Bsc %28hons%29 agriculture in Harper adams university

We will support you as you develop the skills needed to manage an increasingly diversified business and embrace a range of responsibilities for enhancing the environment, integrating production within the food chain and maintaining rural communities.Students studying general Agriculture study a broad range of livestock, crop production and science, and business management modules, together with some marketing and mechanisation. In the first part of the course the focus is on practice on farm with areas of study including animal and crop production systems, bioscience and environmental science for agriculture, an Introduction to farm business management and marketing and agricultural mechanisation.The later parts of the course focus on the applied scientific and business principles that underpin farm practice and the application of practice and principles to case studies to solve real problems. Areas of study include farm animal production science and nutrition, farm animal health and welfare, soil management and crop nutrition, farm business management and economics, business development, people management and sustainable animal and crop production systems. All students undertake an Honours Research Project in their final year in a subject area of interest to them.

Offers tend to be in the region of 96 - 112 UCAS points from a minimum of 3 A levels (the lower offer will be limited to those taking Science A Levels),General Studies and Critical Thinking are encouraged but not included in grades required.Students should typically be studying 3 subjects at A2 level to be considered.There is a requirement for all applicants to have completed a minimum of 10 weeks work experience on a commercial farm by the 1st August. This can be part-time work, accumulated over weekends and vacations, and does not have to be completed as a 10 week block. Gaining the relevant practical experience in advance of the start of the course is preferable. However, for applicants applying for our BSc (Hons) Agriculture programmes, who do not come from a farm background and who do not have the relevant contacts necessary to complete the work experience, we recognise that this may be difficult to achieve. Applicants who are assessed to be in this position, following interview, will be offered the opportunity to enter the course via the Access to Agriculture programme, where help to gain the relevant practical experience is provided during the first year of study.,4 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above, including English Language, Maths and a Science.Where an applicant was not given access to GCSE Science, a BTEC level 2 in Science will be accepted as an alternative at a grade M. Confirmation will be required from the school/college that GCSE Science was not an option.,Applicants can expect to receive offers including specific grades in specific subjects (for example, a B or C at A level, or an M or D for BTEC modules)Biology A Level (or equivalent) preferred (but not mandatory).When combining qualifications no more than one Subsidiary Diploma or Diploma (or comparable qualification such as an Extended Certificate) will be considered alongside A levels (two A levels for BSc). Ielts score 6 overall is needed 

Agricultural engineer.Agricultural economist.Farm manager.Soil and plant scientist..Conservation planner. Commercial Horticulturalist..Agricultural salesperson.

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