Program Overview

Agriculture (with integrated year in industry)

Course Overview

This three-year foundation degree with integrated year in industry is taught by leading experts and researchers in their field in a department renowned for agricultural innovation. With opportunities to gain work experience in the UK and overseas, the course is an excellent option for those who wish to train as managers of agricultural enterprises, or to retrain and pursue a career in agriculture. Students who successfully complete this course to the required standard can progress onto our BSc Agriculture degree.

Key Facts

• UCAS Tariff: 96 - 72
• Course duration: 3 years
• Available for: September start 2025

Modules

Year 1

• Agricultural Technology and Farm Safety: RD18420, 20 credits
• Business, Economics and Land Use: RD11420, 20 credits
• Crop, grassland, soil and agricultural land management: RD18040, 40 credits
• Introduction to Livestock Production and Science: RD17020, 20 credits
• Skills for the Agricultural Industry: RD18820, 20 credits

Year 3

• Agronomy and Crop Improvement: RD27620, 20 credits
• Applied Livestock Nutrition: RD20920, 20 credits
• Business Budgeting and Appraisal: RD22520, 20 credits
• Food, Farming, Technology and the Environment: RD29020, 20 credits
• Livestock Production and Management: RD28020, 20 credits
• Research Methods: RD27520, 20 credits

Careers

Students graduating with a Foundation Degree in Agriculture enter a variety of technical and managerial roles at enterprise and farm level. You will be able to adopt best practices that incorporate the very best of current research, and husbandry practices that allow you to tackle the challenges of livestock and crop management in a changing and challenging physical and financial environment. Your industrial year will equip you with additional insight, knowledge and practical experience of working in the modern agricultural sector, which will give you a competitive edge in the jobs market.

Teaching & Learning

• What will I learn?: In the first year you will be introduced to the technologies that are increasingly being developed for and adopted by the agricultural industry. You will investigate the factors that influence land use and explore the primary resources required to operate a rural business. You will gain useful business management skills, including the preparation of farm budgets and the analysis of commodity markets.
• How will I be taught?: You will be taught through a balanced programme of lectures, seminars and tutorials, workshops, practicals, study tours and demonstrations.
• Assessment: You will be assessed through a range of methods including essays, practical reports and exercises, oral presentations, exams, plans, worksheets, field notebooks and case studies.

Typical Entry Requirements

• UCAS Tariff: 96 - 72
• A Levels: CCC-DDD
• GCSE requirements (minimum grade C/4): English or Welsh, Mathematics or a Science subject
• BTEC National Diploma: MMP-MMM
• International Baccalaureate: 24-26
• European Baccalaureate: 60% overall
• English Language Requirements: See our Undergraduate English Language Requirements for this course. Pre-sessional English Programmes are also available for students who do not meet our English Language Requirements.