Amenity Horticultural Management BA(Hons): University of the West of England

Introduction
This programme offers the opportunity to combine pure business modules developed by the Bristol Business School with horticultural business and practical horticultural and landscape design modules, providing you with the knowledge needed to work within this diverse and thriving industry as well as significantly enhancing your employability.
Content
Level 1

• Understanding Financial Information
• Management and Organisational Behaviour
• Soils
• Wildlife and Vegetation
• Analysis and Assessment
• Horticulture Plant Science
• Practical Horticulture Skills

Level 2

• Statistics and Research Methods
• Rural Environmental
• Policy and Legislation
• Horticulture Plant Pathology
• Practical Horticulture Resource
• Woodland Management
• Wildlife Management Theory
• Introduction to Landscape Design
• Marketing
• Operational and Business Systems
• Human Resource Management
• Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
• Vocational Work Experience

Level 3

• Research Assignment or Vocational Business Experience
• Introduction to Rural Environmental Assessment
• Sustainable Management of the Rural Environment
• Developments in Landscape Design
• Landscape History
• Landscape Restoration and Conservation
• Horticulture Technology
• Strategic Management

Placements
Learning experience from the workplace is of great value to our students. FdA students are required to do a work placement between Years 1 and 2. For BA(Hons) students, a sandwich year option, including a year’s placement module, is highly recommended to further enhance your employability.