Bachelor of Science Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens)

Year 1
 

Semester 1	Semester 2
Communication Skills and Computer Applications	Chemistry for Land Scientists
Horticulture Skills 1	Horticulture Building Construction
Plant Biology	Horticultural Mechanisation and Safety
Plant Knowledge 1	Horticulture Skills 2
Plant Protection	Plant Knowledge 2
Soil and Growing Media	Plant Propagation

Year 2
 

Semester 3	Semester 4
Biodiversity and Horticulture	Placement
Financial Analysis for Your Business
Garden Management and Plant Selection
Choose one of the following electives:
*Sustainable Food Production
*Landscape Design
*Nursery Stock Production
*Sportsturf Science
*Lab Skills for Plant Micro-Propagation (Waterford Only)
* = Elective module
Electives are run subject to class sizes and timetable constraints. Some electives require prerequisites	Transfer students who have already undertaken placement as part of their previously completed qualification, will be required to complete 6 other modules

Year 3
 

Semester 5	Semester 6
Horticulture Sales and Marketing	Arboriculture
Introduction to Scientific Writing and Data Analysis	Horticulture Project and Seminar
Managing your Business	Law for Horticulturists
People Management	Tax for Horticulture
Electives - choose 1 of the following which must be different from the choice made in year 2	Choose one elective from group 1:
*Sustainable Food Production	*Field Crop Production
*Landscape Design	*Garden Centre Operations
*Nursery Stock Production	*Greenkeeping
*Sportsturf Science	*Landscaping Design Advanced
*Lab Skills for Plant Micro-Propagation (Waterford Only)	*Plants and Society
	Choose one elective from group 2:
* = elective module	*Beekeeping and Pollination Studies
Electives are run subject to class sizes and timetable constraints. Some electives require prerequisites	*Computer Aided Design
	*Interior Landscaping and Floristry
	*Protected Crop Production
	*Social and Therapeutic Horticulture

Leaving Cert: Minimum entry requirements for BSc in Horticulture:
 

• 5 subjects: O6/H7

• English or Irish: O6/H7

• Mathematics: O6/H7

• Students with Level 5 and 6 with merit or distinction in the new Common award in Horticulture and who successfully complete bridging studies, can apply to transfer into Year 2.

• Students who have completed the old National Diploma or Certificate in Horticulture under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, ACOT or Teagasc can apply to transfer into Year 3.

The fees for Bachelor of Science Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens) may vary from €10,000 to €25,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.
 

Study Abroad (Undergraduate level)
 

• Per Semester €5,000

The following are just a few positions in which our graduates are currently employed:
 

• Greenkeeper - maintaining and building golf courses, sports fields, and stadia

• Stadium Playing Pitch Maintenance Supervisor

• Nursery Stock Producer - producing trees, bedding plants, shrubs, and perennials for the horticulture industry

• Craft Gardener in public parks, private or heritage gardens

• Independent Landscape Designer

• Landscape Maintenance/Building Contractor

• Food Producers (from smallholders producing high value speciality crops to graduates who manage multiacre glasshouse complexes producing fruit and vegetables for national and international supermarket chains)

• Garden Centre Assistant, Owner, or Manager

• Florist / Interior Landscaper

• Horticulture Teacher

• Horticulture Therapist

• Mushroom Growers

• Horticulture Writers and Journalists

• Tree Surgeon

• Vegetable Farmer

• Horticulture Technician

• Landscape Contractor