Horticulture
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Our World faces immense challenges; climate change, mass migration from the countryside to megacities, food shortages, excess consumption, food waste, and pollution. Through the sustainable cultivation of plants and an increase in plant-based diets. Plants provide the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, our shelter, and medicines. This course covers the sciences, environmental studies, business, management, and communication skills related to growing food and non-food plants. You will also study the science behind developing and maintaining Ireland’s designed landscapes, golf courses, tennis courts, and sports pitches. The objectives of this degree are to give you: knowledge of the growth, development, and protection of plants, and the use of plants for food, leisure, sports, and social and environmental benefits. -An understanding of horticultural plant production systems and how their components are integrated and managed in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. The skills to become a competent, competitive, and confident leader who will excel in the national or global horticulture community as a professional horticulturist or horticultural scientist.
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The Student Contribution Charge is €2,000.Please note that to be eligible for the Free Fees scheme students must first qualify for the EU fee rate. Application deadline for EU students is February 1.
Admissions Requirements
High School Diploma without standardized exams 3.75 / 4.0 GPA or with standardized exams 3.33 / 4.0 GPA and 1000 SAT or 20 ACT. Additional Requirements: Math: A in senior year HS math class with 4 years of math taken or 530 in maths section of SAT or 21 in maths ACT or D in college/university math class; Lab Science: B- in senior year HS lab science course or AP Science 2 or D in college/university lab science class.
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