BSc (Hons) Agricultural Business Management (Top-Up)

Your overall workload consists of class contact hours, independent learning and assessment activity, plus field trips. Your actual contact hours may depend on which optional modules you select, but the following information gives an indication of how much time you will need to allocate to different activities at each year of the course: 

Year 1: 16% of your time is spent in timetabled teaching and learning activity 

Teaching, Learning and Assessment:       189 hours 

Independent Study:                                        1011 hours 

Class sizes are normally up to 15 students. 

Assessment Methods

Assessments are designed to encourage both academic skills and skills valued in the workplace. They include a combination of coursework and timed assessments in both independent and collaborative formats. Coursework may take many forms including: essays, reports, data processing, presentations, academic posters, seminar discussions, interviews, critical reviews and portfolios of evidence. Timed assessments will vary depending upon the nature of the module but will be problem-solving tasks dealing with real-life industry issues which support the development of industry and life skills.   

Feedback

Feedback is supplied via Turnitin or directly from the module tutor. The majority of submissions are made via Turnitin and feedback for coursework is provided within twenty working days after the submission date. 

Written feedback will be supported verbally should the student require clarification. Formative assessment feedback will be provided at the time of completion where possible, with more detailed summative feedback for reports. 

A range in specialist knowledge and experience allow us to offer a significant number of secondary qualifications to all students at reduced costs. These include:

• NPTC Safe Use of Veterinary Medicines
• NPTC Transport of Livestock
• CEIH Health and Safety in the Workplace
• PA 1, 2 and 6
• RTITB Rough Terrain Telescopic Handler
• Certified courses in cattle AI and foot trimming are offered on site by external organisations at a reduced price.

You can expect to receive your timetable in induction week/the first week of teaching for returning students, a copy will also be found on the Agriculture HE Moodle page. 

Sessions are timetabled for two days per week. 

During the top-up year of the BSc, no formal modules require a work placement element. However to apply and practice the skills acquired in theory sessions it is strongly advised that students complete a relevant amount of work based practice. Students are also expected to undertake an independent research project as part of their dissertation. 

Tutors in the department are well placed to help students locate a suitable working opportunity but cannot supervise the work directly. 

University Centre Reaseheath is committed to providing additional financial support to those who need it. To find out about the bursary schemes available visit the additional financial support pages on our website.

All Higher Education students are given the opportunity to apply for residential accommodation. First year students are guaranteed accommodation and this offer is made to all applicants who live more than a reasonable daily travelling distance from Reaseheath and who apply before 31st July of the year they intend to start their course. For full details on our halls of residence visit the accommodation pages.

We have a team of dedicated professionals on hand to offer you support when and if you need it during your time with us. These include our Student Services team, Higher Education Support Team (HEST), Library and Learning Resources and the Reaseheath Careers Service. You will find more information on the support provided at Reaseheath here.

Before you apply you can come and visit us at one of our HE Open Events to see what we have to offer. Once we have received your application we will invite you to attend an Offer Holder Day.

Applications for full-time Degrees and Foundation Degrees are made through UCAS. Applications for all other full-time courses such as Access to HE and Level 4 Diplomas should be made directly to Reaseheath via the online application form. You can find out more here.

For students to get the best out of their time at University Centre Reaseheath, we must both recognise that we owe obligations to each other. These obligations are set out in our Higher Education Student Contract. Before you accept an offer of a place at University Centre Reaseheath, it is important that you read these contract conditions. If you are going to be living in Halls of Residence, you will also need to read the Student Accommodation Licence Conditions. Both of these contracts can be found here.

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