Newcastle University

Animal Production Science BSc Honours UCAS Code: D422 (3 years)Agriculture BSc Honours Option
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

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Animal Production Science is no longer simply concerned with maximising animal performance. It now recognises that it also has a wider social responsibility to guarantee the integrity of the food that we eat.

This degree gives you the opportunity to consider aspects of animal production science in more detail, such as food safety, environmental impact, legislative requirements and advances in biotechnology to the production chain.

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Stage 1

Compulsory modules

• ACE1006  Agri-Business Economics
• ACE1008  Environment and Land Resources
• ACE1011  Applied Domestic Animal Physiology
• ACE1012  Domestic Animal Physiology
• ACE1013  Introduction to Genetics
• ACE1015  Soil Management for Crop and Animal Production
• ACE1016  Agriculture and Farm Mechanisation
• ACE1017  Micro-Computing and Data Analysis
• ACE1021  Animal Health
• ACE1022  Crop Pests
• ACE1030  Man’s Uses of Plants
• BIO1003  Plant Biology 1

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• ACE2006  Agricultural Economics
• ACE2010  Agricultural Marketing
• ACE2018  Arable Crops
• ACE2019  Grassland
• ACE2020  Introduction to Farm Management
• ACE2021  Ruminant Livestock
• ACE2024  Principles of Agronomy and Crop Improvement
• ACE2025  Animal Breeding
• ACE2028  Animal Feed Science and Technology
• ACE2029  Agriculture and the Environment
• ACE2030  Micro-Computing and Data Analysis 2
• ACE2043  Non-ruminant Livestock

The first two years are the same for all of our agriculture degrees so you have the flexibility to change to between them up to the end of Stage 2 should you find your interests change.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• ACE3025  Forage Utilization
• ACE3030  Animal Production Science – General Examination
• ACE3043  Livestock Reproduction
• ACE3050  Animal Nutrition and Growth
• ACE3098  Agriculture Dissertation

Optional Modules

You take 50 credits from the following list:

• ACE2033  Equine Studies
• ACE2035  Companion Animals
• ACE3022  Animal Welfare and Environment
• ACE3023  Combinable Crops
• ACE3027  Non-Combinable Crops
• ACE3028  Tropical Animal Production
• ACE3036  Farm Management
• ACE3039  Rural Enterprise Diversification
• ACE3040  Animal Product Quality and Marketing
• ACE3046  Animal Science Issues
• ACE3047  Animal Health Conference
• ACE3048  Livestock Behaviour
• ACE3067  Climate Change and Land Use

Other optional modules may also be available from the wider University.

Please note

The modules listed here are those currently being taught in this academic year and may vary for your year of entry.