Countryside Management FdSc (Full-time, Part-time)

Course overview

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This course is delivered at the Cannington Centre for Land-Based Studies, a specialist centre with excellent facilities, part of Bridgwater College.

The landscape of Britain and Europe has undergone considerable change as a result of both historical and economic influences. It is important that the range of components of our landscape are clearly understood and effectively managed to meet the needs of the community and conserve the landscape heritage for future generations.

Countryside managers are required to understand how an area came to have its unique sense of place and specific biodiversity and how these characteristics can be maintained and enhanced. It is also important to be able to kindle the general public's understanding and enthusiasm for landscape and wildlife and to enable them to enjoy these amenities without damaging them.

This course will provide you with a range of transferable skills as well as specific subject knowledge and an understanding of scientific concepts and methods.