This programme in Horticulture, Landscape & Sportsturf Management provides students with the education and skills to enable them to attain leadership roles, and to both set and maintain professional standards of excellence within horticulture in Ireland and globally. Graduates can become professional horticulturists and horticultural scientists who utilise their scientific education to provide sustainable management of horticulture enterprises, services and organisations. They have the capacity to be educators, to influence and direct policy and governance at corporate, local, national and international level for the betterment of their enterprise or services and the wider community. Dissemination of knowledge by engagement with the various industry sectors and horticultural services is a key activity for staff and students. Student education is informed by active internationally recognised research where engagement in learning is through formal lectures, practical classes, scenario based learning, group and individual research project work. Teaching and learning activities are conducted in an atmosphere of fairness, quality, and excellence, which is supported by an assessment process, which includes the submission and critique of reports, continuous assessment, individual and group project presentations and end of module examinations, designed to provide students with a record of their academic progress. Their educational experience is enriched by intensive interaction with staff as part of our community of scholars and by their participation in study abroad opportunities, professional work placement and within-module industry/site visits. This programme enables students to develop critical thinking capabilities, to be confident and competent individuals who have the ability to acquire the knowledge necessary for professional decision-making and to advocate for horticulture in a global context. The programme facilitates the progression of students from other horticulture courses and welcomes mature applicants.

1 - Describe and communicate multiple examples of the importance of plants for human health and well-being.
2 - Evaluate and demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of horticultural systems including an understanding of the art, science, business, technology and sustainability of intensive plant cultivation for human use.
3 - Evaluate and demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the growth, development and protection of plants for food, leisure, sports, environmental use and health benefits.
4 - Demonstrate knowledge of Irish, European and global horticulture, landscape and sportsturf industries.
5 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, Microbiology, Soil Science, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Statistics and Agribusiness,
6 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Plant Identification and Appropriate Use of Plant Material, Horticulture Food Production, Landscape Design.
7 - Apply the principles underpinning sound horticultural practice acquired in the following key areas: Sports Turf Construction and Management, Nursery Stock Production and Sales, Information and Communication Technology.
8 - Apply practical horticultural skills and techniques such as plant selection, propagation, cultivation and plant protection required in food, environmental and social & therapeutic horticulture.
9 - Devise scientific investigations and identify relevant accurate information and synthesise knowledge to generate effective solutions to problems within the horticulture industry.
10 - Research, combine and apply the interpretation and application of new scientific, technological & business knowledge to their horticultural practice.
11 - Create, plan and realise sustainable management of biological, human, financial, and social resources, to ensure the success of commercial and non-commercial horticulture enterprises.
12 - Apply relevant scientific evidence and other knowledge, to effect horticultural policy, evaluation and analysis.
13 - Use a range of communication and advocacy techniques to interact effectively with all relevant stakeholders.
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In addition to the 50 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 10 credits by:

1). Taking elective credits totalling 10 credits
2). Taking the option modules listed totalling 10 credits
3). Taking a combination of the option modules listed and an elective credit to make up 10 credits in total

In addition to the 55 credits of core modules, students must take an additional 5 credits by:

1). Taking a 5 credit elective module
2). Taking one of the option modules listed

Module ID	Module Title	Trimester	Credits
Stage 3 Core Modules
CHEM00020	Introductory Chemistry	Autumn	5
HORT30050	Landscape Plants	Autumn	5
MATH10230	Mathematics for Agriculture I	Autumn	5
PHYC10180	Physics for Ag. Science	Autumn	5
RDEV10030	Introduction to Agricultural Economics and Business	Autumn	5
BIOL10010	Animal Biology and Evolution	Spring	5
BIOL10030	Cell and Plant Biology	Spring	5
CHEM10010	Introduction to the Chemistry of Biomolecules	Spring	5
MATH10240	Mathematics for Agriculture II	Spring	5
PHYC10190	Aspects of Physics for Ag. Sci	Spring	5
Stage 3 Core Modules
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can take one of these option modules or any other elective credits adding up to 10 credits.
AESC10010	Land Use and the Environment	Autumn	5
FOR10020	Trees and Forests in Ireland	Autumn	5
RDEV10020	Information Skills	Autumn	5
Stage 3 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can take one of these option modules or any other elective credits adding up to 10 credits.
Stage 4 Core Modules
AERD40180	Enterprise Development	Autumn	5
FDSC20010	Food Macronutrients	Autumn	5
FOR20100	Applied Biostatistics	Autumn	5
HORT20070	Agricultural Botany	Autumn	5
MICR20010	Agricultural Microbiology	Autumn	5
AESC40250	Soil Resources	Spring	5
HORT40080	Research Project	Spring	15
HORT40090	Nursery Production & Management	Spring	5
RDEV30060	Professional Communications	Spring	5
Stage 4 Core Modules
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can take one of these option modules or any other elective credits adding up to 5 credits.
FOR20120	Apiculture - bees, pollination and people	Autumn	5
CPSC20030	Principles of Crop Science	Spring	5
Stage 4 Options - A)MIN0OF: Students can take one of these option modules or any other elective credits adding up to 5 credits.

		Award		GPA
Programme	Module Weightings	Rule Description	Description
BHAGR022	Stage 4 - 50.00% Stage 3 - 50.00%	Standard Honours Award	First Class Honours	3.68	4.20
			Second Class Honours, Grade 1	3.08	3.67
			Second Class Honours, Grade 2	2.48	3.07
			Pass	2.00	2.47