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Course Details

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Horticulture

Course code: BN406 Entry Route into programme:
  • Appropriate Bachelor Science in Horticulture
Duration: 1 year
NFQ level: 8
Method of application: Direct to ITB (before 1st of June)
Schedule: Full time
Award title: Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Credits for Full Award: 60 @ NFQ Level 8
Awarding Body: ITB  

Minimum Entry Requirements

Holders of an appropriate Bachelor of Science in Horticulture should apply to ITB by 1st June of the year for which admission is sought. Entry is subject to normal entry requirements

Course Content

Year 1
Semester 1

Final Year Project (Part 1)

Research Methods

****Electives

Horticultural Business Management – Planning or

Human Resource Management or Environmental Indicators or Arboriculture 2 or Golf Course Design and Management or Advanced Plant Pathology or Plant Treatment Regulation or Advanced Soil Science and Chemistry.

**** Three electives must be selected from Semester 1

 

Semester 2

Final Year Project (Part 2)

*****Electives

Horticultural Business Management – Operations or

Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development or

Diffusion of Innovation or Universal

Design for Amenitites or Genetics and Plant Breeding or Landscape Design 2 or Synthetic Sports Surfaces or Parks and Gardens or Horticulture Therapy

*****Four electives must be selected from Semester 2

 

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What our students say...

Margie Phillips

"I am a horticultural technician in the National Botanic Gardens: I do propagation, plant identification, plant walks. The course has helped me with presentations, writing up assignments, and it is also given me an empathy with students I deal with."

Margie Phillips,
Horticulture Student

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