Countryside Management (Top-up)

Structure

Along with the core module in Countryside Management which covers a range of key issues, you will also be required to select five other elective modules. Within the broad remit of ‘countryside management’ these elective choices give students an opportunity to both pursue more specific interest that they have, but also to better position themselves in the job market.

If you have already secured employment, and are studying part-time, you may elect to follow the 30 credit, work based, Improving Personal Professional Practice module in place of the Dissertation, thus reducing the time 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

• Countryside Management
• Honours Research Project OR Work-Based Research Project / Improving Personal Professional Practice

Elective group 1 – choice of FOUR electives selected from:

• Game and Deer Management
• Rural Business Diversification
• Heritage Property
• Forestry and Woodland Management
• Farmland Ecology
• Tourism and Development
• Farming and Integrated Environmental Local Delivery (FIELD)

Elective group 2 – ONE choice selected from:

• Sustainable Management of Soil and Water
• Urban Design and Development
• Wine Industry
• Natural Resource Appraisal
• Natural Resource Management
• Sustainable Business and Agri-food Supply Chains

Course modules are subject to change.