Agri-BusinessManagementBSc Honours

UCAS code N2803 Years

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Agri-BusinessManagementBSc HonoursUCAS code N2803 Years

This degree focuses on concepts fromeconomics and business studies disciplines, asapplied to food, fibre and energy chains.

This is an applied course where you will learn about themanagement of businesses operating from the farm gate toconsumer plates.

Along with business management skills, you will learn andbe able to reflect on the key challenges of securing asustainable food supply for this and future generations.

The agri-food chain is one of the world's largest industries. Itinvolves the delivery of products from farms to worldwidemarkets.

Key topics covered are:

• food economics and management of agri-foodbusinesses

• food policy and its implications for businesses andconsumers

• gathering evidence through data analysis to supportsound decision

• agriculture and food production and distribution• consumer studies and marketing management

This degree could lead to work in a range of internationalbusiness sectors, such as food markets and marketing,retail management, and business consultancy. 

Highlights of this degreeBoost your employability with work experienceYou'll have plenty of opportunities to boost youremployability through work experience.

Choose an optional 12-month work placement in the UKor abroad to gain real-world business experience. Recentlystudents have worked for:

• Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Aldi, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose• Masterfoods, United Biscuits• IBM, Unilever, HSBC and John Deere

Develop work-related skills throughout your degree bytaking a Career Development Module. Volunteer, tutor in alocal school, or get a part-time job and you can gainacademic credit towards your degree.

Boost your management skills with our globally-recognisedteam-based business simulation. You'll run a virtualbusiness and gain the equivalent of two years’ managementexperience.

This isn't available if you're spending a year studying abroad.

Enjoy study visits with our industry contactsExperience agri-business first hand thanks to our stronglinks with industry.

Study visits to our agri-food contacts in the region helpyou learn more about the business, especially in your firstyear.

Our contacts include:

• JR Holland• Tynegrain• Asda• Blagdon Estate

You'll visit companies representing each part of the foodsupply chain. So you'll gain a vital overview of the wholebusiness.

Study abroad for international experienceYou can broaden your academic experience and expandyour horizons by studying abroad as part of your degree.

You can study at a partner institution abroad for betweenthree months and one year through the Erasmus scheme.

Current countries include France, Spain, Germany, theNetherlands, Hungary and Estonia.

We also have an exchange programme with CornellUniversity, located in Ithaca, New York State.

FacilitiesYou'll be based on our vibrant campus, just a few minutes'walk from Newcastle city centre.

You'll split your time between the School of Natural andEnvironmental Sciences and Newcastle University BusinessSchool.

Our facilities will help you develop practical skills for yourfuture career. They include:

• two University farms, which are located a short distancefrom Newcastle

• well-equipped teaching and research labs• modern Business School, on the Science Central area of

campus, in the heart of Newcastle's emerging businessdistrict

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SupportWe pride ourselves on the support we provide to help yousettle into university and throughout your degree:

• outstanding peer-mentoring scheme, partnering youwith a second- or third-year student for support

• personal tutor to help with academic and personalwellbeing throughout your degree

• highly active student society, offering social events tohelp you get to know your coursemates

• active student–staff committee, so you can get involvedin how your degree is run

To support you in your studies, all new students enteringyear 1 or year 2 will receive a tablet. This enables you to

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download the online learning resources you'll need for yourcourse and helps us to make our campus more sustainable.

Free WiFi on campus helps you stay connected.

Course Details

Modules for 2019 entry

Please noteThe module and/or programme information below isfor 2019 entry. Our teaching is informed by research andmodules change periodically to reflect developments inthe discipline, the requirements of external bodies andpartners, student feedback, or insufficient numbers ofstudents interested (in an optional module). To find outmore read our terms and conditions.Module/programme information for 2020 entry will bepublished here as soon as it is available (end of May2020).Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts foran academic year and you need to complete modulestotalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage. Furtherinformation, including the credit value of the module, isavailable in each of the module descriptions below.

Stage 1At Stage 1 you'll be studying foundation modules to helpyou learn about the subject.

Compulsory modules• ACC1000  Introduction to Non-Specialist Accounting and

Finance• ACE1000  Introduction to Marketing and Consumer

Behaviour• ACE1006  Introductory Business Economics• ACE1041  Investigating Agri-Food Systems from Farm to

Folk• ACE1040  Academic and Professional Skills• ACE1047  Introduction to Agri-Food Business

Management• ECO1020  Introductory Macroeconomics

Stage 2

Compulsory modulesACE2000  Marketing Strategy: Concepts andApplicationsACE2006  Agricultural Economics and PolicyACE2010  Agricultural MarketsACE2066  Academic and Professional Skills 2ACE2067  Agri-Business ManagementOptional modulesYou take 40 credits from the following list:ACC2000  Interpreting Company AccountsACE2012  Consumer and Business EconomicsACE2018  Arable CropsACE2020  Introduction to Farm Management

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Stage 2

ACE2073  New Food Product DevelopmentACE2076 Sustainable Animal ProductionBUS2000  Human Resource ManagementLAW1054  Introduction to Business LawPSY2003  Social PsychologyOther optional modules may also be available.

Work placement year

Between Stages 2 and 3, you can spend the year onwork placement. This will be with an approvedorganisation in the UK or abroad.

You will also need to take a compulsory 120-creditmodule: 

NCL3000 Careers Service Placement Year Module

Permission to undertake a placement is subject to theapproval of the Degree Programme Director.

Stage 3

Compulsory modulesACE3012  Advanced Agri-Business ManagementACE3078  Marketing MetricsACE3079  Food EconomicsOptional modulesYou take one of the following modules: ACE3099  Agri-food Business Management andMarketing Dissertation orACE3209  Food Innovation Consultancy You take 50 credits from the following list of optionalmodules, giving you increasing freedom to tailor thedegree to your career aspirations.ACE3000  Globalisation: Patterns, Processes andChallengesACE3036  Farm ManagementACE3201  Marketing and Public PolicyACE3202  Communication and Behaviour ChangeACE3204 Applied Animal NutritionLAW2053  Law and Land UseNCL2100  Developing Enterprise, Entrepreneurship andEmployability*NCL3007  Career Development for Final Year Students*PSY3006  Consumer PsychologyPSY3009  Co-operationSOC3098  Community and Conflict in the Countryside*You may opt to take only 20 credits of NCL modules

Teaching and assessmentOn average you will have around 14 contact hours aweek. You'll learn through lectures, seminars and smallgroup tutorials.

There will also be field trips, so you can see how yourlearning applies in a practical context.

Assessment is mostly through examinations. You'll alsocomplete coursework that includes essays, projects andcase studies.

To help you develop skills for your future career, you'llalso complete a business simulation project and anindependent research project in Stage 3.

Careers

Agri-Business ManagementcareersA degree in Agri-Business Management opens the door tomany careers in the private and public sectors.

The specialist knowledge and skills gained during thisdegree programme develop candidates for roles in a diverserange of popular career destinations in the food andretailing sector. However, the wide range of businessknowledge gained and the transferable skills you willdevelop opens the door to many careers in the land basedand business sectors.

For example, some of our graduates progress to careers infinance, recruitment, management, marketing andcommunications, in a variety of businesses, includingconsultancy, hospitality and logistics.

Recent graduates have been recruited into prestigiousnational and multinational companies such as:

• Andersen Consulting• KPMG• Accenture• BT• P&G• Unilever• Marks and Spencer• Sainsbury's• Morrisons• Tesco

You will receive bespoke careers support throughout yourdegree programme, which includes help to write anoutstanding CV.

Find out more about the career options for Agri-BusinessManagement from Prospects: The UK's Official CareersWebsite.

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What our graduates go on to do:employment and further studychoicesSee what our recent graduates went on to do and viewgraduate destinations statistics. These statistics are basedon what graduates were doing on a specific date,approximately six months after graduation. Take a look atthe most recent data available for our graduates.

The destination data is available in varying levels, beginningwith the University and moving through Faculty and Schooldown to individual course reports. This final level may giveyou some useful ideas about possible options after yourcourse or a course you are considering.

Careers and employability atNewcastleNewcastle University consistently has one of the bestrecords for graduate employment in the UK.

96% of our 2017 UK-domiciled UG/PG graduatesprogressed to employment or further study within sixmonths of graduating.

85.5% of our graduates are in graduate level employment orfurther study within six months of graduating.

We provide an extensive range of opportunities to allstudents through an initiative called ncl+. This enables youto develop personal, employability and enterprise skills andto give you the edge in the employment market after yougraduate.

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest andbest in the country, and we have strong links withemployers.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees (UK students)

2020 entry:£9,250For programmes where you can spend a year on a workplacement or studying abroad, you will receive asignificant fee reduction for that year.Some of our degrees involve additional costs which arenot covered by your tuition fees.Please note:The maximum fee that we are permitted to charge for UKstudents is set by the UK government.As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee toincrease in each subsequent academic year of yourcourse, subject to government regulations on feeincreases and in line with inflation.

Tuition Fees (UK students)

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Tuition Fees (EU students)

2020 entry:£9,250 You will pay the same tuition fees as UK studentsfor the duration of your course.For programmes where you can spend a year on a workplacement or studying abroad, you will receive asignificant fee reduction for that year.Some of our degrees involve additional costs which arenot covered by your tuition fees.Please note:As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee toincrease in each subsequent academic year of yourcourse, subject to government regulations on feeincreases and in line with inflation.See more information on all aspects of studentfinance relating to Newcastle University.

Tuition Fees (International students)

2020 entry*:£18,600 *Please note:You will be charged tuition fees for each year of yourdegree programme (unless you are on a shorter exchangeprogramme).The tuition fee amount you will pay may increaseslightly year on year as a result of inflation.If you spend a year on placement or studying abroad aspart of your degree you may pay a reduced fee for thatyear.See more information on all aspects of studentfinance relating to Newcastle University.

Scholarships and Financial Support (UKstudents)

You may be eligible for one of a range of NewcastleUniversity Scholarships in addition to government financialsupport.Newcastle University ScholarshipsGovernment financial support

Scholarships and Financial Support (EUstudents)

You may be eligible for one of a range of NewcastleUniversity Scholarships in addition to government financialsupport.Newcastle University Scholarships

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Scholarships and Financial Support (EUstudents)

Government financial support

Scholarships and Financial Support(International students)

We offer a range of scholarships to eligible internationalstudents:Vice-Chancellor's International ScholarshipsVice-Chancellor’s Excellence ScholarshipsVice-Chancellor’s Global ScholarshipsWe also offer International Family Discounts which areavailable for all international students with a close familymember who has graduated from or is now studying atNewcastle University.Newcastle University offers Sanctuary Scholarships foreligible undergraduate students (excludes MBBS andBDS students) from asylum-seeker and refugeebackgrounds. Some of our subject scholarships and sportsscholarships are also available for international students.

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Applying to Newcastle Universitythrough UCASTo apply for undergraduate study at Newcastle you mustuse the online application system managed by theUniversities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

UCAS codes for Newcastle University

• institution name - NEWC• institution code - N21

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All UK schools and colleges and a small number of EU andinternational establishments are registered with UCAS.

If you are applying independently, or are applying from aschool or college which is not registered to manageapplications, you will still use the Apply system. You will notneed a buzzword.

Making your applicationOn the UCAS website you can also find out more about:

• application deadlines and other important dates• offers and tracking your application

Application decisions and enquiriesFind out more about our admissions process and who tocontact if you need help with your application.

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