Program Overview

BSc (Hons) Agriculture with Livestock Production Science (with placement)

Overview

Agriculture has a vital role to play in global food production and security, climate change mitigation, environmental protection, water management, and renewable energy creation. Our Agriculture with Livestock Production Science students are taught by lecturers with extensive industry and research experience to develop sustainable animal production systems, integrating appropriate technologies to maximise economic, social, and environmental security.

Course Key Info

• UCAS code: D4D3
• Institution code: H12
• Duration: 4 years (full-time) including a one-year work placement. A three-year programme is available for applicants with at least two years, full-time relevant work experience, or all who have completed a 12-month placement as part of another approved course.
• Location: Harper Adams University campus (and location of work placement)

Entry Requirements

• Typical offer: 96-112 UCAS points for A-level students. See below for details of entry requirements for other accepted qualifications.
• Full requirements: Use the drop-down tool to select the qualifications you have or are working towards to see what grades would be required for access to this programme.

Course Modules

Year 1

• Introduction to Farm Business Management
• Introduction to Farming Systems
• Agri-Food Supply Chains
• Assessing the Efficiency of Farming Systems
• Agricultural Technology and Digital Farming
• Agricultural and Environmental Science
• Skills for Agriculture

Year 2

• Preparation for Placement and Research
• Farm Business Management with Marketing
• Natural Resources and Farming Systems
• Livestock Production Systems
• Farm Animal Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health
• Farm Animal Science and Improvement
• Elective module UG

Elective Modules

• World Cropping Systems
• Global Animal Production
• Managing Change in Agriculture
• Autonomous Systems

Year 3

• Placement year

Year 4

• Professional Team Project
• Global Perspectives in Agriculture
• Livestock Production Systems and the Natural Environment
• Advances in Livestock Production Science
• Agricultural Business Development and People Management
• Honours Research Project - Agriculture

Work Placement

The year-long placement period, in your third year, may be undertaken on either a progressive livestock farm in the UK or abroad or within the animal health and welfare, breeding, nutrition, or farm assurance industries in the UK.

Fees and Costs

The latest fees for this course can be found in our fees and funding section. You will also find course-related costs, specific to this course in the Fees and Charges PDF.

Career Opportunities

The applied nature of this course helps you to develop skills that are in demand within the livestock sector and ancillary industries. Career opportunities are excellent, with students finding employment both on farms as livestock enterprise and farm managers and in the ancillary sector in commercial and technical positions, or you could go on to postgraduate study.