Countryside Management BSc Honours
UCAS Code: D455
(3 Years)
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.
Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for you year of entry.
Stage 1
Compulsory modules
- ACE1007 Introduction to Rural Studies
- ACE1014 British Agriculture
- ACE1032 Introduction to Agribusiness and Rural Management
- BIO1003 Plant Biology 1
- BIO1006 Ecology 1
- MAS1401 Statistical Methods
Optional modules
You take 40 credits from the following list:
- ACE1003 Economics for Business and Marketing
- ACE1008 Environment and Land Resources
- ACE1010 Environment and Land Use Field Course
- ACE1049 Developing Skills to Make Sense of Global Challenges: Food Security
- ACE1102 Earth Surface Materials
- ARA1027 Introduction to Archaeology
- MKT1000 Essentials of Marketing
If you select appropriate optional modules in Stage 1 it is possible to transfer to the Rural Studies degree at the beginning of Stage 2.
Other optional modules may also be available.
Stage 2
Compulsory modules
- ACE2003 Landscape, Culture and Heritage
- ACE2009 Qualitative Techniques
- ACE2011 Rural Studies Skills
- BIO2002 Biodiversity and Conservation 1
- BIO2009 Ecology 2
- LAW2053 Law and Land Use
Optional modules
You take 40 credits from the following list:
- ACC1000 Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and Finance
- ACE2010 Agricultural Markets
- ACE2016 Soils in Terrestrial Ecosystems
- ACE2018 Arable Crops
- ACE2020 Introduction to Farm Management
- ACE2021 Ruminant Livestock
- ACE2033 Equine Studies
- ACE2052 Geological Resources
- BIO2003 Field Identification Skills
- MKT2000 Global Marketing Environments
- ACE2051 Career Development in the Environmental Sector OR
- NCL2007 Career Development for second year students OR
- NCL2100 Exploring Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Employability
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 30 credits from the following list:
- ACE3009 Estate Management
- ACE3035 Sustainable Land Use and Management
- ACE3039 Rural Enterprise Diversification
- ACE3042 Sustainability in Theory and Practice
- ACE3081 Ecology and Environment Research
- GEO3117 Sustainable Water Resource Management
- LAW3015 Environmental Law
- NCL3007 Career Development for final year students OR
- NCL3008 Advanced Career Development
Other optional modules may also be available.
