Our World faces immense challenges; climate change, mass migration from the countryside to mega cities, food shortages, excess consumption, food waste and pollution. Through the sustainable cultivation of plants and an increase in plant-based diets, many of these challenges can be overcome. Plants provide the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, our shelter and medicines.
This course covers the sciences, environmental studies, business, management and communication skills related to growing food and non-food plants. You will also study the science behind developing and maintaining Ireland’s designed landscapes, golf courses, tennis courts and sport pitches.
The objectives of this degree are to give you:
Curricular information is subject to change
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This programme in Horticulture, Landscape & Sportsturf Management 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 Ireland 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 level 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, professional work placement and within-module industry/site visits. 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.
This degree maintains strong links with the horticulture industry.
Career opportunities include management, technical advisory, consultancy, research, quality assurance and sales or marketing positions, working for companies or within your own business.
Opportunities also exist in state, semi-state, EU and international organisations. Your transferable skills will also make you highly employable in other industries. Master’s and PhD degrees are also available.
In addition to the 50 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 10 credits of option modules to complete 30 Autumn credits.
In addition to the 50 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 10 credits by:
1). Taking elective credits totalling 10 credits
2). Taking the option modules listed totalling 10 credits
3). Taking a combination of the option modules listed and elective credit to make up 10 credits in total
In addition to the 50 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 10 credits, by:
1). Taking elective credits (totalling 10 credits)
2). Taking a combination of the option module listed and an elective credit to make up 10 credits in total
In addition to the 55 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 5 credits by:
1). Taking an elective credit
2). Taking one of the 5 credit option modules listed
| Award | GPA | ||||
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| Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
| BHAGR001 | Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 50.00% |
Standard Honours Award | First Class Honours | 3.68 |
4.20 |
| Second Class Honours, Grade 1 | 3.08 |
3.67 |
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| Second Class Honours, Grade 2 | 2.48 |
3.07 |
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| Pass | 2.00 |
2.47 |
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