Agriculture

Year 1:

• Academic, Employment and Professional Skills 
• Fundamentals of Business
• Industry Skills for Agriculture 
• Livestock Production 
• Mechanisation 
• Plant and Soil Science 
• Crop Production 

Year 2:

• Livestock Science
• Agronomy
• Agriculture and the Environment 
• Financial Management and Planning 
• Precision Technology in the Wider Sector 
• Enterprise and Entrepreneurship 
• Introductory Research Analysis 

Applicants are required to have: 

• A minimum of 80 UCAS points
• GCSE English Language at grade C/4 or above, or an equivalent qualification
• An appropriate academic reference 

UCAS points may be from qualifications such as A-Levels, BTEC Level 3 Extended Diplomas, Access to HE Diplomas, and City and Guilds Advanced Technical Diplomas amongst others. Please use the UCAS Tariff points calculator to determine the UCAS points value of your qualifications: https://ucascomsb1.ucasenvironments.com/ucas/tariff-calculator    

• Life and/or experience of non-traditional students will be taken into account when considering applications. The successful completion of an entry task may be required when considering applications without the required formal entry qualifications. 
• If first language is not English, or a Tier 4 student visa to study is required and GCSE grade C/4 English or equivalent is not held, English language proficiency level such as International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 6.0 overall (with a minimum 5.5 in each skill) will need evidencing. 
• Advanced entry may be possible due to prior experience or certificated learning; applicants will be invited to complete the accreditation of prior learning approval process.

We define proficiency in English as a minimum of 550 points in a TOEFL test, a minimum score of 6 in a British Council ELTS test, or a GCSE at grade 4 or C or equivalent.

Students graduating from this programme could follow careers in farm management, genetic technologists, trainee agronomists, machinery dealerships, livestock nutrition as well as farm advisory roles.