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Countryside Management BSc Honours (D455)

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne ()

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

This degree explores countryside management from a wide variety of perspectives, to equip you with a balanced overview of the competing interests on the countryside.     

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Management
  • IT Management
  • IT Development
  • Skills and Training
  • Systems
  • Career Development
  • Conservation

Course programme

Course Details

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Stage 1 Compulsory modules
  • ACE1006 Introductory Business Economics
  • ACE1008 Environment and Land Resources
  • ACE1040 Academic and Professional Skills
  • ACE1041 Investigating Agri-food Systems from Farm to Folk
  • ACE1045 Investigating Rural Landscapes
  • ACE1046 Plants, Environment, Agriculture
  • ACE1047 Introduction to Agribusiness Management
  • CEG1702 Geographic Information Systems
Stage 2 Compulsory modules
  • ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
  • ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
  • ACE2066 Academic and Professional Skills 2
  • BIO2028 Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation
  • LAW2053 Law and Land Use
Optional modules

You take 30 credits from the following list:

  • ACC1000 Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and Finance
  • ACE2000 Marketing Strategy: Concepts and Applications
  • ACE2010 Agricultural Markets
  • ACE2018 Arable Crops
  • ACE2020 Introduction to Farm Management
  • ACE2035 Companion Animals
  • ACE2063 Managing Soils in Agricultural Systems
  • ACE2064 Sustainable Livestock Systems
  • BIO2003 Field Identification Skills
  • CEG2606 Geological Resources
  • NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students*
  • NCL2100 Exploring Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability*

* You may opt to take only one of NCL2007 or NCL2100

Stage 3 Compulsory modules
  • ACE3016 Countryside Management
  • ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
  • ACE3093 Special Study
  • ACE3207 Sustainable Development and Environmental Valuation
Optional modules

You take 40 credits from the following list:

  • ACE3035 Sustainable Land Use and Management
  • ACE3036 Farm Management
  • ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
  • ACE3206 Land-based Enterprise Development
  • BIO3039 Biodiversity Science and Management
  • NCL3007 Career Development for Final Year Students*
  • NCL3008 Advanced Career Development*
  • SUG3500 Creativity and Market Research in Science and Engineering*

* You may opt to take either NCL3007 or NCL3008 or SUG3500


Careers Countryside Management careers

The environmental sector has grown rapidly over the last decade. Increasing environmental legislation means there are many new employment areas in industry and the public sector. Employers value the range of practical and academic skills you gain through the duration of our degrees. Our graduates have gone on to work for a wide range of organisations including the European Parliament, Meteorological Office and Oxfam.

Our Countryside Management and Rural Studies graduates most commonly end up in land-based and environmental careers such as chartered surveying, as a rights of way officer or part of a local conservation team working for charities and pressure groups. Additionally, government organisations and private firms provide openings for agricultural or environmental advisers.

Graduates with an environmental science background find employment with conservation bodies such as Natural England, the Environment Agency, water companies, local government environmental health departments and other environmental protection agencies, undertaking roles as varied as environmental consultancy and environmental engineering.

Because of the scope and flexibility of our degrees, there are many opportunities open to you for postgraduate training at Newcastle University and other research institutes. Our graduates have also successfully pursued careers in teaching, and non-environmental careers such as accountancy, banking, retail and personnel management, the armed forces, the police force, the Inland Revenue and other Civil Service departments, journalism and publishing.

Qualities such as self-motivation, teamwork ability and leadership may also be gained through non-academic activities and work experience and prepare you for a range of careers.

Find out more about the career options for Environmental and Rural Studies from Prospects: The UK's Official Careers Website.

Countryside Management BSc Honours (D455)

Price on request