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BSc/BSc(Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design BSc/BSc(Hons) Horticulture

BSc/BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship

Response to Revalidation Conditions April 2017

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The revalidation panel set the following conditions in section 6.2 of their report. These conditions are listed a to f below.

a) The general aims and programme-specific aims should be reviewed by the team to provide clarity between each programme. This review must consider the relevant external reference points, industry requirements/ expectations and the curriculum being offered.

b) All three degrees should include the option, in years 3 and 4, for students to select one elective module as a free choice from those on offer at their campus, subject to availability and timetabling.

c) For each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of subject themes within the core units/modules.

d) For each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of graduate attributes within the core units/modules.

e) Consideration must be given to the additional workload created by offering the RBGE Diploma and Certificate alongside the HND Horticulture with Plantsmanship. It must be clear to students that the RBGE courses are additional and not an essential element of the SQA HND qualification.

f) Descriptors for all modules under the control of these programmes should be reviewed in accordance with the degree module descriptor template to ensure they include:

• information on the development, and where appropriate the assessment, of core skills and graduate attributes;

• details of appropriate reading in refereed journals and review articles;

• details on the approaches to learning and teaching which will be employed;

• clear guidelines on the assessment structure, including word limits where appropriate.

The response to each is set out in this document.

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Response to Condition a

The panel felt that the general and specific aims of the Horticulture Degree (BSc), Horticulture with Plantsmanship (BSc) and Garden and Greenspace (BSc) programme did not accurately reflect the differences between the three degree programmes. The programme team from SRUC and RBGE agreed with the panel’s conclusion and have revised these accordingly. The general aims have been expanded by including some of the aims which sat previously within the specific aims and are of a more generic nature. The programme team, in revising the specific aims of each degree, took cognisance of their differing modular content and the areas of employment where students from the distinct degrees become employed. The programme team did feel that the aims of the BSc Garden and Greenspace were correct and distinct and were not altered. The team felt that the issue was more specifically between the Horticulture BSc and the Horticulture with Plantsmanship BSc where the specific aims had erroneously been identical.

The revised aims are detailed below:

B 3.1 1 General aims: Horticulture and Landscape Programmes

These can be summarised as follows:

• To provide educational and training opportunities for potential and current employees in the horticulture and landscape industries.

• To provide programmes which meet the changing needs of the horticulture and garden design industry worldwide.

• To enable an articulated progression route to higher levels of learning from National Certificate through to Honours Degree.

• To raise levels of awareness, skills and knowledge, and encourage a holistic approach to sustainable development and management.

• To provide students with key transferrable skills enabling them to perform and communicate effectively in the workplace.

• To provide a student-centred learning environment which will stimulate students to reach their full intellectual potential and encourage independent thinking.

• To enable students to locate, evaluate, synthesise and apply information and data in order to produce solutions to problems.

• To provide opportunity for personal career development, including advancement for mature students with employment experience.

B 3.1.2 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Horticulture • To produce horticulturists who have detailed knowledge of the science and practice of

horticulture.

• To provide graduates who have appropriate knowledge and expertise to take up professional or managerial appointments within their chosen sector of the industry or within research, advisory or consultancy services in the UK and emerging markets overseas.

• To develop further knowledge and skills through further specialised training and through work experience leading to increased responsibility for management and forward planning.

• To allow students to have knowledge and experience of the full range of opportunities within the horticulture industry.

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• To produce horticulturalists with a strong plant knowledge in the amenity or production areas of the industry.

B 3.1.3 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship • To produce expert plantspeople who understand plant diversity and cultivation, to

make the most of and conserve plants both in gardens and in the wild.

• To produce expert horticulturists with a solid command of the horticultural skills required for working with specialist collections of plants, in historic and botanic gardens, botanical and conservation research and plant & habitat conservation.

• To explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for people and the planet.

B 3.1.4 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design • To produce garden designers who have detailed knowledge of the design,

construction, planting and maintenance of public, private and corporate gardens and landscapes in the UK and internationally.

• To enable students to contribute to creating sustainable and well-designed landscapes to improve the environment and for the benefit of human health.

• To produce garden designers with a strong plant knowledge.

• To provide graduates with appropriate knowledge and expertise to prepare them to take up professional appointments or self-employment within the garden design and landscape sector in the UK and emerging markets overseas.

• To provide students with an understanding of contemporary practice, and the professional contractual and legal framework both in the UK and internationally.

Response to Condition b The following section details the module structure of years 3 and 4 of the three degree programmes. Condition b required that they be amended to clearly show the option for students to select a free choice elective module from those on offer at their campus, subject to availability and timetabling. This had previously been permissible within the existing frameworks, it was however not explicit. This has been amended in the year 3 and year 4 structure of each programme.

There has also been a change to some of the frameworks to alter their module content in line with recommendations from the panel. Where changes have been made they are detailed at the beginning of each framework.

Year 3 – BSc Horticulture Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it had originally been in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.

The module Advanced Case Studies has been added to the framework. This is an existing core module for the Horticulture with Plantsmanship degree students and contains relevant content for the Horticulture students also. It has now been added as an elective choice to the year 3 framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation.

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Module title Core or Elective

SCQF level

SCQF credits

Horticultural Plant Physiology Core 9 15 New Perspectives in Plant Protection Core 9 15 Ornamental Plant Production Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 Management Skills and Entrepreneurship Core 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Core 9 15 Elective Modules - Select 2 Advanced Case Studies Elective 9 15 Crop Production: Vegetables and Fruit Elective 9 15 Experimental and Analytical Techniques Elective 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Elective 9 15 Climate Change and the Global Environment Elective 9 15 Conservation Management Planning Elective 9 15 Geographical Information systems and Remote sensing Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Ethnobotany Elective 9 15 Multi-Purpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 Rural Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15

Year 4 – BSc Horticulture(Hons) Module Content Module title Core or

Elective SCQF level

SCQF credits

Honours Project Core 10 45 Garden and Open Space Management Core 10 15 Global Horticulture Core 10 15 Plant Protection Technology Core 10 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Crop Products and Potential Elective 9 15 Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design Elective 10 15 Plant Biotic Interactions Elective 10 15 Plant Responses to Stress Elective 10 15 Professional Practice and Project Management Elective 10 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Topical Issues Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15

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Year 3 – BSc Horticulture with Plantsmanship Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it has originally been in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.

Module Title Core or Elective

SCQF level

SCQF credits

Advanced Case Studies Core 9 15 Ethnobotany Core 9 15 Horticultural Plant Physiology Core 9 15 Horticultural Taxonomy Core 9 15 Plant Geography Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 Victorian Horticulture Core 9 15 Elective Modules - select 1 Climate Change & the Global Environment Elective 9 15 Conservation Management Planning Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Experimental and Analytical Techniques Elective 9 15 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Elective 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Elective 9 15 Multipurpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 New Perspectives in Plant Protection Elective 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15

Year 4 – BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship Module Content Module Title Core or

Elective SCQF level

SCQF credits

Honours Project Core 10 45 Global Horticulture Core 10 15 Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Core 10 15 Plant Biotic Interactions Core 10 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Plant Protection Technology Elective 10 15 Plant Responses to Stress Elective 10 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Topical Issues Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15

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Year 3 – BSc Garden and Greenspace Design Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it was originally in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.

Module Title Core or Elective

SCQF level

SCQF credits

Advanced Techniques in Digital Media Core 9 15 Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design

Core 9 15

International Design Project Core 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Core 9 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Advanced Case Studies Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Ethnobotany Elective 9 15 Horticultural Plant Physiology Elective 9 15 Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Elective 9 15 Management Skills and Entrepreneurship Elective 9 15 Victorian Horticulture Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15

Year 4 – BSc (Hons)Garden and Greenspace Design Module Content Module title Core or

Elective SCQF level

SCQF credits

Advanced Design Solutions Core 10 15 Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design Core 10 15 Garden and Open Space Management Core 10 15 Professional Practice and Project Management Core 10 15 Honours Project Core 10 45 Elective modules* - select 1 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Multi-purpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15

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Response to Condition c Condition c requested a matrix of subject themes within the core units/modules for each programme. The programme team felt that a more complete picture was given to the subject themes by also including elective modules. Modules denoted in bold are core to the frameworks within each programme.

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B 4.5 Academic Progression (Module titles highlighted in bold are core modules) Table 4.5a - Academic progression within the Horticulture Curriculum

SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Business Preparing to start a

business Business Management: An introduction

Management Skills & Entrepreneurship

Retailing of plants Sustainability Horticultural Practices Landscape Management

and Maintenance New Perspectives in Plant Protection

Global Horticulture

Nursery Production Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Garden and Open Space Management

Environment Plants & Habitats:

Ecology & Conservation Ecology: Management & Impacts (elective)

Action for Biodiversity

Terrestrial Ecosystems Environmental Science for Garden and Greenspace Design

Sustainable Environmental Management

History / heritage gardens Landscape Design

History Victorian Horticulture Conservation of Gardens

and Designed Landscapes Landscape management Horticultural Practices Landscape Management

and Maintenance Landscape Horticulture Garden & Open Space

Management Multi-purpose Woodland

Management

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Table 4.5a continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Landscape Practice Constructing Hard

landscape Features Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Professional Practice and

Project Management Horticultural Mechanisation Principles

Horticultural Practices Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant

recognition and Use Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings

Ethnobotany

Horticultural Practices World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants

Production Horticultural Practices Advanced Plant

Propagation Crop Production: Vegetables & Fruit

Crop Products and Potential

Nursery Production Crop Production Practices

Ornamental Plant Production

Global Horticulture

Plant Trials: An Introduction

Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: Container Production

Soil Management Horticultural Production Mechanisation

Organic Production Systems

Soils and Plant Nutrition Plant Protection Plant Protection Plant Protection:

Integrated Approaches New Perspectives in Plant Protection

Plant Protection Technology

Plant Science Plant Growth and

Development Crop Physiology & Breeding

Experimental and Analytical Techniques

Plant Responses to Stress

Plant Physiology Genetics for Plant Science Horticultural Plant Physiology Plant Biotic Interactions

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Table 4.5a continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software 1 Data Collection and

Handling Methods GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project &

Dissertation Work Experience Graded Unit 2 Project Research Skills & Data

Analysis Professional Practice and Project Management

Topical Issues

Table 4.5b - Academic progression within the Garden and Greenspace Design Curriculum


business Garden Design Practice Advanced Case Studies Business Marketing

Management Skills & Entrepreneurship

Environmental economics

Design Design Process and

Composition in the Landscape

Designing Plant Collections

Advanced Technology in Digital Media for Garden Design

Advanced Design Solutions

Designing Gardens Garden Design Practice International Design Project Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design

Landscape Graphics Garden Design Skills Planting Design Show Gardens: Design

and Construction

Environment Ecology: Management &

Impacts Action for Biodiversity

Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design


History/Heritage Gardens Landscape Design History Victorian Horticulture Garden and Open Space

Management

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Table 4.5b continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Landscape Management Horticultural Practices Landscape Management

and Maintenance Landscape Horticulture Garden & Open Space

Management Multi-purpose Woodland

Management

Landscape Practice Constructing Hard

landscape Features Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Professional Practice and

Project Management Fundamentals of Landscape Surveying

Horticultural Mechanisation Principles

Water Gardens: Design and Construction

Horticultural Practices Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant

Recognition and Use Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings

Ethnobotany

World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants

Sustainability Horticultural Practices Garden Design Skills Landscape Horticulture Garden and Open Space

Management Landscape Management

and Maintenance Ecology: Management and Impacts

Advanced Case Studies Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software 1 Graded Unit 2 Project GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project &

Dissertation IT in Landscape Design &

Management Research Skills & Data Analysis

Professional Practice and Project Management

Show Gardens: Design and Construction

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Table 4.5c - Academic progression within the Horticulture with Plantsmanship Curriculum


business Business Management: An introduction

Advanced Case Studies

Retailing of plants Management Skills & Entrepreneurship

Sustainability Horticultural Practices Managing Plant Collections Plant Geography Global Horticulture

Nursery Production Plants & Habitats: Ecology & Conservation

Ethnobotany Conservation of Gardens & Landscapes

Environment Horticultural Practices Plants & Habitats: Ecology

& Conservation Ecology: Management & Impacts

Action for Biodiversity

Climate Change and the Global Environment


History/Heritage Gardens Landscape Design History Victorian Horticulture Conservation of Gardens and

Designed Landscapes Landscape Management Horticultural Practices Managing Plant Collections Landscape Horticulture Conservation of Gardens and

Designed Landscapes Multi-purpose Woodland

Management

Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant recognition and Use

Managing Plant Collections Ethnobotany

Horticultural Practices Plant Classification and Systematics

Horticultural Taxonomy Honours Project and Dissertation

Designing Plant Collections Plant Geography Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes

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Table 4.5c continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Production Nursery Production Advanced Plant

Propagation Global Horticulture

Soil Management Horticultural Practices Plant Trials: An Introduction

Plant Protection Plant Protection Plant Protection:

Integrated Approaches New Perspectives in Plant Protection


Plant Science Plant Growth and

Development Experimental and Analytical

Techniques Plant Responses to Stress

Plant Physiology Horticultural Plant Physiology

Plant Biotic Interactions

Genetics for Plant Science

Plant Responses to Stress

Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software

1 Data Collection and Handling Methods

GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project & Dissertation

Work Experience Graded Unit 2 Projects Research Skills and Data Analysis

Topical Issues

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Response to Condition d

The panel recommended that for each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of graduate attributes within the core units/modules. A matrix is provided within this section, and specific examples of graduate attributes linked to learning activities are presented in Appendix 1.

Graduate attributes are listed below:

SRUC has a commitment to provide the best possible learning opportunities and experience and thus prepare its students for a positive and productive contribution to society, and in particular the land-based and rural industries both in the UK and internationally. It aims to develop graduates who are aware of their own capacity for future self development and who will be able to meet both the needs of society and changing personal circumstances. As part of activity related to the QAA Enhancement Theme, Developing and Supporting the Curriculum, SRUC Education staff discussed and defined the following five graduate attributes that are developed within its educational programmes.

Appropriate to their level of study, SRUC will help graduates to:

Become academically competent, with

• a breadth and depth of knowledge, understanding and skills of their chosen subject; • a breadth of knowledge and understanding beyond their chosen subject; • an understanding of the provisional nature of knowledge; • a recognition of informed argument and debate as means of challenging accepted

knowledge and understanding; • an ability to communicate effectively for different purposes and in different contexts; • an ability to contextualise knowledge and ideas.

Become critical thinkers, with

• a capacity for independent and creative thinking; • an ability to identify and solve problems; • a capacity to collect, synthesise and analyse information in a reasoned manner.

Develop a desire for learning and personal development, with

• an openness to, and an interest in, lifelong learning through both directed and independent study;

• an awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses; • an ability to recognise, create and capitalise on entrepreneurial opportunities; • the capacity to reflect on their abilities and seek continual personal development.

Become responsible members of society, with

• an understanding of the global responsibilities and issues within their chosen subject area;

• a recognition of the value of cultural and social diversity; • a responsible attitude to ethical and environmental issues; • an understanding of the principles of sustainability.

Maximise their employability, with

• the confidence to effectively apply their acquired knowledge, understanding and skills in the workplace;

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• well-developed practical skills, reflecting the vocational nature of their chosen subject; • effective leadership and organisational skills; • an ability to work independently and as part of a team; • a diverse set of transferable skills; • an international perspective of relevant policies and practice.

The development of these graduate attributes has been mapped throughout the units/modules and this is shown in the following tables.

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Response to Condition d: Graduate Attribute development throughout the curriculum

Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture Year 1

Academically competent

Critical Thinkers

Desire for Learning & Personal Development

Responsible Members of Society

Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticulture Graded Unit 1

Horticultural Mechanisation. Principles

Horticultural Practices

Horticulture: Plant Recognition and Use

IT: Applications Software 1

Nursery Production: An Introduction

Planting Design

Plant Growth and Development


Plant Protection

Plant Physiology

Preparing to Start a Business

Retailing of Plants

Soil Management

Work Experience

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Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Plant Propagation

Horticulture Graded Unit 2 (Project)

Horticulture Graded Unit 3 (Exam)

Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: Container Production

Horticultural Production Mechanisation

Landscape Management and Maintenance

Landscape Practices

Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings

Plant Protection: Integrated Approaches

Soils and Plant Nutrition

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Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticultural Plant Physiology

Landscape Horticulture

Management Skills and Entrepreneurship

New Perspectives in Plant Protection

Ornamental Plant Production

Research Skills and Data Analysis



Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Garden and Open Space Management

Global Horticulture

Honours Project


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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture with Plantsmanship Year 1


Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticulture Graded Unit 1

Horticultural Mech. Principles




Nursery Production: An Introduction

Planting Design



Plant Protection

Plant Physiology


Retailing of Plants

Soil Management

Work Experience

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Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Plant Propagation

Business Management: An Introduction

Classification and systematics

Designing Plant Collections

Genetics for Plant Science

Horticulture with Plantsmanship: Graded Unit 2 (Project)

Horticulture with Plantsmanship: Graded Unit 3 (Exam)

Landscape Design History

Managing Plant Collections

Plants and habitats: Ecology and Conservation

Soils and Plant Nutrition

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Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Case Studies

Ethnobotany

Horticultural Plant Physiology

Horticultural Taxonomy

Plant Geography


Victorian Horticulture



Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Global Horticulture

Honours Project

Plant Biotic Interactions

Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes

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Graduate Attribute Development in Garden and Greenspace Design Year 1


Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Constructing Hard Landscape Features

Designing Gardens

Design Process and Composition in the Landscape

Garden Design Graded Unit 1

Horticultural Mechanisation Principles




Landscape Graphics

Planting Design


Plant Protection


Soil Management

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Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Fundamentals of Landscape Surveying

Garden Design Graded Unit 2 (Project)

Garden Design Graded Unit 3 (Exam)

Garden Design Practice

Garden Design Skills

IT in Landscape Design and Management

Landscape Design History

Landscape Management and Maintenance

Landscape Practices

Show Garden: Design and Construction

Water Gardens: Design and Construction

Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings

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Academically competent Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Tech. in Digital Media

Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design

International Design Project

Landscape Horticulture

World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants



Academically competent Critical Thinkers



Employability

1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Design Solutions

Environmental. Psychology and Greenspace Design

Gardens and Open Space Management

Honours Project Prof. Practice and Project Management

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Response to Condition e

The panel condition e was to clearly define and inform students of the additional course content associated with the RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship, and RBGE Diploma in Horticulture with Plantsmanship. The certificate is awarded for one year’s study (either in first or second year), and the Diploma for both years of study.

The awards are in addition to the requirements from the Scottish Qualifications Authority for the HNC and HND awards in Horticulture with Plantsmanship. They are managed and organised by staff at RBGE. Students who articulate from other colleges to second year have the opportunity to study the RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship.

The SRUC/RBGE programme team have agreed a range of methods by which students will be given this information. The information will be include in the powerpoint presentations which are given at Open and Applicant days, within the applicant packs that are sent out by the Admissions Team on acceptance of a place, and within the programme handbooks which each student is given at the start of the academic year. The additional classes are available to students in timetable format so that they can clearly see which classes are required in order to achieve the additional Certificate and Diploma.

The additional requirements are:

For the year 1 RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship

• Require sign-off of acceptable quality from work experience supervisors across 30 weeks in the work experience module.

• Nine horticultural practices revision sheets – these useful revision aids support practical horticultural learning, and are graded for the RBGE certificate.

• Nine short plant identification tests through the year – these are useful support sessions for the Plant Recognition and Use module, and are graded for the RBGE certificate.

• Study tour diary, based on 4-day study tour at the end of year 1. • Pass and attendance requirement in RBGE taught modules of the HNC.

For year 2 RBGE Diploma in Horticulture with Plantsmanship

• Completion of the requirements for the RBGE Certificate. • Botanic Gardens of Scotland Essay of 2500 words. Students have the opportunity

to visit five botanic gardens in the context of the Managing Plant Collections module. • Attendance requirement in dissection and drawing support classes for Plant

Classification and Systematics [these are not obligatory for HND]. • Pass and Attendance requirement in RBGE taught modules of the HND. • Students also have the opportunity to produce a revised version of their specialist

project (Graded unit 2) for submission to the RBGE Library.

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Response to Condition f

Descriptors for all modules under the control of these programmes should be reviewed in accordance with the degree module descriptor template to ensure they include: • information on the development, and where appropriate the assessment, of core skills

and graduate attributes; • details of appropriate reading in refereed journals and review articles; • details on the approaches to learning and teaching which will be employed; • clear guidelines on the assessment structure, including word limits where appropriate.

All module authors were given their modules to review, and revise appropriately taking cognisance of the panel’s comments.

These alterations and amendments have been made to the modules within the remit of the Horticulture & Landscape Department and are included in Section C (provided as Appendix 2).

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