Agrifood Options
The Agrifood Innovation course will provide you with a detailed understanding of the challenges facing the agri-food sector and is aimed at agricultural and environmental advisers, vets, FE lecturers and technical sales staff. If you currently work in one of these areas, or would like to, this blended learning course, which is delivered through a mixture of workshops and distance learning modules, is the ideal way to develop your advisory skills, update your technical knowledge and gain a postgraduate qualification while you are working.
Workshop based modules are delivered by Aberystwyth Business School in partnership with Menter a Busnes
This course is currently only available to students based in Wales.
Those studying for the MSc in Agrifood Innovation may choose any 60 credits from the list below
(all modules hold 20 credits and are delivered online unless otherwise stated)
- Leading Change (workshop based)
- Coaching and Mentoring for Leaders (workshop based)
- Ruminant Nutrition
- Ruminant Gut Microbiology
- Grassland Systems
- Ruminant Production
- Silage Science
- Genetics and Genomics in Agriculture
- Livestock Health and Welfare
- Organic and Low Input Ruminant Production
- Business Management for Rural Entrepreneurs
- Plant Breeding
- BDM1220 - Waste Resource Management (Wales only)
- BDM1320 - Future of Packaging (Wales only)
- BDM6220 - Controlled Environment Agriculture (Wales only)
- BDM6320 - Life Cycle Assessment and Beyond (Wales only)
- BDM6420 - Precision Livestock (Wales only)
- BDM8720 - Meat Processing (Wales only)
- BDM8820 - Behaviour Change (Wales only)
- BDM1920 - Public Goods (Wales only)
- Nuffield Scholarship Project - Post Completion (40 credits) - OR
- Nuffield Scholarship Project - New Awards (40 credits)
Please note:Students wishing to exit with an MSc or PGDip in Agrifood Innovation must complete the following core modules:
- Sustainable Supply Systems (Wales only)
- Facilitation for Organisation Leadership (taught via workshop)