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<pre>Izzet,
We teach a course called "Olive Production and Marketing" each year for
the first two weeks of July (i.e. just after harvest) which is open to any
person. The course is in English (with an Australian accent!). There are no
pre-requisites. This is because the course was initially for local people
wanting to "get into" olive growing as an alternative enterprise on their
horticultural properties in South Australia.

The course is very intensive from 9 until 6pm each day for ten working
days. It is a 3-unit course which can go towards a degree in Agricultural
Science at this university. Most of the 60 or so students each year are from
existing degrees in Wine Marketing, Wine Science or Agricultural Science.
Some are from interstate. Some are from Arts or Law and other backgrounds.
All have an interest in olives.

The Course is roughly one third applied plant physiology looking at
things like varieties, growth habit, alternate bearing, pruning and the like.
One third is processing and sensory related. We look at olive processing for
both oil and pickled fruit. We do sensory tasting on a range of oils to
establish the basic criteria which we associate with the other things we do,
such as varietal differences, effect of processing and storage. These things
are combined with about one third of the time spent on marketing. The
marketing includes a development budget for a new property and then proceeds
to the development of a marketing plan with all the elements that such a plan
must have for success in the industry. There are limited notes and university
web access rights of course. It is not currently offered in external mode.

Cost? - for walk-in people who wish to "audit" the course the cost is
approximately $A 2,200 which does not cover the total costs since the
Australian government subsidizes much of the operational costs. Compared with
a 2-day computer course it is a bargain. As a result we have to limit numbers
to approximately 48 ( a bus full) each year. Some applicants are
disappointed. Contact the Faculty of Sciences if you want more details. See
'www.sciences.adelaide.edu.au' to start.

Both Wagga (Charles Sturt University) in NSW and New Norcia and the
University of WA in Western Australia at least offer similar courses. Their
courses might suit you better. Again, look up the web for details.

Bob Barrett, Lecturer, Waite Campus, The University of Adelaide, South
Australia.


Izzet Yilmaz wrote:

> Dear requiry
> does anyone know if there are master possibilities, courses or seminars
> about olive oil taught in english?
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