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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Science - BSc

  • Location

    Bishop Burton

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    10-SEP-24

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Do you want to learn the four key fundamentals of equine business, including human resources, finance, management and marketing? If so, this programme is for you!It will give you the opportunity to work within our commercial state-of-the-art equine facilities and liaise with companies to improve, adapt and innovate to respond to the ever-changing business environment.Whilst studying with us you will be able to apply all these within core modules such as event management, sales and operations management.You will learn how to apply the underpinning study of science to the business environment, providing you with valuable opportunities to gain employment within all aspects of the equestrian industry.You will have opportunity to undertake a series of live projects to benefit from interactions with our extensive network of industry links and complete a summer placement to gain value insight and preparation for entering a range of roles upon graduating. You will also gain a plethora of entrepreneurial skills for setting up a business, or working within established companies both within and beyond the equine sector.


What will I study?

Year 1:- Academic, Employment and Professional Skills- Equine Health and Husbandry- Fundamentals of Business- Equine Anatomy and Physiology- Research Skills- Introduction to Sales and Marketing- Equine Industry and Event Management- Equitation or Equine Nutrition Year 2:- Research Methods and Analysis- Equine Exercise Physiology- Financial Management and Planning- Equine Behaviour and Welfare or Advance Equitation- Enterprise and Entrepreneurship- Equine Law- Human Resource ManagementYear 3:- Dissertation- Strategic HR and Leadership Management- Rural Strategic Business Management- Rural Operations Management- Rural Marketing Management.


Learning and Teaching Approach

This programme is delivered with a variety of learning and teaching approaches, utilising excellent onsite resources and extensive industry links for applied aspects. For all modules, there are theory lectures delivered, aimed to deliver the core content and provide the underpinning knowledge. Lectures are used to convey the basic concepts, 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 teaching methods focus on facilitating a student-centred approach to enhance the independent learning that takes place outside of the classroom.Students can expect:- Experienced, supportive and motivated staff with both academic and industrial experience.- Access to an Online Virtual Learning Environment called iLearn, which is used to enhance and facilitate teaching and independent learning on all programmes.- Guest lectures, demonstrations from a range of visiting speakers and offsite trips.


Contact Time

Contact time includes approximately 13 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.


Career Opportunities

Students graduating from this programme have access to a vast and extensive scope of the Equine Industry from Sales and marketing to Event management. Other areas include finance and retailing as well as entrepreneurship and innovation approaches.

Application deadline

31 January

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 12,782per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

Entry requirements

University information

University Centre Bishop Burton

  • Campus address

    Bishop Burton College, Bishop Burton, Beverley, East Riding Of Yorkshire, HU17 8QG, England

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