DAG Agriculture [D4201]

Academic Year 2024/2025 September 2024 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Professional Doctorate in Agriculture scheme - available from 2013/2014

Duration 5 years

Part 1 Rules

Timetable Core/Student Option

You must take this CORE module (for module details contact IBERSDL@aber.ac.uk)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
BDM0120

Research Methods

Semester 2
BDM0120

Research Methods

Summer Semester
BDM0120

Research Methods

Options

Choose 40 optional credits (two modules). Listed below are the modules offered by Aberystwyth. Please contact IBERSDL@aber.ac.uk for details of elective modules that may be taken in place of these options.

Semester 1
BDM0320

Livestock Nutrition

BDM5120

Grassland Systems

BDM5820

Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture

BDM8320

Business Management for Rural Entrepreneurs

Semester 2
BDM2320

Soil Science

BDM5420

Livestock Production Science

BDM5620

Silage Science

BDM8420

Plant Breeding

Summer Semester
BDM5920

Livestock Health and Welfare

Part 2 Rules

Core (120 Credits)

Core ( Credits)

Part II of the DAg is undertaken for a minimum of three years and comprises a longer portfolio of work or a research thesis (up to 60,000 words). It will involve experimentation and must embody the methodology and results of original research. It should, ideally, be built upon the Part 1 thesis.