BSc (Hons) Agricultural Management (Top-up)

at Royal Agricultural University

All full-time academic programmes at the RAU are constructed using a selection of modules, each of which requires engagement with a variety of learning activities. Successful completion of module assessments will result in the award of credits, and students are required to achieve a total of 120 credits. Part-time students are required to achieve a 60 credits per year over two years.

Each module represents a value of 15 credits or multiples thereof. Each 15-credit module represents a minimum of 150 hours of student learning, effort and assessment. To achieve the award of BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Management, a student must achieve a minimum of 120 credits.  For this BSc (Hons) Top-up course, your grade is calculated entirely on this course's modules. 

The modules available for this course are as follows: 

• 3006 Emerging Agri-food Issues
• 3094 Integrated Farm Project
• 3218 Sustainable Business & Agri-Food Supply Chains
• 3300 Research Project / Dissertation

Plus a choice of THREE electives selected from:

• 3008 Advanced Livestock Production
• 3020 Advanced Crop Production
• 3034 Marketing Communications
• 3041 Corporate Finance
• 3067 Farm Machinery Management
• 3081 Consumer Behaviour
• 3093 Farmland Ecology
• 3097 Small Scale Farming and Local Food Supply
• 3205 MIS for Farming Businesses
• 3207 Farming and Integrated Environmental Local Delivery
• 3237 Agricultural Technology
• 3238 Advances in Livestock Nutrition
• 3239 Crop Health and Protection
• 3240 Contemporary Media Studies
• 3325 Rural Entrepreneurship

The availability of electives to individual students will be dependent on timetabling considerations and on sufficient students electing to take part.

Typical offers

• A foundation degree or an HND award in a subject related to the Honours degree

• Depending on previous studies, you may be required to complete additional ‘bridging’ studies prior to enrolling on the Honours course in order to cover identified gaps in previous learning

Full-time  

UK    
£9,250 per year    

International
£13,500 per year

Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers within companies worldwide and within the following roles:

• Farm/estate manager
• Food and bio crop manager
• Agricultural/land-based consultant
• Farm and environmental advisor
• Agricultural supplier
• Grain trader