Distance degree programs for Adults & Professionals.
Bircham International University - Diploma Online.
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Life & Earth Sciences
Sustainable Agriculture via distance learning
This Specialist - Expert Diploma reviews the idea of agricultural sustainability; economic, ecological, and social components; landscape management; agri-food communities in urban and rural systems; pest management; water availability and use for irrigation and other purposes, and the importance of water to agriculture and society; in addition to the land, food, and nutrition and their impact on human health continuum.
Academic Supervisor : John Stanley Bircham
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The Bircham International University Specialist and Expert diploma online via distance learning offer professional training and continuing education for a specific job skill. More info...
* Duration ranges from 3 to 9 months.
* Program Structure: 100% based on textbooks.
* Applicants over 19 years of age are eligible for enrollment.
* The final exam consists of writing one or two 20 to 35 pages report based on your assigned textbook.
Fees include all: Program of study, textbooks, study guide, evaluation and assessment, diploma, and transcript.
Cost per BIU earned undergraduate credit: 70 Euros (90 US$)
Specialist -Diploma Online via distance learning
15 Academic credits
Tuition Fee :1.050 Euros (1.350 US$).
Expert -Diploma Online via distance learning
21 Academic credits
Tuition Fee :1.470 Euros (1.890 US$).
Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences via distance learning
Specialist - Expert Diploma
Sustainable Agriculture via distance learning
Select 5 courses for the online diploma of Specialist or 7 courses for the Expert Diploma from the total of courses from the specialization module. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board.
Agricultural Biotechnology
Agriculture Machinery
Agriculture Production
Agriculture Science
Bioprocessing of Byproducts
Drainage & Irrigation
Farm Management
Horticulture
Plant Health Management
Soil & Water Conservation
Soil Fertility
Soil Improvement
Sustainable Agriculture
Water & Waste Sanitation
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1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study).
Bibliography: Sustainable Agriculture via distance learning
The corresponding textbooks are included in the fees. Once the fee has been paid, the books may take between two to five weeks to reach your address. Bircham International University offices may inform you at any time of the status of your books. If the book is in English, the required report must be written in English unless you have requested to write it in other language and have gained Bircham International University authorization. More info...
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"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. " Mahatma Gandhi.
Admission requirements: Diploma - Sustainable Agriculture
For official admission status at Bircham distance education university; you need to send in a filled out, dated, and signed official Application for Admission. You may download this application form from the website or request it by email or mail. Please send this application and enclosed documents to our address. You may also submit this application and attached documents by email in a PDF Format. More info...
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Continuing Education for Adults & Professionals
Bircham International University offers a great variety of distance learning continuing education courses in an attempt to provide practical companies' training and online continuing education in various specialization. More info...
Department of Agriculture Science
COURSE FEES & MATERIALS: 500 Euros (700 US$)
You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...
Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits):
Agribusiness
Agricultural Biotechnology
Agricultural Engineering
Agriculture Machinery
Agriculture Production
Agriculture Science
Agroecology
Agrostology
Animal Breeding
Animal Nutrition
Animal Reproduction
Biofuels & Bioenergy
Biological Toxicology
Bioprocessing of Byproducts
Biosystems Engineering
Biotechnology
Botany & Plant Science
Climate Change
Dendrology
Drainage & Irrigation
Enology
Farm Management
Food Biotechnology
Food Production Quality
Forest Ecosystem Management
Genetic Improvement
Genetic Technology
Ground Retaining Structures
Horticulture
Hydrology
Industrial Microbiology
Livestock Industry
Nonhuman Animal Studies
Plant Health Management
Plant Pathology
Plants Biodiversity
Plants Biology
Plants Physiology
Range Management
Range Nutrition Techniques
Soil & Water Conservation
Soil Fertility
Soil Improvement
Soil Microbiology
Soil Morphology
Soil Science
Sustainable Agriculture
Viniculture
Viticulture
Watershed & Fisheries Management
Weather & Climate
Wood Products
Wood Properties
Wood Science
There are over one thousand online continuing education courses via distance learning prepared at Bircham University, so if you do not find the subject you are looking for, do not hesitate to ask. More info...
Learning outcomes: Diploma - Sustainable Agriculture
The following learning outcomes are compatible with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning and continuing education. The EQF directives facilitate acceptance of this course credits by many higher education institution. These learning outcomes are achieved after completion of this course with a passing grade. Better grades will demonstrate higher analysis, evaluation and critical thinking skills. More info...
EQF LEVEL 3. General knowledge and comprehension.
Outcome resulting from reading the book and the selection of the main concepts from the course content.
The student will be able to identify and sort Sustainable Agriculture key concepts by reading the course assigned textbook. These concepts will have to be classified and rearranged in order to prepare a coherent index or table of contents. This index will demonstrate the student's ability to grasp the interrelationships, hierarchy, and overall meaning of the Sustainable Agriculture key elements. More info...
EQF LEVEL 4. Specialized knowledge and comprehension.
Outcome resulting from the course textbook content summary and draft report writing.
The student will examine the assigned textbook to integrate selected text extracts according to the previously elaborated table of contents in order to meet the written report format length limits (20 to 35 pages). Thus, the student may need to either expand the report content or summarize it further. This recurrent content adjustment will lead the student to interpret, synthesize, and reorganize the information read in the required textbook in order to demonstrate in writing a clear comprehension and specialized knowledge about Sustainable Agriculture. More info...
BIU adapts each Distance Learning Higher Education degree program to the needs of each student. More info...
Specialist - Expert Diploma - Life & Earth Sciences
Sustainable Agriculture Online
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Specialist - Expert Diploma - Sustainable Agriculture
