Agricultural Management (Top-up)

Structure

You will study two core modules covering current affairs within the agricultural industry, including an integrated farm project requiring the production of a business plan for a specific farm business, and complete a dissertation based on a research area of your own interest. You will then select four elective modules, to further specialisation in specific sector or to gain a broader understanding of agriculture, land-use and business issues. If you have already secured employment you may choose to study up to 50% of the course in the workplace, reducing the amount of time you are required to attend campus-based modules.

The course will be delivered through a series of lectures, seminars, group projects, and visits and demonstrations on farms, agricultural business and in laboratories. Modules are assessed through a range of techniques, including research projects, examinations, presentations, and case studies.

Modules

• Emerging Agricultural Issues
• Research Project OR Work-based Research Project
• Integrated Farm Project

Plus choice of FOUR electives selected from:

• Advanced Livestock Production
• Agricultural & Equine Journalism
• Game and Deer Management
• Rural Business Diversification
• GIS Modelling of the Environment
• Advanced Crop Production
• Marketing Communications
• Critical Issues in Organisation
• Corporate Finance
• Advanced Crop and Plant Science
• Soil Analysis and Interpretation
• Farm Machinery Management
• Climate Change and Development
• Countryside Management
• Farmland Ecology
• Wine Industry
• Small Scale Farming and Local Food Supply
• Improving Personal Professional Practice
• MIS for Farming Businesses
• Farming & Integrated Environmental Local Delivery
• Sustainable Business & Agri-Food Supply Chains
• Integrated Organic Systems

Course modules are subject to change.