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T385 MSc Digital Technology for Sustainable Agriculture (Sept) is a 1-year 90-credit full-time Masters Programme. All Autumn and Spring modules are Optional and must be selected in consultation with the Programme Director. Students will normally select 30 credits per trimester to ensure a balanced workload.
The 30-credit module BSEN40090 Biosystems Engineering Thesis is a Core Module and must be taken by all students in the Summer Trimester.
Also, across the programme, students are permitted to take one 5-credit module that is not on the list of Option Modules as a Negotiated Option, and the selected module must be approved by the Programme Director in advance, and will require formal approval by the Engineering Programme Board.
Students enrolling on the programme who do not have an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Science, or an agricultural science discipline, should select a minimum of 20 credits from the following list:
AESC10010 Land Use & Environment
ANSC10010 Intro to Animal Science
CPSC10010 Introduction to Crop Science
AESC20060 Soil Science Basics
HORT20070 Agricultural Botany
CPSC20030 Principles of Crop Science
CPSC20020 Fundamentals of Arable Crop Production
AESC30230 Climate, Carbon and Soil
AESC40250 Soil Resources
CPSC 30030 Root & Alternative crop Production
CPSC 30050 Organic Ag
CPSC 40010 Cereal Production
BSEN 30210 Precision Agriculture
BSEN 40510 Precision Livestock Management
BSEN 40740 Soil Technology
There is scope for flexible choice of data science modules from those offered by the Advance Centre for Professional Education. Your module selection will depend on prior learning, pre-requisites and completing 70ECTS of modules at NFQ level 9/UCD module level 4.
| Module ID | Module Title | Trimester | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSEN40090 | Thesis | Year-long (12 months) | 30 |
Stage 1 Options - A)6OF: Students should select 30 credits of Autumn Option modules in consultation with Programme Director to ensure a balanced workload. Across the programme, students are permitted to one 5-credit modules that is not on the list of Option Modules as a Negotiated Option, and the selected module must be approved by the Programme Director in advance, and will require formal approval by the Engineering Programme Board. When making your module selection, please also refer to the Stage Text above / Major Information (on SISWeb). |
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| AESC10010 | Land Use and the Environment | Autumn | 5 |
| AESC20060 | Soil Science Basics | Autumn | 5 |
| BSEN40500 | Hyperspectral imaging | Autumn | 5 |
| BSEN40740 | Soil Technology | Autumn | 5 |
| BSEN40760 | Computers & Electronics in Ag | Autumn | 5 |
| BSEN40770 | Advances in Crop Mechanisation | Autumn | 5 |
| BSEN40780 | Remote Sensing and GIS | Autumn | 5 |
| CPSC30050 | Organic Agriculture | Autumn | 5 |
| CPSC40010 | Cereal Production | Autumn | 5 |
| HORT20070 | Agricultural Botany | Autumn | 5 |
| STAT40720 | Introduction to Data Analytics (Online) | Autumn | 5 |
| STAT40730 | Data Programming with R (Online) | Autumn | 5 |
| STAT40800 | Data Prog with Python (online) | Autumn | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - A)6OF: Students should select 30 credits of Autumn Option modules in consultation with Programme Director to ensure a balanced workload. Across the programme, students are permitted to one 5-credit modules that is not on the list of Option Modules as a Negotiated Option, and the selected module must be approved by the Programme Director in advance, and will require formal approval by the Engineering Programme Board. When making your module selection, please also refer to the Stage Text above / Major Information (on SISWeb). |
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Stage 1 Options - B)6OF: Students should select 30 credits of Spring Option modules in consultation with the Programme Director to ensure a balanced workload for the Spring Trimester. Across the programme, students are permitted to one 5-credit module that is not on the list of Option Modules as a Negotiated Option, and the selected module must be approved by the Programme Director in advance, and will require formal approval by the Engineering Programme Board. When making your module selection, please also refer to the Stage Text above / Major Information (on SISWeb). |
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| AESC30230 | Climate, Carbon and Soil | Spring | 5 |
| AESC40250 | Soil Resources | Spring | 5 |
| ANSC10010 | Introduction to Animal Science | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN30210 | Precision Agriculture | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN30520 | Sensors and Sensing Systems | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN30530 | Numerical Methods for Agricult | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN40510 | Precision Livestock Management | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN40520 | Optical Sensing Technology | Spring | 5 |
| BSEN40750 | IoT enabled AgriFood Prod | Spring | 5 |
| CPSC10010 | Introduction to Crop Science | Spring | 5 |
| CPSC20020 | Fundamentals of Arable Crop Production | Spring | 5 |
| CPSC20030 | Principles of Crop Science | Spring | 5 |
| CPSC30030 | Root and Alternative Crop Production | Spring | 5 |
| STAT30280 | Inference for Data Analytics (online) | Spring | 5 |
| STAT40750 | Statistical Machine Learning (online) | Spring | 5 |
Stage 1 Options - B)6OF: Students should select 30 credits of Spring Option modules in consultation with the Programme Director to ensure a balanced workload for the Spring Trimester. Across the programme, students are permitted to one 5-credit module that is not on the list of Option Modules as a Negotiated Option, and the selected module must be approved by the Programme Director in advance, and will require formal approval by the Engineering Programme Board. When making your module selection, please also refer to the Stage Text above / Major Information (on SISWeb). |
| Award | GPA | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programme | Module Weightings | Rule Description | Description | ||
| MTEMP009 | Stage 1 - 100.00% |
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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