Program Overview

The SETU Waterford BSc. in Horticulture course is a full-time, 3-year course designed to train professional horticulturists. Our students study STEM-rich horticulture modules, undertake work placement, gain business acumen, and graduate from the course having specialised in two major streams of hort study. We place great importance on experiencing the industry and making contacts; our students learn about their industry throughout the whole 3 years by taking frequent field trips to the best horticulture businesses. We recognise that Horticulture students especially enjoy the hands-on work involved in horticulture therefore we ensure that classroom and lab work is balanced with plenty of practical work to practise the skills learned during the course.

Course Content

Year 1

Semester 1	Semester 2
Communication Skills and Computer Applications	Chemistry for Land Scientists
Horticulture Skills 1	Horticulture Building Construction
Plant Biology	Horticultural Mechanisation and Safety
Plant Knowledge 1	Horticulture Skills 2
Plant Protection	Plant Knowledge 2
Soil and Growing Media	Plant Propagation

Year 2

Semester 3	Semester 4
Biodiversity and Horticulture	Placement
Financial Analysis for your Business
Garden Management and Plant Selection
Choose one of the following Major electives:
*Sustainable Food Production
*Landscape Design
*Nursery Stock Production
*Sportsturf Science
*Lab Skills for Plant Micro-Propagation (Waterford Only)
* = elective module
Electives are run subject to class sizes and timetable constraints. Some electives require prerequisites	Transfer students who have already undertaken placement as part of their previously completed qualification, will be required to complete 6 other modules.

Year 3

Semester 5	Semester 6
Horticulture Sales and Marketing	Arboriculture
Introduction to Scientific Writing and Data Analysis	Horticulture Project and Seminar
Managing your Business	Law for Horticulturists
People Management	Tax for Horticulture
Choose one of the following electives (must be different from the choice made in year 2):	Choose one elective from group 1:
*Sustainable Food Production	*Field Crop Prodution
*Landscape Design	*Garden Centre Operations
*Nursery Stock Production	*Greenkeeping
*Sportsturf Science	*Landscape Design Advanced
*Lab Skills for Plant Micro-Propagation (Waterford Only)	*Plants and Society
	Choose one elective from group 2:
	*Beekeeping and Pollination Studies
	*Computer Aided Design
	*Interior Landscaping and Floristry
* = elective module	*Protected Crop Production
Electives are run subject to class sizes and timetable constraints. Some electives require prerequisites	*Social and Therapeutic Horticulture

Entry Requirement
Leaving Cert: Minimum entry requirements for BSc in Horticulture:
- 5 subjects: O6/H7
- English or Irish: O6/H7
- Mathematics: O6/H7
- Students with Level 5 and 6 with merit or distinction in the new Common award in Horticulture and who successfully complete bridging studies, can apply to transfer into Year 2.
- Students who have completed the old National Diploma or Certificate in Horticulture under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, ACOT or Teagasc can apply to transfer into Year 3.
Fees & Scholarships
The fees for Bachelor of Science Horticulture (Kildalton College) may vary from €10,000 to €25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Study Abroad (Undergraduate level)
- Per Semester €5,000
Career Prospect
The following are just a few positions in which our graduates are currently employed:
- Greenkeeper - maintaining and building golf courses, sports fields, and stadia
- Stadium Playing Pitch Maintenance Supervisor
- Nursery Stock Producer - producing trees, bedding plants, shrubs, and perennials for the horticulture industry
- Craft Gardener in public parks, private or heritage gardens
- Self-Employed Landscape Building Contractor
- Independent Landscape Designer
- Garden Maintenance Contractor
- Food Producers (from smallholders producing high value speciality crops to graduates who manage multiacre glasshouse complexes producing fruit and vegetables for national and international supermarket chains)
- Garden Centre Assistant, Owner or Manager
- Florist / Interior Landscaper
- Horticulture Teacher/Lecturer
- Horticulture Therapist
- Mushroom Growers
- Horticulture Writers and Journalists
- Horticulture/Plant Science Researcher working on problems in plant science, pathology, or plant/insect interactions
- Tree Surgeon
- Vegetable Farmer
- Kitchen Garden Gardener
- Plant Hunter
- Horticulture Technician
- Landscape Contractor

Cost Of Studying At Waterford Institute of Technology

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Bachelor of Science Horticulture at Waterford Institute of Technology

Program Overview

Cost Of Studying At Waterford Institute of Technology

250K+

800Cr+

5000+

Bachelor of Science Horticulture
at Waterford Institute of Technology