|
The goal of the education is to ensure that Bachelors of Natural Resources are experts in bioeconomy. They can use renewable natural resources to produce food, energy, products and services. They can develop entrepreneurship based on bioeconomy in accordance with the principles of sustainable development.
In addition to this general goal of the degree, Bachelors of Natural Resources have the following competences in different fields after graduation:
Agricultural and forestry production
Agricultural and forestry production is a key core competence area of the degree. After acquiring this field-specific competence, Bachelors of Natural Resources are able to cultivate land, keep and develop cattle, and use agricultural machinery safely. In addition, the ecological and economical utilisation of forests is studied in this competence area.
Countryside as an operating environment
In this competence area, countryside is discussed extensively, past the region and up to the issues of international rural policy. The EU aid schemes for rural companies as a part of international and partly also national rural policy are a central part of this competence area.
Business competence and entrepreneurship
A competence area of the degree with extensive content, in which the students acquire the skills for managing and developing rural companies. A systematic approach and profitable operations in entrepreneurship are key contents in this competence area.
Environmental competence
All Bachelors of Natural Resources must be aware of the environmental impact of their own activities when making plans for the future, especially in entrepreneurship, but also in different kinds of development work.
Expertise in the field
Bachelors of Natural Resources are experts in their field. This means an ability to delve straight into the core of enterprise and development work in their field when operating in different situations.
In addition to the field-specific competences mentioned above, all students at universities of applied sciences develop common competences during the learning processes. These include: Learning skills, information management competence, entrepreneurship skills, working life skills as well as internationalisation and communication skills.
As an example of these competences graduates with a Bachelor’s degree are capable of undertaking entrepreneurial activities by seeking customer-oriented, sustainable and financially profitable solutions by also taking responsibility for their own actions and their consequences. The Bachelor's degree programme in Agricultural and Rural Industries include the competence “Business Activity and Entrepreneurship” that supports this. It is focused in particular on rural entrepreneurship, its management and carrying out profitable activities.
Internationalisation in a Bachelor's degree programme includes the ability to act in a multi-cultural operating environment as well as the ability to act independently in Swedish and in one foreign language (English). In addition, the degree programme focuses on the international opportunities of the field. Some of the studies in the Bachelor's degree programme in Agricultural and Rural Industries are also carried out in English, study trips are made abroad, and a foreign location can be selected as a practical training place.
|