Horticulture - Commercial University of Greenwich

Award	Attendance	Study	Duration	Start	Domestic fees	International fees
BSc (Hons)	On-Campus	Full-time	3 years	September	find out	find out

Course fee notes

Your time at university should be enjoyable and rewarding, and it is important that it is not spoilt by unnecessary financial worries. We recommend that you spend time planning your finances, both before coming to university and while you are here. We can offer advice on living costs and budgeting, as well as on awards, allowances and loans.

Find out more about our fees and the support available to you at our:

Undergraduate finance pages
International students' finance pages

Course overview

Offering an opportunity for students to specialise in either nursery production, medicinal crop production, fruit production or retail nursery, this degree level programme provides a technical understanding and solid scientific foundations. You will learn about horticultural chemistry, plant physiology and chemical analysis.

Throughout the programme you will be assessed by assignments, practical skills, presentations and examinations so that when you graduate you have the right vocational skills to succeed.

Degree structure

Year 1

Plant science for horticulture
Principles of management
Soil science
Chemistry for horticulture
Horticultural production
Horticultural practices.

Year 2

Crop science
Crop production
Crop thesis
Industrial experience
Applied enterprise management
A choice of either: Retail horticulture or Chemical analysis and extraction
A choice of either: Post harvest or Human physiology.

Year 3

Sustainable cropping technology
Plant productivity and crop yield
Project
A choice of either: Operational management or Ethnobotany
A choice of either: International horticulture and novel crops or Natural products.