Program Overview

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Course Title: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture

Overview

This course is suitable for you if you wish to make a sustainable, positive impact on the environment, while being active and outdoors in nature, caring for landscapes, parks, open spaces and the urban public realm. It examines and responds to growing concerns about the quality of our food and the environmental cost of its production. If you’re artistic and creative there is culinary and medicinal plants, and food product development, while in social and therapeutic horticulture you develop the skills to guide clients in the therapeutic potential of horticulture and the natural environment. If you’re entrepreneurial in your approach to horticulture, entrepreneurship and enterprise development gives you the platform and skills to bring your unique ideas to life.

Programme Details

TU Code

TU884

NFQ Level

Level 8

Award Type

Major

Award

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Duration

2 Years

Course Type

Undergraduate

Mode of Study

Part Time

Method of Delivery

Blended

Commencement Date

September 2025

Location

Blanchardstown

Fees

Year 1: €1,909.50
Year 2: €1,909.50

SUSI Funding is available

IT Requirements

MEDIUM spec (minimum) (i.e. able to run Win 10, an AV solution and Office comfortably. Be able to use Wi-fi and camera to attend online classes). MS Windows 10 based laptops are recommended.

Minimum Entry Requirements

Holders of an appropriate Bachelor of Science in Horticulture. Entry is subject to normal entry requirements.

Career Opportunities

On completion of the L8 Honours programme, students avail of a variety of opportunities with the OPW, Local authorities public realm, working as parks and landscape officers, contract managers with large landscape firms, some work in nurseries, gardens centres others in the Therapeutic Horticulture sector, while others choose an entrepreneurial route.

• Organic and Conventional Food Production
  • Parks and Garden Management
  • Landscape Design
  • Teaching Horticulture
  • Retail Horticulture
  • Nurseries
  • Social and Therapeutic Horticulture
  • Entrepreneurial opportunities in Horticulture

Course Content

Year 1

• Final Year Project
• Social and Therapeutic Horticulture
• Culinary and Medicinal Plants
• Historic and Contemporary Parks and Gardens
• Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development

Year 2

• Environmental management
• Health Recreation and Green Infrastructure
• Plant Treatment Regulation
• Food Product Development
• Final Year Project

Module Listing

Year One

Semester 1

• Final Year Project (Part 1) [Mandatory]
• Automation in Horticulture [Elective]
• Health, Recreation & Green Infrastructure [Elective]
• Plant Treatment Regulation [Elective]
• Post-Harvest Technology [Elective]
• Social & Therapeutic Horticulture [Elective]
• Sports Surface Management [Elective]

Semester 2

• Final Year Project (Part 2) [Mandatory]
• Golf Course Design & Managemnt [Elective]
• Entrepreneurship & Enterprise Development [Elective]
• Environmental Management [Elective]
• Historical & Contemporary Parks and Gardens [Elective]
• Culinary & Medicinal Plants [Elective]
• Food Product Development 2 [Elective]

Schedule

• One half day per week on campus (Year 1 Thursday, Year 2 Wednesday), 3 evening lectures (2 hrs.)
• 3 Full day field trips per semester, scheduled Monday - Saturday.