Newcastle University

Rural Studies BSc Honours UCAS Code: D452 (3 years)School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development

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This degree is an ideal launchpad for the future rural entrepreneur or for anyone whose interest in the countryside centres around the social, economic and political systems that we use to manage the environment and support rural communities.

The course focuses on an integrated social science approach to rural development and resource management, supplemented by a range of specialist modules in business management, social geography, farm management and marketing.

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

• ACE1003  Economics for Business and Marketing
• ACE1007  Introduction to Rural Studies
• ACE1032  Introduction to Agribusiness & Rural Management
• MAS1401  Statistical Methods
  

Optional modules

You choose 50 credits from the following optional modules:

• ACE1008  Environment and Land Resources
• ACE1010  Environment and Land Use Field Course
• ACE1014  British Agriculture
• ACE1034  Principles of Food Marketing
• ACE1049  Global Challenges, Controversies and Citizenship
• ARA1027  Introduction to Archaeology
• BIO1003  Plant Biology 1
• BIO1006  Ecology 1
• MKT1000  Essentials of Marketing

Other optional modules may also be available.

Stage 2

Compulsory modules

• ACC1000  Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and Finance
• ACE2003  Landscape, Culture and Heritage
• ACE2009  Qualitative Techniques
• ACE2011  Rural Studies Skills
• LAW2053  Law and Land Use

Optional modules

You choose 40 credits from the following optional modules:

• ACE2020  Introduction to Farm Management
• ACE2022  Agriculture II: Crop Production
• ACE2023  Agriculture II: Animal Production
• ACE2047  Investigating the Food Consumer
• ACE2051  Career Development in the Environmental Sector
• BUS2000  Human Resource Management
• BUS2011  Business Enterprise
• GEO2104  Social Geographies
• MKT2000  Global Marketing Environments
• NCL2007  Career Development for Second Year Students

Other optional modules may also be available.

Stage 3

Compulsory modules

• ACE3013  Rural Environmental Policy Evaluation
• ACE3016  Countryside Management
• ACE3017  Rural Planning, Politics and Society
• ACE3093  Special Study

Optional modules

You take 40 credits from the following list:

• ACE3009  Estate Management
• ACE3042  Sustainability in Theory and Practice
• BUS3000  Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• LAW3015  Environmental Law
• MKT3000  Globalisation: Patterns, Processes and Challenges
• NCL3007  Career Development for Final Year Students
• NCL3008  Advanced Career Development

Other optional modules may also be available.

Please note

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