Awards
Honours Bachelor Degree
Mode of Delivery: Full Time
 
No. of Semesters : 8
NFQ Level: 8
Programme Credits: 240
Language of Instruction: English
Department: Wexford
 

Semester Schedules

Stage 1 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
EDUC C1702 Academic and Personal Skills Development
LAWS C1705 Principals and Standards of Organic Production
MATH C1712 Basic Mathematics
SAFE C1707 Farm Health and Safety
SCIE C1704 Applied Physics and Chemistry
 

Stage 1 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
AGRI C1701 Animal Production in Organic Farming
AGRI C1706 Crop and Grassland Management on Organic Farms
BIOL C1705 Animal and Plant Biology
AGRI C1715 Introduction to ITC for Agriculture
MGMT C1711 Agribusiness Management
 

Stage 2 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ACCT C2703 Farm Financial Accounting
AGRI C2703 Fundamentals of Protected Cropping Systems in Organic Agriculture
BIOL C2705 Agricultural Microbiology
BIOL C2706 Genetics and Breeding
SCIE C2F02 Concepts in Soil Science
 

Stage 2 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
ECON C2F02 Agricultural Micro Economics
MKTG C2F02 Agricultural Marketing I
NUTR C2703 Animal Nutrition
LAWS C1708 Farm Mechanisation and Regulations
SYST C2703 Agroforestry Production Systems
 

Stage 3 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
AGRI C3703 Protected Cropping Systems in Organic Agriculture
AGRI C3704 Soil and Nutrient Management on Organic Farms
ECON C3702 Agricultural Macro Economics
ENVI C3702 Organic Food and the Environment
MKTG C3F01 Agricultural Marketing II
SKLS C3704 Research Skills
 

Stage 3 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
WKPL C3702 Preparation and Practice for Work Placement in Organics
 

Stage 4 / 60 ECTS / Semester 1

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
BUSS C4F01 Rural Entrepreneurship
HEAL C4F01 Farm Animal Health and Welfare
LAWS C4701 Farm Business and Agri Food Law
MGMT C4F01 Agribusiness Strategic Analysis
Elective
Module Code Module Title
AGRI C4701 Organic Field Vegetables Production
 

Stage 4 / 60 ECTS / Semester 2

Mandatory
Module Code Module Title
DISS C4701 Dissertation
MGMT C4F02 Agribusiness Strategic Advantage
Group Elective 2
Module Code Module Title
AGRI C4703 Organic Pulse Production
AGRI C4704 Organic Dairy Production
Group Elective 3
Module Code Module Title
AGRI C4706 Pig and Poultry Production
AGRI C4705 Organic Cereal Production