Horticulture  (HLS5)

This programme in Horticulture provides students with the education and skills to enable them to attain leadership roles, and to both set and maintain professional standards of excellence within horticulture in China and globally. Graduates can become professional horticulturists and horticultural scientists who utilise their scientific education to provide sustainable management of horticulture enterprises, services and organisations. They have the capacity to be educators, to influence and direct policy and governance at corporate, local, national and international levels for the betterment of their enterprise or services and the wider community. Dissemination of knowledge by engagement with the various industry sectors and horticultural services is a key activity for staff and students. Student education is informed by active internationally recognised research where engagement in learning is through formal lectures, practical classes, scenario-based learning, group and individual research project work. Teaching and learning activities are conducted in an atmosphere of fairness, quality, and excellence, which is supported by an assessment process, which includes the submission and critique of reports, continuous assessment, individual and group project presentations and end of module examinations, designed to provide students with a record of their academic progress. Their educational experience is enriched by intensive interaction with staff as part of our community of scholars and by their participation in study abroad opportunities, and within-module industry/site visits or invited industry experts. This programme enables students to develop critical thinking capabilities, to be confident and competent individuals who have the ability to acquire the knowledge necessary for professional decision-making, and to advocate for horticulture in a global context. 

1 - Describe and communicate multiple examples of the importance of plants for human health and well-being.
2 - Evaluate and demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of horticultural systems including an understanding of the art, science, business, technology and sustainability of intensive plant cultivation for human use.
3 - Evaluate and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the growth, development and protection of plants for food, leisure, sport, environmental use and health benefits.
4 - Demonstrate knowledge of Chinese, European and global horticulture, landscape and sportsturf industries.
5 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, Microbiology, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Statistics and horticultural business.
6 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Plant Identification and Appropriate Use of Plant Material, Horticulture Food Production, Landscape Management.
7 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Sports Turf Construction and Management, Nursery Stock Production and Management, Information and Communication Technology.
8 - Apply practical horticultural skills and techniques such as plant selection, propagation, cultivation and plant protection required in food, environmental and amenity horticulture.
9 - Devise scientific investigations and identify relevant accurate information and synthesise knowledge to generate effective solutions to problems within the horticulture industry.
10 - Research, combine and apply the interpretation and application of new scientific, technological & business knowledge to their horticultural practice.
11 - Create, plan and realise sustainable management of biological, human, financial, and social resources, to ensure the success of commercial and non-commercial horticulture enterprises.
12 - Apply relevant scientific evidence and other knowledge, to effect horticultural policy, evaluation and analysis.
13 - Use a range of communication and advocacy techniques to interact effectively with all relevant stakeholders.

See the UCD Assessment website for further details

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