Newcastle University

Modules for Organic Farming and Food Production Systems, MSc

In addition to the programme description, the information below details the modules you can expect to study as part of this postgraduate degree. Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Compulsory modules

• ACE8062 Soil Management in Ecological and Sustainable Farming Systems
  
• ACE8063 Ecological and Sustainable Livestock Production Systems
• ACE8064 Ecological and Sustainable Farming Standards and Quality Assurance
  
• ACE8065 Ecological and Sustainable Farming and Food Production : Field Course
  
• ACE8066 Individual Research Project and Dissertation
  
• ACE8067 Ecological and Sustainable Crop Production Systems
  
• ACE8072 Ecological and Sustainable Perennial Crop Production Systems
• ACE8091 Ecological and Sustainable Greenhouse Crop Production Systems

Optional modules

You will take a further 20 credits from the following:

• ACE8021 Sustainable Development and Environmental Change
  
• ACE8022 Quantitative Techniques, Experimental Design and Data Analysis
  
• ACE8024 Forest Ecology and Management
• ACE8025 Tropical Animal Production
  
• ACE8042 Biodiversity Conservation: Policy and Practice
  
• ACE8060 Land-Water Interface
  
• ACE8061 Global Ecosystems, Land Use and Environmental Change

Further Information

Programme description, course duration, fees, entry requirements and how to apply can be found on the main programme page.