Sustainable Agriculture (Hons) Dundalk Institute of Technology

Overview

In Year 1 and 2, students will cover a wide range of common agriculture topics including crop and livestock production, precision farming, food science and farm business planning, analysis, and legal issues. In the final 2 years of this course, students will specialise in Sustainable Agriculture.

Students will develop a deep understanding of modern agricultural science with a strong focus on food production and processing, quality assurance and safety, business and economic management and environmental science. 

This Sustainable Agriculture (Hons) degree offered by Dundalk Institute of Technology will specifically develop skills and knowledge in the areas of animal and crop production, animal husbandry, genetics and biosecurity, health and safety, agricultural mechanisation, financial and business management, entrepreneurship and innovation, environmental protection and the production and processing of safe, quality-assured food.

Career Opportunities

Graduates will have knowledge and appreciation of national and international policy and legislation and will have excellent communication skills, research competence and the ability to respond to the challenges of larger scale, market-led production, alternative rural enterprise and environmental sustainability. 

Sample job opportunities include, various roles in QA in the food and manufacturing industry, auditors or inspectors in the agri-food sector, rural entrepreneurs, research, food analysts and product development scientists.

Future Careers:

• Postgraduate Research positions

• Agricultural Advisor with consultancy or state body

• A commercial Farmer or Farm Manager

• Technical Sales Role

• Analytical or Research Scientist in the Agri-Environmental Management Sector

• Quality Manager or Production Supervisor in the Food Industry

• Manufacturing - Food or Beverages

• Auditors or Inspectors in the Agri-Food sector

• Rural entrepreneurs (e.g., artisan food products, etc.)

• Production Supervisors and Analysts in the Food Processing Sector

• Food Product Development Scientists