Agriculture - FdSc

University Centre Bishop Burton

This course has been designed to help you become a successful farmer. You will learn the skills and knowledge required to develop and run adaptable, innovative, sustainable and successful business ventures within the agriculture sector.By studying a broad spectrum of modules, you can ensure that you have the key attributes needed to go into higher level graduate roles or on to level 6 study.Bishop Burtons commercial farm, as well as a breadth of modern equipment for field and laboratory-based research projects, have collectively seen staff and student research be published and presented by peer reviewed journals, at national and international industry conferences.Working alongside our Higher Education Academic Lead for Agriculture, you will have the opportunity to collaborate on industry research projects as part of their work from our Centre for Agricultural Innovation.

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.

The programme is delivered with a variety of learning and teaching approaches. For all modules, there are theory lectures which aim to deliver the core content, provide the underpinning knowledge and facilitate further expansion of such concepts by the students, through independent study.To complement the theory lectures, students have group seminars that are used to reinforce those concepts delivered theoretically. The seminars focus on delivering using a student-centred approach to enhance the independent learning that takes place outside of the classroom.Practical sessions at Bishop Burton Farm are also incorporated into a range of modules on this programme making it extremely applied and prepares students effectively for the workplace. The academic curriculum provided by the programme is supported throughout by the extensive practical facilities offered at both the college farm.

Contact time includes approximately 12-14 hours a week to include lectures, seminars, practical's and tutorials. Students are also expected to carry out a significant amount of independent study in addition to contact time (approximately 25-30 hours a week). Independent study includes reading around the subject, preparing for tutorials and seminars, preparing for, and completing, module assessments and revision for examinations forming an essential part of a student’s learning journey.

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.