UCAS Code
D4N9
Institution code: H12
BSc (Hons)
Countryside Management
Application
Please include GCSE results on your UCAS application form.
Entry Requirements for 2012
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The Course
Countryside managers bring together the needs of conservation, recreation and local communities. During the core period of study, students will explore the range of uses to which we put the countryside and how land can be managed to achieve financial, social, environmental and aesthetic objectives. You will go on to develop the principles of successful integrated countryside management and investigate their application in real situations such as nature reserve management. Modules include Land Use and Environmental Planning, Surveying and Countryside Skills, Field Ecology, Countryside Recreation and Land Management, Agricultural Production Systems, Wildlife and Conservation, Woodland Management, Countryside Education, Interpretation and Visitor Management, and Landscape Development and Assessment. These courses place greater emphasis on managing people and the recreational use of the countryside than Harper Adams’ Countryside and Environment Management courses. To develop your management skills, you will study modules, such as People Management, Principles of Marketing, Economic Policies, and Business and the Countryside. A part-time HNC Countryside Management Course is also available. Please contact Neville Care at Reaseheath College for details on +44 (0)1270 625 131 or neville@reaseheath.ac.uk.
The Placement
You will be helped to find paid employment within a countryside organisation. This one-year period provides good experience from which you can develop your future studies, including your individual investigational project. There are also long-term benefits to your employment prospects as employers highly value the combination of theory and hands-on experience. Past placement employers include the National Trust, Game Conservancies and the Field Studies Council.
The Future
These courses will prepare you for a variety of careers including work as Countryside Rangers, Rights of Way Officers, Reserves Managers and Agri-Environment Project Officers. Many opportunities are available with local authorities and employers such as English Nature, DEFRA, Wildlife Trusts, the National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Groundwork Trusts.
You may also be interested in the following related courses:
Contact information
For course related enquiries please contact:
Admissions
Telephone: +44 (0)1952 815 000
Email: admissions@harper-adams.ac.uk
BSc/BSc (Hons) Modules
| Year 1 - Certificate Level |  |
Year 2 - Intermediate Level | |
Placement Year | |
Year 4 - Honours Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic and Professional Development | Research Methods | Honours Research Project | ||||
| Personal Development | Wildlife, Habitat and Conservation Management | |||||
| Introductory Research Methods | Environmental Quality and Protection | Environmental Assessment and Management | ||||
| Introduction to the Natural Environment | Landscape Development and Assessment | Countryside Interpretation, Education and Visitor Management | ||||
| Introduction to Ecology | Countryside, Recreation and Land Management | Sustainable Forestry and Forest Products | ||||
| Business Organisation and Law | Principles of Management | Strategic Management & Sustainability – Policy and Practice (integrated cross-programme study tour) | ||||
| Environmental Survey & Field Techniques | Woodland and Field Sports Management or Woodland Management | Managing People | ||||
| Introduction to Agriculture | ||||||
| Contemporary Countryside and Environmental Issues | ||||||
| Options | Options | Options | ||||
| Recreation, Environment and Education | Planning Law and Practice | GIS and Land Use | ||||
| Sustainable Resource Management for Recreation & Leisure | Managing Countryside Projects | |||||
| Applied Ecology |
Full-time students will normally study at least 120 credits (equivalent to 1200 study hours) per year from a combination of core (compulsory) and optional modules. Further choice ('electives') in a language may be available within the constraints of the timetable and credit framework. Pass Degree students would normally study the Degree Review Project as an alternative to the Investigational Project.
