BSc (Hons) Agriculture with Farm Business Management
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Agriculture has a vital role to play in global food production and security, climate change mitigation, environmental protection, water management and renewable energy creation.
Our Agriculture with Farm Business Management students are taught by lecturers with extensive industry and research experience to develop sustainable production systems integrating appropriate technologies to maximise economic, social and environmental security. You will be studying in a diverse range of learning spaces located at the heart of our University Farm alongside students from a wide range of rural and urban backgrounds, whilst establishing a life-long network of friends and professional contacts.
You will soon be putting your learning into practice engaging with real-world scenarios and projects from day one. Supported by an integrated placement year in industry, you will be ready for your future career having developed a range of personal, technical and professional skills that today’s employers value. You will develop a range of skills to prepare you for a diverse range of careers including farm management, consultancy, finance and banking. Additionally, your degree will equip you with the skills to continue in research or education.
What does HF mean? You might notice that the modules on this page have the letters HF before the title. This denotes a module that has been developed as part of the Harper Forward Curriculum Review, through which new versions of existing courses and some entirely new courses have emerged. Teams of university employees have worked with past and present students, employees, industry organisations and more to build these programmes, ensuring every route is able to shape the types of graduate each sector needs, is aligned to relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and is built to ensure every student leaves the university embodying a specific set of Harper Graduate Attributes, namely that they
Care
for people and planet, have a
Global
mindest, have vital
Digital
skills, seek continued personal
Growth
, can apply
Practical
skills as well as knowledge and are both
Inspired
and Inspirational
Careers
The course provides consultants and farm business managers of the future with the farm business management skills and an appreciation of agricultural systems and the wider rural environment required for a career in farm business management. Careers include farm consultancy (e.g. Promar, Kite, Brown & Co, Bidwells and Savills) and farm management positions within large integrated farm businesses.
Program Outline
What will I study?
| Year 1 | |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Farm Business Management (HF) | 10 |
| Introduction to Farming Systems (HF) | 20 |
| Agri-Food Supply Chains (HF) | 10 |
| Assessing the Efficiency of Farming Systems (HF) | 20 |
| Agricultural Technology and Digital Farming (HF) | 20 |
| Agriculture and Environmental Science (HF) | 20 |
| Skills for Agriculture (HF) | 20 |
| Year 2 | |
|---|---|
| Preparation for Placement and Research (HF) | 10 |
| Farm Business Strategy to Implementation (HF) | 20 |
| Natural Resources and Farming Systems (HF) | 20 |
| Applied Crop and Livestock Production Systems (HF) | 20 |
| Farm Business Operations and Planning (HF) | 20 |
| Leadership and the Role of Professional Services in Farm Business Management (HF) | 20 |
| Elective module UG | |
| Elective | |
| World Cropping Systems (HF) | 10 |
| Global Animal Production (C23) | 10 |
| Managing Change (HF) | 10 |
| Autonomous Systems (HF) | 10 |
| Year 3 | |
|---|---|
| Placement year | |
| Year 4 | |
|---|---|
| Professional Team Project (HF) | 10 |
| Global Perspectives in Agriculture (HF) | 10 |
| Management of Agricultural Systems (HF) | 20 |
| Farm Business Case Study (HF) | 20 |
| Farm Business Strategy to Implementation (HF) | 20 |
| Honours Research Project - Agriculture (HF) | 40 |
Work placement
You will undertake placement in your third year. Placement may be undertaken in a large integrated farm business or with a farm business consultancy company. Agriculture students from a family farm wishing to undertake a farm placement are required to work at least 50 miles from their home farm and are not usually normally permitted to return to previous employers. Examples of placements have included work as a trainee accountant with Old Mill, a chartered accountancy practice specializing in agricultural businesses, a placement with the farm business consultancy division of Savills and placements with Wilson Wraight. Harper Adams’ excellent graduate employment record shows how employers value the skills, contacts, knowledge and confidence students develop during placement.
