BSc Agriculture (BSc)
- Gelli Aur Campus
This BSc Agriculture course gives comprehensive training for those entering practical farming, farm management and agricultural service industries such as Nutritionists, Consultants, Farm Welfare Inspectors and Agricultural Supply Merchants.
Course details
- Full time
What you will learn
- The BSc is provided on a full and part-time basis, allowing students to combine employment with higher education
- The course is modular and students can gain certification (credit) for any successful completed modules
- The course is available through the medium of English and Welsh
- Agricultural Animal Science
- Study skills and communication
- Agricultural crop, Plant & Soil Science
- Industry Practice and performance 1
- Livestock Production
- Principles of mechanisation and precision agriculture
- Grass and Forage Production
- Land-based Business Management
- Industry Practice and performance 2
- Farm Animal Nutrition
- Farming and the Environment
- Farm Animal Health
- Farm Business Planning
- Agricultural Animal Welfare
- Agricultural Marketing
- Farm Resource Management
- Independent Project
Our agriculture degree provide realistic theoretical and practical training for those whose intentions it is to enter the industry as farmers, enterprise managers and farm managers or to work in the agricultural service industries.
Student performance is monitored by assignments, continuous assessment, examination, practical work, end of module assessment and completion of a major project.
Entry will be granted to applicants who demonstrate the academic ability and potential to benefit from the programme. Students will be expected to have four GCSEs at grade C and above, plus 40 UCAS points.
Applications from mature learners who may not meet these criteria will be considered on their own merit at interview based on their experience and other qualifications they may have gained as they may be industrially relevant.
The college welcomes students with a range of appropriate vocational qualifications and experience to apply in addition to the traditional ‘A’ level route. These could include the Level 3 Baccalaureate, Apprenticeships, NVQs, AVCEs, National Diplomas and Advanced National Certificates, NPTC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma and Diploma.
There is no additional fee, however, it is likely that you will incur additional costs for personal equipment and for course related excursions.
This Framework aims to develop your professional skills and competence alongside your academic subject knowledge. You’ll study up to 40 credits per level throughout your programme from the Graduate Attributes Framework. The Graduate Attribute modules are designed to enable you to develop, and evidence, a range of career-focused skills related to your subject area. These skills include digital competency, research and project management, as well as such personal competencies as communication, creativity, self-reflection, resilience and problem-solving.