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Note: This programme has been revised. Students who entered the BSc (Hons) (Rural Development) degree up to and including the 2011/12 academic year will follow the curriculum as outlined below. Students entering the programme from 2012/13 onwards following the curriculum as outlined here.
This is an undergraduate degree programme aimed at distance-learning students, and is offered on a full-time or part-time basis (this will be contingent on the numbers of students wishing to pursue either the full-time or the part-time option: students will be notified towards the end of each preceding Level regarding same). The programme is delivered by NUI - Cork, NUI - Dublin, NUI - Galway and NUI - Maynooth, and will entail both text and
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Normally, applicants will be required to be at least 23 on 1st January of the year of enrolment and have at least two years' experience in either a voluntary or professional capacity in a rural development organisation.
Holders of the Diploma in Rural Development by Distance Learning (1996-2002 inclusive), awarded by any of the four constituent universities of the NUI, are eligible to proceed to Level Two of the proposed BSc (Hons) Rural Development.
LEVEL ONE UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT (for students repeating Level One in 2012/13)
Level One of the programme is offered on a part-time basis. To be admitted to the Level One University Examination in Rural Development, a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 30 credits in Part A and 30 credits in Part B. Students must complete Part A before proceeding to Part B - i.e. 30 credits per year over two academic years. Students must complete modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
LEVEL ONE:
Part A (30 credits)
FE1302 Introduction to Rural Development (5 credits)
FE1303 Socio-Economic Aspects of Rural Development (5 credits)
FE1304 Socio-Economic Community/Area Resource Audits (5 credits)
FE1305 Community and Rural Development Through Groups (5 credits)
FE1306 Choosing and Setting up a Rural Development Related
Organisation/Structure (5 credits)
FE1307 Marketing for Rural
Enterprise (5 credits)
Part B (30 credits)
FE1308 Stimulating Rural Enterprise (5 credits)
FE1309
Interpersonal Communications, Leadership and Group-Work Skills (5 credits)
FE1310 Designing and Managing an Area Development Plan (5 credits)
FE1311 Inter-Organisational Partnerships and the Role of Support
Agencies (5 credits)
FE1312 Social Exclusion and Gender Equality
Issues in Rural Development (5 credits)
FE1313 Fieldwork Project (5
credits)
Award of Diploma
Students who have successfully completed Level One of the programme will be awarded a Diploma in Rural Development.
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be available in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013, in advance of the relevant Examination.
Repeating Level One
Students taking Level One on a part-time basis must pass the Level One University Examination in Rural Development within four academic years from the date of first registration for Level One. Failure to comply with this rule would mean that the student would be ineligible to proceed further with his/her studies. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the College, only for very serious reasons.
LEVEL TWO UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
No student may register for Level Two of the programme until the Level One University Examination in Rural Development has been passed. Note: Holders of the Diploma in Rural Development will be eligible to proceed directly to Level Two. Level Two consists of modules to the value of 30 credits in Part A and modules to the value of 30 credits in Part B. Students studying on a full-time basis will complete both Parts A and B - i.e. 60 credits - over one academic year; students studying on a part-time basis must complete Part A before proceeding to Part B - i.e. 30 credits per year - over two academic years. In order to be admitted to the Level Two University Examination in Rural Development, a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
LEVEL TWO
Part A (30 credits)
FE2301 SME Development (5 credits)
FE2302 Co-operative
Theory and Practice (5 credits)
FE2303 Project Planning and
Development (10 credits)
FE2304 Information Technology (5
credits)
FE2305 Communications in Development (5 credits)
Part B (30 credits)
FE2306 Public and Social Policy Processes (5 credits)
FE2307 Community Education and Development (5 credits)
FE2308
Rural Labour Markets (5 credits)
FE2309 Rural Development:
Social and Economic Aspects of Policy and Planning (10 credits)
FE2310
Socio-Economic Research (Level II) (5 credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be available in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013, in advance of the relevant Examination.
Level Three - BSc (Hons) (Rural Development) Degree Examination
No student may register for Level Three of the programme until the Level Two University Examination in Rural Development has been passed. Level Three consists of modules to the value of 30 credits in Part A and modules to the value of 30 credits in Part B. Students studying on a full-time basis will complete both Parts A and B - i.e. 60 credits - over one academic year; students studying on a part-time basis must complete Part A before proceeding to Part B - i.e. 30 credits per year - over two academic years. In order to be admitted to the BSc (Hons) (Rural Development) Degree Examination, a student must have satisfactorily attended prescribed modules to the value of 60 credits as follows:
LEVEL THREE
Part A (30 credits)
FE3301 Financial Analysis and Planning (5 credits)
FE3302 Food Business (5 credits)
FE3303 Socio-Economic
Research (Level III) (10 credits)
FE3304 Health and Social
Services Policy (5 credits)
FE3305 Rural Tourism (5 credits)
Part B (30 credits)
FE3306 Co-operative and Rural Social Enterprise Development (10
credits)
FE3307 Research Projects (20 credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be available in the Marks and Standards 2013 Book, and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2012/2013, in advance of the relevant Examination.
Programme Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this
programme, students should be able to:
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