FDSC Agriculture (with integrated year in industry) [D403]

Academic Year 2025/2026 September 2025 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Foundation Degree scheme - available from 2012/2013

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary

Year 1 Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
RD11400

Business, Economics and Land Use

RD17000

Introduction to Livestock Production and Science
Module in Welsh▼

RD18000

Crop, grassland, soil and agricultural land management
Module in Welsh▼

RD18400

Agricultural Technology and Farm Safety
Module in Welsh▼

RD18800

Skills for the Agricultural Industry
Module in Welsh▼

Semester 2
RD11420

Business, Economics and Land Use

RD17020

Introduction to Livestock Production and Science
Module in Welsh▼

RD18040

Crop, grassland, soil and agricultural land management
Module in Welsh▼

RD18420

Agricultural Technology and Farm Safety
Module in Welsh▼

RD18820

Skills for the Agricultural Industry
Module in Welsh▼

Year 2 Core (120 Credits)

You must take the following modules

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
RDW0000

Sandwich Year

RDW0100

Sandwich Year

Semester 2
RDW0060

Sandwich Year

RDW0160

Sandwich Year

Final Year Core (120 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
RD20920

Applied Livestock Nutrition
Module in Welsh▼

RD22500

Business Budgeting and Appraisal

RD27500

Research Methods
Module in Welsh▼

RD27600

Agronomy and Crop Improvement
Module in Welsh▼

RD28000

Livestock Production and Management
Module in Welsh▼

Semester 2
RD22520

Business Budgeting and Appraisal

RD27520

Research Methods
Module in Welsh▼

RD27620

Agronomy and Crop Improvement
Module in Welsh▼

RD28020

Livestock Production and Management
Module in Welsh▼

RD29020

Food, Farming, Technology and the Environment
Module in Welsh▼