Rural Studies BSc Honours (D452)

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.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

• ACE1000 Introduction to Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
• 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
• ACE1047 Introduction to Agribusiness Management

• ACC1000 Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and Finance
• ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
• ACE2061 Environmental Management Skills
• ACE2066 Academic and Professional Skills 2
• LAW2053 Law and Land Use

You choose 30 credits from the following modules:

• ACE2000 Marketing Strategy: Concepts and Applications
• ACE2010 Agricultural Markets
• ACE2018 Arable Crops
• ACE2020 Introduction to Farm Management
• ACE2064 Sustainable Livestock Systems
• BUS2000 Human Resource Management
• GEO2110 Social Geographies
• NCL2007 Career Development for Second Year Students*
  
• NCL2100 Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability*

*You may opt to take only one of NCL2007 or NCL2100
Other optional modules may also be available, with approval of the Degree Programme Director.

• ACE3016 Countryside Management
• ACE3017 Rural Planning, Politics and Society
• ACE3093 Special Study
• ACE3207 Sustainable Development and Environmental Valuation

You take 40 credits from the following list:

• ACE3000 Globalisation: Patterns, Processes and Challenges
• ACE3036 Farm Management
• ACE3206 Land-based Enterprise Development
• BUS3000 Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• 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 only one of NCL3007 or NCL3008 or SUG3500
Other optional modules may also be available, with approval of the Degree Programme Director.

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.

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