science: should I choose it?

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QCE Agricultural Science: content and assessment

Explore Agricultural Science: Agricultural systems; Resources. Read the actual course outline before choosing.

Confirm your cohort: Agricultural Science 2025 v1.3. Check the implementation statement and school availability for your cohort.

What will I learn?

Unit 1: Agricultural systems

Units 1 and 2

Unit 2: Resources

Units 1 and 2

Unit 3: Agricultural production

Units 3 and 4

Unit 4: Agricultural management

Units 3 and 4

How will I be assessed?

School arrangements: The published weighted assessments below apply to Units 3 and 4. Schools design the Units 1 and 2 assessment and set local task dates.

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 1: Data test (10%)

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 2: Student experiment (20%)

Published course / existing guide: Internal assessment 3: Research investigation (20%)

Published course / existing guide: External assessment: Examination — combination response (50%)

Progression and companion subjects

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Will I find it hard?

Difficulty depends on your experience, interests, teaching and assessment. These are our reflection prompts, not an official difficulty rating.

  • Look at how much data, calculation and graph interpretation appear in the sample for this particular science.
  • Can you explain the ideas in your own words as well as recall the terminology?
  • Do investigations and evaluating evidence interest you? Check the course’s practical requirements.

Does it scale up or down?

Agricultural Science, 2025. Table 6 of QTAC’s 2025 report publishes separate raw and scaled subject medians for General subjects with at least 50 students. Historical cohort data cannot predict your result or a future scaling direction.

2025 official historical statistics
Median raw resultMedian scaled result
7757.75

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Sources, versions and verification dates

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