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Caroline O’Reilly, Dept. Head,Accounting & Information Systems,

School of Business&

John Kelly, Principal Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College

Cork Institute of Technology & Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College.Courses and Information 2013Career Guidance Counsellors

New Level 8 Add-on Degrees

• CR010 : BSc. (Hons) in Agriculture – commenced September 2012

• CR011: BSc. (Hons) in Horticulture – Commenced September 2012

Developments & Graduate Opportunities

Unique Programme Partnership

• Department of Accounting & Information Systems – Business subjects

• Department of Biological Science – Science subjects

In partnership with;• Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College –

Technical expertise and access to resources

• A Teagasc College learning facility supporting Agriculture, Horticulture and Herbal Sciences.

• Modern Lecture theatres and IT Labs

• 350 acre farm (approx.) with various livestock, crops, farm buildings and machinery.

• Horticulture Unit with glasshouse and field crops.

• Research Centre linked with Moorepark.

Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College

• Broad knowledge gained of various science, business, and technical subjects.

• Specialisation in the Management of Horticultural & Agricultural Enterprises

• Specialisation in final year : Dairy Herd Management, Food, Plant Opportunities & Medicinal Herbs

• Study level 6 through to level 10

• Small classes – 20 / 40 in most cases.

BSc. in Agriculture / Horticulture at CIT

BSc. In Agriculture / Horticulture at CIT:

• Range of teaching and assessment instruments adopted

• Latest technologies being adopted e.g. tissue culture, plant biotechnology, organic research

• A broad range of established industry links.

• High level of contact with lecturers.

• Student retention – High

• Four days a week in Clonakilty and one day in CIT campus in first year,

• Two days in Clonakilty and approximately three days a week in CIT in second year,

• CIT campus presently for Third and Fourth year for the Honours Degree year.

The Best of both worlds

• Plant Propagation• Botany• Plant Biotechnology• Greenhouse Soils and Media• Organic and Biodynamic Horticulture• Landscape Planning and Construction• Turf Grass Management• Market Gardening, • Nursery Stock Management• Finance, Marketing, Law, Enterprise..

Examples of Horticulture modules

• Mechanisation• Animal Production• Crop Science• Animal Management • Food Science• Agricultural Mechanisation• Food & Environmental Science• Protecting Rural Environments• Quality Management Systems• Finance, Marketing, Law, Enterprise..

Examples of Agriculture modules

BSc (Hons) Level 8 – Agriculture & Horticulture

• One year add on – 60 credits• Focus on Business, Science and Agriculture /

Horticulture• Programme Structure

– 20 credits for Business modules– 25 credits for Science related modules includes

project– 15 credits for electives

• Dairy Herd Management / Food (Agriculture)• Plant Opportunities / Medicinal Herbs (Horticulture)

Industry Links• Workplacement

– CR010 & CR011 have accredited work placement modules – 15 weeks

– National and International Placements• Employment Opportunities

– Increase in number of companies contacting CIT directly when recruiting

Work Placement links

Job Opportunities - Agribusiness

• Food harvest 2020 – Significant Government investment in Agriculture industries including Horticulture.

• World Population is increasing coupled with an increased demand for food produced in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner, means a strong demand and bright future for Agriculture and Horticulture graduates.

Graduate Opportunities

• Management, Production, technical advisory, consultation, research, quality assurance , sales/ marketing and distribution positions, either working for companies or within one’s own business.

• Continue to Masters and PhD study.• International Travel

Sample Job TitlesAgriculture• Farm Manager, • Agricultural Sales rep, • Agricultural Consultant, • Agricultural finance

adviser, • Researcher.• Food Production

Manager,• Researcher.

Horticulture• Organic Producer of Veg or

Fruit,• Market Gardener manager, • Plant Propagator,• Head Greens keeper,• Landscape Construction

manager, • Nursery / Floral Production

Manager.

School Visits – Please contact

Horticulture• Joseph Croke• Tel: 021 433 5885• Email: joseph.croke@cit.ie

Agriculture: • Caroline O Reilly• Tel: 021-4335805• Email: caroline.oreilly@cit.ie

Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College• John Kelly• Tel: 023 8832505• Email:John.kelly@teagasc.ie

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