BSc Sustainable Food Production and Land Use

This three-to-four year course is designed to give you knowledge, skills and understanding of sustainable and efficient agricultural systems. 

You'll explore systems that regenerate soils and enhance biodiversity, and which release land for forestry and woodland, renewable energy generation, and biomass production for a rural bioeconomy.

You'll also learn about the latest approaches to improving the yields, nutritional value and stress-resilience of crops, as well as food product innovations from insects, plants and cell cultures. 

Once you've completed the course, you'll be ready to support the agricultural industry as it rises to the challenges ahead.

Read the Sustainable Food Production course guide for more information.

Year one gives you an introduction to the principles of subjects like cell biology, microbiology and biotechnology. You'll also study plant physiology, land use, ecology and environmental issues.

In the second year you'll apply those principles to the land-based sector, and in the third you'll begin working on more advanced modules, focusing on subjects like innovation in food production systems, crop metabolism, productivity and resilience, and food safety, storage and supply.

Your final year includes a triple credit Honours research project in a relevant topic of your choice.