Course information
The extensive industry experience of lecturers, an on-campus commercial farm that supplies Muller, Sainsbury's and Glencore, as well as our £2 million Agri-Tech Centre, will prepare you to make that positive impact on the future.
You'll have access to 400 hectares of commercial farmland, real-world business briefs and industry placements. You’ll benefit from up to 980 hours working and applying your knowledge as part of your degree. This includes a supported work placement during each year of study that counts as credits towards your degree meaning you'll graduate ready for employment.
- A pass at foundation degree or HND in agriculture or a related subject.
- We may interview mature applicants and those with non-traditional qualifications to ensure this is the right course for you.
- We welcome students with equivalent qualifications. Please contact us to discuss.
Please contact us for further information
Field trips and industry professionals in lectures form an important part of your learning, enabling you to experience different businesses, careers and best practices.
Recent field trips have included trips to Somerset and Devon, ADAS and Agrii field trials, livestock farms, dairy tech and crop-tec. Extra fees are required – please see the fees tab.
Recent guest lecturers have included plant breeders, grain marketers, livestock nutritionists and agricultural managers within the banking and supermarket sectors.
Graduate destinations
As a Hartpury agriculture graduate, you could progress into a range of careers including:
- Agronomy
- Livestock nutrition
- Biosecurity
- Agricultural policy
- Research
- Farm manager
- Food security and safety
- Agricultural consultancy
Your support network
You'll benefit from a strong support network from day one to be the best you can be. This will range from your personal tutor and specialist academic support team (our Achievement and Success Centre) to dedicated wellbeing and employability (Innovation, Careers and Enterprise) centres.
Academic support
You’ll have your own personal tutor while you’re here who will support you to succeed in your studies. You’ll also have access to our academic and wellbeing support teams who run regular workshops and one-to-one sessions on campus and online.
Alongside this, we have a comprehensive bank of online study skills resources to help you make the most of your qualification.
Your learning experiences
You'll experience a range of teaching methods to strengthen your digestion of topics, including lectures, workshops and practical sessions, as well as supported work placement learning as part of many courses.
Your career
Each year of your course will be made up of two semesters, within which you’ll study compulsory and optional modules on different industry-focused topics, enabling you to develop your own unique portfolio of knowledge, skills and experience, ready for your career. The course is taught in English.
Course information
Overview
The extensive industry experience of lecturers, an on-campus commercial farm that supplies Muller, Sainsbury's and Glencore, as well as our £2 million Agri-Tech Centre, will prepare you to make that positive impact on the future.
You'll have access to 400 hectares of commercial farmland, real-world business briefs and industry placements. You’ll benefit from up to 980 hours working and applying your knowledge as part of your degree. This includes a supported work placement during each year of study that counts as credits towards your degree meaning you'll graduate ready for employment.
Entry requirements
- A pass at foundation degree or HND in agriculture or a related subject.
- We may interview mature applicants and those with non-traditional qualifications to ensure this is the right course for you.
- We welcome students with equivalent qualifications. Please contact us to discuss.
Please contact us for further information
Employability
Field trips and guest lecturers
Field trips and industry professionals in lectures form an important part of your learning, enabling you to experience different businesses, careers and best practices.
Recent field trips have included trips to Somerset and Devon, ADAS and Agrii field trials, livestock farms, dairy tech and crop-tec. Extra fees are required – please see the fees tab.
Recent guest lecturers have included plant breeders, grain marketers, livestock nutritionists and agricultural managers within the banking and supermarket sectors.
Graduate destinations
As a Hartpury agriculture graduate, you could progress into a range of careers including:
- Agronomy
- Livestock nutrition
- Biosecurity
- Agricultural policy
- Research
- Farm manager
- Food security and safety
- Agricultural consultancy
How you'll study
Your support network
You'll benefit from a strong support network from day one to be the best you can be. This will range from your personal tutor and specialist academic support team (our Achievement and Success Centre) to dedicated wellbeing and employability (Innovation, Careers and Enterprise) centres.
Academic support
You’ll have your own personal tutor while you’re here who will support you to succeed in your studies. You’ll also have access to our academic and wellbeing support teams who run regular workshops and one-to-one sessions on campus and online.
Alongside this, we have a comprehensive bank of online study skills resources to help you make the most of your qualification.
Your learning experiences
You'll experience a range of teaching methods to strengthen your digestion of topics, including lectures, workshops and practical sessions, as well as supported work placement learning as part of many courses.
Your career
Each year of your course will be made up of two semesters, within which you’ll study compulsory and optional modules on different industry-focused topics, enabling you to develop your own unique portfolio of knowledge, skills and experience, ready for your career. The course is taught in English.
Modules
What you'll study
This Level 6 top-up degree covers a broad range of fundamental agricultural topics through core modules. Optional modules change each year in line with student, industry and research demands -you'll find recent topics studied below. You can attend introductory sessions for optional modulesbefore deciding which ones to study.
Module credits
On successful completion of your modules, you’ll gain academic credit that accumulates towards your award. The marks you gain in your second and third years may contribute towards your final degree classification.
Compulsory Modules
Animal and Agriculture Dissertation OR Investigative Skills for the Successful Undergraduate AND Applied Research Project
Animal and Agriculture Dissertation
This module involves independent research and analysis in an animal or agriculture‐related field with one-to‐one support from an academic.
Investigative Skills for the Successful Undergraduate
You will advance your ability to undertake a research project, from reviewing existing knowledge to developing your own research proposal.
Applied Research Project
You’ll undertake an independent research project and supply a detailed analysis of the findings with one-to-one support from an academic supervisor.
Agricultural Social Licence (One Health)
The module investigates the concepts of social licence and one health within the agricultural industry and their impact on all stakeholders and decision making related to sustainability.
Developments in Crop Production
The module will investigate a broad range of topics that will allow the student to gain further knowledge and understanding of the key developments in sustainable crop production and management and be able to critically analyse and evaluate development impact on all stakeholders in the industry (producers, processor and consumers).
Developments in Livestock Production
The module will investigate a broad range of topics that will allow the student to gain further knowledge and understanding of the key developments in sustainable livestock production and management and be able to critically analyse and evaluate development impact on all stake holders in the industry (producers, consumers and animals).
Optional Modules
Supply Chain Management
In this module students will discover the mechanisms by which the agrifood supply chain takes our food supply from farm to fork. They will discuss current research and contemporary issues affecting, the agrifood supply chain which will enable them to grasp current practices and trends and consider the impact these may have on the producer. They will learn about the relationships between actors in the agrifood supply chain and how these influence the business practices currently employed. They will analyse and evaluate supply chain management practices with a focus on the drive towards sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and the mechanisms by which this can be delivered. The module will also involve a non-assessed project that enables students to gain hands on experience within the sector. Previous projects have included the making of their own cider with a local cidermaker to be marketed by the students.
Modules
Overview
What you'll study
This Level 6 top-up degree covers a broad range of fundamental agricultural topics through core modules. Optional modules change each year in line with student, industry and research demands -you'll find recent topics studied below. You can attend introductory sessions for optional modulesbefore deciding which ones to study.
Module credits
On successful completion of your modules, you’ll gain academic credit that accumulates towards your award. The marks you gain in your second and third years may contribute towards your final degree classification.
Level Six (year one)
Compulsory Modules
Animal and Agriculture Dissertation OR Investigative Skills for the Successful Undergraduate AND Applied Research Project
Animal and Agriculture Dissertation
This module involves independent research and analysis in an animal or agriculture‐related field with one-to‐one support from an academic.
Investigative Skills for the Successful Undergraduate
You will advance your ability to undertake a research project, from reviewing existing knowledge to developing your own research proposal.
Applied Research Project
You’ll undertake an independent research project and supply a detailed analysis of the findings with one-to-one support from an academic supervisor.
Agricultural Social Licence (One Health)
The module investigates the concepts of social licence and one health within the agricultural industry and their impact on all stakeholders and decision making related to sustainability.
Developments in Crop Production
The module will investigate a broad range of topics that will allow the student to gain further knowledge and understanding of the key developments in sustainable crop production and management and be able to critically analyse and evaluate development impact on all stakeholders in the industry (producers, processor and consumers).
Developments in Livestock Production
The module will investigate a broad range of topics that will allow the student to gain further knowledge and understanding of the key developments in sustainable livestock production and management and be able to critically analyse and evaluate development impact on all stake holders in the industry (producers, consumers and animals).
Optional Modules
Supply Chain Management
In this module students will discover the mechanisms by which the agrifood supply chain takes our food supply from farm to fork. They will discuss current research and contemporary issues affecting, the agrifood supply chain which will enable them to grasp current practices and trends and consider the impact these may have on the producer. They will learn about the relationships between actors in the agrifood supply chain and how these influence the business practices currently employed. They will analyse and evaluate supply chain management practices with a focus on the drive towards sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and the mechanisms by which this can be delivered. The module will also involve a non-assessed project that enables students to gain hands on experience within the sector. Previous projects have included the making of their own cider with a local cidermaker to be marketed by the students.
The modules contain a mixture of scheduled learning – lectures, workshops and practical sessions. You are expected to dedicate at least two to three hours of independent study per contact hour. Your course may also include work placement learning as part of some modules.
| Year | Contact learning | Placement learning | Independent learning |
| Level six (year one) | 16% | 0% | 84% |
You’ll be assessed through a mixture of written exams, practical exams and written assignments. Many of the modules will be marked based on a mixture of assessment types, whilst others will be based solely on one type of assessment. Feedback will be given in person through individual 1:1tutorial, through group tutorials and online through the VLE.
| Year | Written exam | Practical exam | Coursework |
| Level six (year one) | 13% | 33% | 54% |
Each year of this course is taught over two semesters, normally consisting of 12 weeks of scheduled teaching and then assessment weeks, with an overview below:
- Scheduled teaching takes place between 8:30 to 20:30 Monday to Friday
- Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities
- Work placements may entail different days and hours
- Part-time students may need to attend learning activities five days each week, depending on modules selected
- Timetables are available during enrolment week
For further details about this course, including the programme specification and module descriptions, please visit our document library.
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Our undergraduate provision has been awarded Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold in all aspects - Overall, Student Experience, and Student Outcomes.
Teaching quality
Ranked in the top 10 universities for teaching quality (The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2024).
Graduate employability
97% of our graduates are in employment, further study or other purposeful activity (Graduate Outcomes, 2023).
Academic support
We’ve been named as the top university in England for academic support (National Student Survey, 2023).
“I’ve been able to develop my business alongside my studies, thanks to the fantastic support I’ve received from the Enterprise Hub and Innovation, Careers and Enterprise team. I even reached the Enterprise Awards finals, which has given me the funds to develop further.”
Ralph Dalu
BSc (Hons) Agriculture
"The facilities and opportunities at Hartpury were the best suited to me. It’s great to be in the classroom one minute and then in overalls and boots the next; down on the farm having the current lecture demonstrated to us in a practical sense."
Zoe Fletcher, Farm Manager
"The facilities and opportunities at Hartpury were the best suited to me. It’s great to be in the classroom one minute and then in overalls and boots the next; down on the farm having the current lecture demonstrated to us in a practical sense."
Zoe Fletcher, Farm Manager
Important information
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are reviewed and developed regularly. Changes or cancellation of courses may be necessary to ensure alignment with emerging employment areas, to comply with accrediting body requirements, revisions to subject benchmark statements or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make necessary changes and will notify all offer-holders of changes as and when they occur.
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