Course Summary

**Course Summary** In everyday life we enjoy beautifully landscaped indoor and outdoor areas for both business and leisure; at SRUC Oatridge our Landscaping courses encompass both the hard and soft aspects of this discipline. Highly practical and industry approved a qualification in Landscape Management will allow you to enter one of the largest and fastest growing employment sectors in the UK and beyond. Throughout the course you will develop your landscaping, construction and horticultural experience and will increase your practical, design and plant identification skills. You will gain transferable skills through the study of modules such as Preparing to Start a Business and Information Technology and will develop practical skills and knowledge for the landscape industry through the study of specialist modules in hard landscaping, surveying and design. **Assessment Method** Students will be assessed throughout the course in both practical and theory. Assessments may take the form of assignments, projects, presentations, written and oral questioning and assessment of practical ability on various tasks. A final exam close to the end of the course holistically tests the students on the majority of subjects studied and gives an overall grading. **Modules** You will study a range of subjects including Practical Landscaping, Landscape Surveying, Constructing Hard Landscape Features, Plant Recognition and Use, Soil Management, Horticulture Mechanisation Principles, Planting Design, Design Process & Composition in the Landscape, Preparing to Start a Business, Information Technology, Pesticide Application. **Additional Costs** - Students on the Landscape Management Course at Oatridge Campus SRUC will be required to provide themselves with the following equipment. - PPE including waterproofs, sturdy boots, gloves. - Secateurs and pruning/grafting knife - Drawing equipment including drawing pens, scale rule, set squares.

Course Details - Modules

You will study a range of subjects including Practical Landscaping, Landscape Surveying, Constructing Hard Landscape Features, Plant Recognition and Use, Soil Management, Horticulture Mechanisation Principles, Planting Design, Design Process & Composition in the Landscape.

Course Details – Assessment Method

Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.

Course Details – Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

How to Apply

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application Codes

Course code: 2J5K

Institution code: S01

Campus Name: Oatridge

Campus code:

Points of Entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

International applicants

Standard Qualification Requirements

To include a Science subject

To include a Science subject

To include a Science subject

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

English language requirements

Test Grade AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic) 6.0 Achieving at least 5.0 in each component

For more information on SRUC's English Language requirements

https://www.sruc.ac.uk/info/120236/international_applications/405/english_language_requirements

Unistats information

Student satisfaction : 0%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

Go onto work and study: 0%

Fees and funding

Scotland 1285.0 Year 1
England 7500.0 Year 1
Northern Ireland 7500.0 Year 1
Wales 7500.0 Year 1
Channel Islands 7500.0 Year 1
Republic of Ireland 7500.0 Year 1
EU 15000.0 Year 1
International 15000.0 Year 1

Additional Fee Information

Scottish students can apply to the Students Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) to have tuition fees paid by the Scottish government. Students from the rest of the UK can apply for financial assistance, including a loan to cover the full cost of the tuition fees, from the Student Loan Company.

Provider information

SRUC Edinburgh
West Mains Road
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Edinburgh
EH9 3JG

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