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Stages 1 and 2: You receive a broad introduction to agriculture (see ‘Agriculture – All Degrees’ below).

Stage 3: Core modules develop key areas relating to animal production science such as animal breeding and growth; farm animal nutrition; and forage utilisation. Optional modules enable you to obtain expertise in related areas such as product quality and marketing; animal welfare and environment; or tropical animal production. You are encouraged to compare and contrast different livestock enterprises and to integrate scientific knowledge into sound production systems, considering the demands of both the market and the population. There are visits to look at livestock systems on farms and at research centres.
Agriculture – All Degrees

Our degree programmes provide an in-depth understanding of agriculture at both farm and industrial levels, based on agricultural sciences, production studies and business management. You are introduced to a range of farming practices on the University’s and other farms.

Each of our agricultural degrees carries a specialist theme (or Honours Option) which allows you to study a particular area of agriculture in detail. These Honours Options reflect different career paths available after graduation.

Whichever Honours Option you apply for, modules in Stages 1 and 2 are common. This means that if you are unsure which Honours Option is right for you, you can defer your decision until the end of Stage 2.

Stage 1: This covers all the basic scientific and quantitative aspects of the subject such as soil, crop and animal science, and economics. You are also introduced to laboratory work and develop skills in microcomputing. A series of visits to the University farms covers some of the more practical aspects of agriculture.

Stage 2: You apply the principles established in Stage 1 to both animal and crop production and to farm management.

Stage 3: Following one of the four Honours Options allows you to study, in depth, an area of agriculture that particularly interests you. Each Honours Option balances compulsory core modules with a wide range of additional choices making up a third of the modules taken in the final year. You also write a dissertation on a subject of your choice

This programme has been designed specifically to provide theoretical background knowledge and practical skills training in the application of modern molecular techniques to the study of microbial pathogenesis. The focus is on selected pathogens that cause infections in humans and domesticated animals.
Content

The programme comprises a 12-week taught course entitled Molecular & practical aspects of bacterial pathogenicity, and two 18-week research projects.

The taught component comprises:

25 lectures on molecular pathogenesis of bacterial infection
Four laboratory classes from the above course
Additional lectures in veterinary bacteriology
12 lectures on molecular methods plus additional laboratory classes
Lectures and seminars from the Honours option course: Molecular approaches to bacterial pathogenicity.

Students also participate in the graduate school’s research skills training programme which includes sessions on:

Experimental design
Library skills (literature searching & review)
Presentation skills
Scientific writing
Statistics
Radiation protection
Research ethics
Laboratory safety
IT skills.

The 18-week research projects are the main focus of the programme, they give real experience of cutting-edge research and allow significant scientific progress to be made. Project titles are chosen to reflect students’ interests and the skills that they wish to acquire. At the end of each project, students produce a scientific report and present their findings to the class.

Microbiologists involved are located in state-of-the-art buildings, which have outstanding facilities and equipment for research.

Research in the Division of Infection & Immunity was given the top score of 5* in the last UK Research Assessment Exercise.

Entry requirements

A second class Honours degree or equivalent (eg GPA of 3.0 or above) in a biological science or related subject.