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About Horticulture - Commercial, BSc (Hons) - at University of Greenwich

Offering an opportunity for students to specialise in either nursery production, medicinal crop production, fruit production or retail nursery, this degree level programme provides a technical understanding and solid scientific foundations. You will learn about horticultural chemistry, plant physiology and chemical analysis.

Throughout the programme you will be assessed by assignments, practical skills, presentations and examinations so that when you graduate you have the right vocational skills to succeed.

Degree structure

Year 1

• Plant science for horticulture
• Principles of management
• Soil science
• Chemistry for horticulture
• Horticultural production
• Horticultural practices.

Year 2

• Crop science
• Crop production
• Crop thesis
• Industrial experience
• Applied enterprise management
• A choice of either: Retail horticulture or Chemical analysis and extraction
• A choice of either: Post harvest or Human physiology.

Year 3

• Sustainable cropping technology
• Plant productivity and crop yield
• Project
• A choice of either: Operational management or Ethnobotany
• A choice of either: International horticulture and novel crops or Natural products.

Notes about fees for this course

Your time at university should be enjoyable and rewarding, and it is important that it is not spoilt by unnecessary financial worries. We recommend that you spend time planning your finances, both before coming to university and while you are here. We can offer advice on living costs and budgeting, as well as on awards, allowances and loans.

Find out more about our fees and the support available to you at our:

• Undergraduate finance pages
• International students' finance pages

Entry requirements for this course

Contact University of Greenwich to find course entry requirements.

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