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ASC 16/74a
BSc/BSc(Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design BSc/BSc(Hons) Horticulture
BSc/BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship
Response to Revalidation Conditions April 2017
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The revalidation panel set the following conditions in section 6.2 of their report. These conditions are listed a to f below.
a) The general aims and programme-specific aims should be reviewed by the team to provide clarity between each programme. This review must consider the relevant external reference points, industry requirements/ expectations and the curriculum being offered.
b) All three degrees should include the option, in years 3 and 4, for students to select one elective module as a free choice from those on offer at their campus, subject to availability and timetabling.
c) For each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of subject themes within the core units/modules.
d) For each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of graduate attributes within the core units/modules.
e) Consideration must be given to the additional workload created by offering the RBGE Diploma and Certificate alongside the HND Horticulture with Plantsmanship. It must be clear to students that the RBGE courses are additional and not an essential element of the SQA HND qualification.
f) Descriptors for all modules under the control of these programmes should be reviewed in accordance with the degree module descriptor template to ensure they include:
• information on the development, and where appropriate the assessment, of core skills and graduate attributes;
• details of appropriate reading in refereed journals and review articles;
• details on the approaches to learning and teaching which will be employed;
• clear guidelines on the assessment structure, including word limits where appropriate.
The response to each is set out in this document.
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Response to Condition a
The panel felt that the general and specific aims of the Horticulture Degree (BSc), Horticulture with Plantsmanship (BSc) and Garden and Greenspace (BSc) programme did not accurately reflect the differences between the three degree programmes. The programme team from SRUC and RBGE agreed with the panel’s conclusion and have revised these accordingly. The general aims have been expanded by including some of the aims which sat previously within the specific aims and are of a more generic nature. The programme team, in revising the specific aims of each degree, took cognisance of their differing modular content and the areas of employment where students from the distinct degrees become employed. The programme team did feel that the aims of the BSc Garden and Greenspace were correct and distinct and were not altered. The team felt that the issue was more specifically between the Horticulture BSc and the Horticulture with Plantsmanship BSc where the specific aims had erroneously been identical.
The revised aims are detailed below:
B 3.1 1 General aims: Horticulture and Landscape Programmes
These can be summarised as follows:
• To provide educational and training opportunities for potential and current employees in the horticulture and landscape industries.
• To provide programmes which meet the changing needs of the horticulture and garden design industry worldwide.
• To enable an articulated progression route to higher levels of learning from National Certificate through to Honours Degree.
• To raise levels of awareness, skills and knowledge, and encourage a holistic approach to sustainable development and management.
• To provide students with key transferrable skills enabling them to perform and communicate effectively in the workplace.
• To provide a student-centred learning environment which will stimulate students to reach their full intellectual potential and encourage independent thinking.
• To enable students to locate, evaluate, synthesise and apply information and data in order to produce solutions to problems.
• To provide opportunity for personal career development, including advancement for mature students with employment experience.
B 3.1.2 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Horticulture • To produce horticulturists who have detailed knowledge of the science and practice of
horticulture.
• To provide graduates who have appropriate knowledge and expertise to take up professional or managerial appointments within their chosen sector of the industry or within research, advisory or consultancy services in the UK and emerging markets overseas.
• To develop further knowledge and skills through further specialised training and through work experience leading to increased responsibility for management and forward planning.
• To allow students to have knowledge and experience of the full range of opportunities within the horticulture industry.
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• To produce horticulturalists with a strong plant knowledge in the amenity or production areas of the industry.
B 3.1.3 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship • To produce expert plantspeople who understand plant diversity and cultivation, to
make the most of and conserve plants both in gardens and in the wild.
• To produce expert horticulturists with a solid command of the horticultural skills required for working with specialist collections of plants, in historic and botanic gardens, botanical and conservation research and plant & habitat conservation.
• To explore, conserve and explain the world of plants for people and the planet.
B 3.1.4 Specific aims of the BSc(Hons) Garden and Greenspace Design • To produce garden designers who have detailed knowledge of the design,
construction, planting and maintenance of public, private and corporate gardens and landscapes in the UK and internationally.
• To enable students to contribute to creating sustainable and well-designed landscapes to improve the environment and for the benefit of human health.
• To produce garden designers with a strong plant knowledge.
• To provide graduates with appropriate knowledge and expertise to prepare them to take up professional appointments or self-employment within the garden design and landscape sector in the UK and emerging markets overseas.
• To provide students with an understanding of contemporary practice, and the professional contractual and legal framework both in the UK and internationally.
Response to Condition b The following section details the module structure of years 3 and 4 of the three degree programmes. Condition b required that they be amended to clearly show the option for students to select a free choice elective module from those on offer at their campus, subject to availability and timetabling. This had previously been permissible within the existing frameworks, it was however not explicit. This has been amended in the year 3 and year 4 structure of each programme.
There has also been a change to some of the frameworks to alter their module content in line with recommendations from the panel. Where changes have been made they are detailed at the beginning of each framework.
Year 3 – BSc Horticulture Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it had originally been in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.
The module Advanced Case Studies has been added to the framework. This is an existing core module for the Horticulture with Plantsmanship degree students and contains relevant content for the Horticulture students also. It has now been added as an elective choice to the year 3 framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation.
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Module title Core or Elective
SCQF level
SCQF credits
Horticultural Plant Physiology Core 9 15 New Perspectives in Plant Protection Core 9 15 Ornamental Plant Production Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 Management Skills and Entrepreneurship Core 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Core 9 15 Elective Modules - Select 2 Advanced Case Studies Elective 9 15 Crop Production: Vegetables and Fruit Elective 9 15 Experimental and Analytical Techniques Elective 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Elective 9 15 Climate Change and the Global Environment Elective 9 15 Conservation Management Planning Elective 9 15 Geographical Information systems and Remote sensing Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Ethnobotany Elective 9 15 Multi-Purpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 Rural Planning and Environmental Impact Assessment Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15
Year 4 – BSc Horticulture(Hons) Module Content Module title Core or
Elective SCQF level
SCQF credits
Honours Project Core 10 45 Garden and Open Space Management Core 10 15 Global Horticulture Core 10 15 Plant Protection Technology Core 10 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Crop Products and Potential Elective 9 15 Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design Elective 10 15 Plant Biotic Interactions Elective 10 15 Plant Responses to Stress Elective 10 15 Professional Practice and Project Management Elective 10 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Topical Issues Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15
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Year 3 – BSc Horticulture with Plantsmanship Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it has originally been in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.
Module Title Core or Elective
SCQF level
SCQF credits
Advanced Case Studies Core 9 15 Ethnobotany Core 9 15 Horticultural Plant Physiology Core 9 15 Horticultural Taxonomy Core 9 15 Plant Geography Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 Victorian Horticulture Core 9 15 Elective Modules - select 1 Climate Change & the Global Environment Elective 9 15 Conservation Management Planning Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Experimental and Analytical Techniques Elective 9 15 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Elective 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Elective 9 15 Multipurpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 New Perspectives in Plant Protection Elective 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15
Year 4 – BSc(Hons) Horticulture with Plantsmanship Module Content Module Title Core or
Elective SCQF level
SCQF credits
Honours Project Core 10 45 Global Horticulture Core 10 15 Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Core 10 15 Plant Biotic Interactions Core 10 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Plant Protection Technology Elective 10 15 Plant Responses to Stress Elective 10 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Topical Issues Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15
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Year 3 – BSc Garden and Greenspace Design Module Content The module Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing has been moved to the third year of the frame work - it was originally in the fourth year of the proposed framework. This was identified by the panel as a recommendation. It allows students to utilise the skills that they gain within this module to several of their third and fourth year assessments.
Module Title Core or Elective
SCQF level
SCQF credits
Advanced Techniques in Digital Media Core 9 15 Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design
Core 9 15
International Design Project Core 9 15 Landscape Horticulture Core 9 15 Research Skills and Data Analysis Core 9 15 World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants Core 9 15 Elective Modules - select 2 Advanced Case Studies Elective 9 15 Ecology: Management and Impacts Elective 9 15 Ethnobotany Elective 9 15 Horticultural Plant Physiology Elective 9 15 Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Elective 9 15 Management Skills and Entrepreneurship Elective 9 15 Victorian Horticulture Elective 9 15 Free choice elective Elective 9 15
Year 4 – BSc (Hons)Garden and Greenspace Design Module Content Module title Core or
Elective SCQF level
SCQF credits
Advanced Design Solutions Core 10 15 Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design Core 10 15 Garden and Open Space Management Core 10 15 Professional Practice and Project Management Core 10 15 Honours Project Core 10 45 Elective modules* - select 1 Action for Biodiversity Elective 10 15 Multi-purpose Woodland Management Elective 9 15 Sustainable Environmental Management Elective 10 15 Free choice elective Elective 10 15
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Response to Condition c Condition c requested a matrix of subject themes within the core units/modules for each programme. The programme team felt that a more complete picture was given to the subject themes by also including elective modules. Modules denoted in bold are core to the frameworks within each programme.
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B 4.5 Academic Progression (Module titles highlighted in bold are core modules) Table 4.5a - Academic progression within the Horticulture Curriculum
SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Business Preparing to start a
business Business Management: An introduction
Management Skills & Entrepreneurship
Retailing of plants Sustainability Horticultural Practices Landscape Management
and Maintenance New Perspectives in Plant Protection
Global Horticulture
Nursery Production Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Garden and Open Space Management
Environment Plants & Habitats:
Ecology & Conservation Ecology: Management & Impacts (elective)
Action for Biodiversity
Terrestrial Ecosystems Environmental Science for Garden and Greenspace Design
Sustainable Environmental Management
History / heritage gardens Landscape Design
History Victorian Horticulture Conservation of Gardens
and Designed Landscapes Landscape management Horticultural Practices Landscape Management
and Maintenance Landscape Horticulture Garden & Open Space
Management Multi-purpose Woodland
Management
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Table 4.5a continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Landscape Practice Constructing Hard
landscape Features Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Professional Practice and
Project Management Horticultural Mechanisation Principles
Horticultural Practices Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant
recognition and Use Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings
Ethnobotany
Horticultural Practices World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants
Production Horticultural Practices Advanced Plant
Propagation Crop Production: Vegetables & Fruit
Crop Products and Potential
Nursery Production Crop Production Practices
Ornamental Plant Production
Global Horticulture
Plant Trials: An Introduction
Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: Container Production
Soil Management Horticultural Production Mechanisation
Organic Production Systems
Soils and Plant Nutrition Plant Protection Plant Protection Plant Protection:
Integrated Approaches New Perspectives in Plant Protection
Plant Protection Technology
Plant Science Plant Growth and
Development Crop Physiology & Breeding
Experimental and Analytical Techniques
Plant Responses to Stress
Plant Physiology Genetics for Plant Science Horticultural Plant Physiology Plant Biotic Interactions
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Table 4.5a continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software 1 Data Collection and
Handling Methods GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project &
Dissertation Work Experience Graded Unit 2 Project Research Skills & Data
Analysis Professional Practice and Project Management
Topical Issues
Table 4.5b - Academic progression within the Garden and Greenspace Design Curriculum
SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Business Preparing to start a
business Garden Design Practice Advanced Case Studies Business Marketing
Management Skills & Entrepreneurship
Environmental economics
Design Design Process and
Composition in the Landscape
Designing Plant Collections
Advanced Technology in Digital Media for Garden Design
Advanced Design Solutions
Designing Gardens Garden Design Practice International Design Project Environmental Psychology and Greenspace Design
Landscape Graphics Garden Design Skills Planting Design Show Gardens: Design
and Construction
Environment Ecology: Management &
Impacts Action for Biodiversity
Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design
Sustainable Environmental Management
History/Heritage Gardens Landscape Design History Victorian Horticulture Garden and Open Space
Management
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Table 4.5b continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Landscape Management Horticultural Practices Landscape Management
and Maintenance Landscape Horticulture Garden & Open Space
Management Multi-purpose Woodland
Management
Landscape Practice Constructing Hard
landscape Features Landscape Practices Landscape Horticulture Professional Practice and
Project Management Fundamentals of Landscape Surveying
Horticultural Mechanisation Principles
Water Gardens: Design and Construction
Horticultural Practices Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant
Recognition and Use Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings
Ethnobotany
World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants
Sustainability Horticultural Practices Garden Design Skills Landscape Horticulture Garden and Open Space
Management Landscape Management
and Maintenance Ecology: Management and Impacts
Advanced Case Studies Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software 1 Graded Unit 2 Project GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project &
Dissertation IT in Landscape Design &
Management Research Skills & Data Analysis
Professional Practice and Project Management
Show Gardens: Design and Construction
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Table 4.5c - Academic progression within the Horticulture with Plantsmanship Curriculum
SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Business Preparing to start a
business Business Management: An introduction
Advanced Case Studies
Retailing of plants Management Skills & Entrepreneurship
Sustainability Horticultural Practices Managing Plant Collections Plant Geography Global Horticulture
Nursery Production Plants & Habitats: Ecology & Conservation
Ethnobotany Conservation of Gardens & Landscapes
Environment Horticultural Practices Plants & Habitats: Ecology
& Conservation Ecology: Management & Impacts
Action for Biodiversity
Climate Change and the Global Environment
Sustainable Environmental Management
History/Heritage Gardens Landscape Design History Victorian Horticulture Conservation of Gardens and
Designed Landscapes Landscape Management Horticultural Practices Managing Plant Collections Landscape Horticulture Conservation of Gardens and
Designed Landscapes Multi-purpose Woodland
Management
Plantsmanship Horticulture: Plant recognition and Use
Managing Plant Collections Ethnobotany
Horticultural Practices Plant Classification and Systematics
Horticultural Taxonomy Honours Project and Dissertation
Designing Plant Collections Plant Geography Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
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Table 4.5c continued SCQF level 7 SCQF level 8 SCQF level 9 SCQF level 10 Production Nursery Production Advanced Plant
Propagation Global Horticulture
Soil Management Horticultural Practices Plant Trials: An Introduction
Plant Protection Plant Protection Plant Protection:
Integrated Approaches New Perspectives in Plant Protection
Plant Protection Technology
Plant Science Plant Growth and
Development Experimental and Analytical
Techniques Plant Responses to Stress
Plant Physiology Horticultural Plant Physiology
Plant Biotic Interactions
Genetics for Plant Science
Plant Responses to Stress
Transferable Skills IT: Applications Software
1 Data Collection and Handling Methods
GIS & Remote Sensing Honours Project & Dissertation
Work Experience Graded Unit 2 Projects Research Skills and Data Analysis
Topical Issues
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Response to Condition d
The panel recommended that for each programme and spanning all four years of delivery, a matrix should be provided that clearly shows the development of graduate attributes within the core units/modules. A matrix is provided within this section, and specific examples of graduate attributes linked to learning activities are presented in Appendix 1.
Graduate attributes are listed below:
SRUC has a commitment to provide the best possible learning opportunities and experience and thus prepare its students for a positive and productive contribution to society, and in particular the land-based and rural industries both in the UK and internationally. It aims to develop graduates who are aware of their own capacity for future self development and who will be able to meet both the needs of society and changing personal circumstances. As part of activity related to the QAA Enhancement Theme, Developing and Supporting the Curriculum, SRUC Education staff discussed and defined the following five graduate attributes that are developed within its educational programmes.
Appropriate to their level of study, SRUC will help graduates to:
Become academically competent, with
• a breadth and depth of knowledge, understanding and skills of their chosen subject; • a breadth of knowledge and understanding beyond their chosen subject; • an understanding of the provisional nature of knowledge; • a recognition of informed argument and debate as means of challenging accepted
knowledge and understanding; • an ability to communicate effectively for different purposes and in different contexts; • an ability to contextualise knowledge and ideas.
Become critical thinkers, with
• a capacity for independent and creative thinking; • an ability to identify and solve problems; • a capacity to collect, synthesise and analyse information in a reasoned manner.
Develop a desire for learning and personal development, with
• an openness to, and an interest in, lifelong learning through both directed and independent study;
• an awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses; • an ability to recognise, create and capitalise on entrepreneurial opportunities; • the capacity to reflect on their abilities and seek continual personal development.
Become responsible members of society, with
• an understanding of the global responsibilities and issues within their chosen subject area;
• a recognition of the value of cultural and social diversity; • a responsible attitude to ethical and environmental issues; • an understanding of the principles of sustainability.
Maximise their employability, with
• the confidence to effectively apply their acquired knowledge, understanding and skills in the workplace;
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• well-developed practical skills, reflecting the vocational nature of their chosen subject; • effective leadership and organisational skills; • an ability to work independently and as part of a team; • a diverse set of transferable skills; • an international perspective of relevant policies and practice.
The development of these graduate attributes has been mapped throughout the units/modules and this is shown in the following tables.
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Response to Condition d: Graduate Attribute development throughout the curriculum
Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture Year 1
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticulture Graded Unit 1
Horticultural Mechanisation. Principles
Horticultural Practices
Horticulture: Plant Recognition and Use
IT: Applications Software 1
Nursery Production: An Introduction
Planting Design
Plant Growth and Development
Plant Trials: An Introduction
Plant Protection
Plant Physiology
Preparing to Start a Business
Retailing of Plants
Soil Management
Work Experience
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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture Year 2
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Plant Propagation
Horticulture Graded Unit 2 (Project)
Horticulture Graded Unit 3 (Exam)
Hardy Ornamental Nursery Stock: Container Production
Horticultural Production Mechanisation
Landscape Management and Maintenance
Landscape Practices
Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings
Plant Protection: Integrated Approaches
Soils and Plant Nutrition
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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture Year 3
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticultural Plant Physiology
Landscape Horticulture
Management Skills and Entrepreneurship
New Perspectives in Plant Protection
Ornamental Plant Production
Research Skills and Data Analysis
Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture Year 4
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Garden and Open Space Management
Global Horticulture
Honours Project
Plant Protection Technology
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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture with Plantsmanship Year 1
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Horticulture Graded Unit 1
Horticultural Mech. Principles
Horticultural Practices
Horticulture: Plant Recognition and Use
IT: Applications Software 1
Nursery Production: An Introduction
Planting Design
Plant Growth and Development
Plant Trials: An Introduction
Plant Protection
Plant Physiology
Preparing to Start a Business
Retailing of Plants
Soil Management
Work Experience
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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture with Plantsmanship Year 2
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Plant Propagation
Business Management: An Introduction
Classification and systematics
Designing Plant Collections
Genetics for Plant Science
Horticulture with Plantsmanship: Graded Unit 2 (Project)
Horticulture with Plantsmanship: Graded Unit 3 (Exam)
Landscape Design History
Managing Plant Collections
Plants and habitats: Ecology and Conservation
Soils and Plant Nutrition
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Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture with Plantsmanship Year 3
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Case Studies
Ethnobotany
Horticultural Plant Physiology
Horticultural Taxonomy
Plant Geography
Research Skills and Data Analysis
Victorian Horticulture
Graduate Attribute Development in Horticulture with Plantsmanship Year 4
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Global Horticulture
Honours Project
Plant Biotic Interactions
Conservation of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
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Graduate Attribute Development in Garden and Greenspace Design Year 1
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Constructing Hard Landscape Features
Designing Gardens
Design Process and Composition in the Landscape
Garden Design Graded Unit 1
Horticultural Mechanisation Principles
Horticultural Practices
Horticulture: Plant Recognition and Use
IT: Applications Software 1
Landscape Graphics
Planting Design
Plant Growth and Development
Plant Protection
Preparing to Start a Business
Soil Management
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Graduate Attribute Development in Garden and Greenspace Design Year 2
Academically competent
Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Fundamentals of Landscape Surveying
Garden Design Graded Unit 2 (Project)
Garden Design Graded Unit 3 (Exam)
Garden Design Practice
Garden Design Skills
IT in Landscape Design and Management
Landscape Design History
Landscape Management and Maintenance
Landscape Practices
Show Garden: Design and Construction
Water Gardens: Design and Construction
Plants for Gardens: Specialised Plantings
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Graduate Attribute Development in Garden and Greenspace Design Year 3
Academically competent Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Tech. in Digital Media
Environmental Aspects for Garden and Greenspace Design
International Design Project
Landscape Horticulture
World Climate Zones and Ornamental Plants
Research Skills and Data Analysis
Graduate Attribute Development in Garden and Greenspace Design Year 4
Academically competent Critical Thinkers
Desire for Learning & Personal Development
Responsible Members of Society
Employability
1.a 1.b 1.c 1.d 1.e 1.f 2.a 2.b 2.c 3.a 3.b 3.c 3.d 4.a 4.b 4.c 4.d 5.a 5.b 5.c 5.d 5.e 5.f Advanced Design Solutions
Environmental. Psychology and Greenspace Design
Gardens and Open Space Management
Honours Project Prof. Practice and Project Management
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Response to Condition e
The panel condition e was to clearly define and inform students of the additional course content associated with the RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship, and RBGE Diploma in Horticulture with Plantsmanship. The certificate is awarded for one year’s study (either in first or second year), and the Diploma for both years of study.
The awards are in addition to the requirements from the Scottish Qualifications Authority for the HNC and HND awards in Horticulture with Plantsmanship. They are managed and organised by staff at RBGE. Students who articulate from other colleges to second year have the opportunity to study the RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship.
The SRUC/RBGE programme team have agreed a range of methods by which students will be given this information. The information will be include in the powerpoint presentations which are given at Open and Applicant days, within the applicant packs that are sent out by the Admissions Team on acceptance of a place, and within the programme handbooks which each student is given at the start of the academic year. The additional classes are available to students in timetable format so that they can clearly see which classes are required in order to achieve the additional Certificate and Diploma.
The additional requirements are:
For the year 1 RBGE Certificate in Horticulture with Plantsmanship
• Require sign-off of acceptable quality from work experience supervisors across 30 weeks in the work experience module.
• Nine horticultural practices revision sheets – these useful revision aids support practical horticultural learning, and are graded for the RBGE certificate.
• Nine short plant identification tests through the year – these are useful support sessions for the Plant Recognition and Use module, and are graded for the RBGE certificate.
• Study tour diary, based on 4-day study tour at the end of year 1. • Pass and attendance requirement in RBGE taught modules of the HNC.
For year 2 RBGE Diploma in Horticulture with Plantsmanship
• Completion of the requirements for the RBGE Certificate. • Botanic Gardens of Scotland Essay of 2500 words. Students have the opportunity
to visit five botanic gardens in the context of the Managing Plant Collections module. • Attendance requirement in dissection and drawing support classes for Plant
Classification and Systematics [these are not obligatory for HND]. • Pass and Attendance requirement in RBGE taught modules of the HND. • Students also have the opportunity to produce a revised version of their specialist
project (Graded unit 2) for submission to the RBGE Library.
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Response to Condition f
Descriptors for all modules under the control of these programmes should be reviewed in accordance with the degree module descriptor template to ensure they include: • information on the development, and where appropriate the assessment, of core skills
and graduate attributes; • details of appropriate reading in refereed journals and review articles; • details on the approaches to learning and teaching which will be employed; • clear guidelines on the assessment structure, including word limits where appropriate.
All module authors were given their modules to review, and revise appropriately taking cognisance of the panel’s comments.
These alterations and amendments have been made to the modules within the remit of the Horticulture & Landscape Department and are included in Section C (provided as Appendix 2).