Rural Studies BSc Honours

Course Overview

You focus on rural development and resource management, studying diverse topics from landscape management to social geographics, and from crop and livestock production to marketing. You'll visit various rural enterprises and sites throughout the course. These introduce you to a range of countryside professions and equip you with insight into the challenges faced by today's rural businesses. You can boost your employability and professional skills with an optional placement year in the industry or the commercial sector. You also benefit from: access to our two University farms for hands-on experience training in key business skills to enhance your employability expertise at our Centre for Rural Economy, recipient of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2014

General Eligibility

A Level: ABB-BBB IB: 32 points

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• Applicants whose first language is not English require a minimum score of IELTS 6.5 or equivalent with no less than 5.5 in each of the four elements of the test.