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General Description:
Objective(s) of a study programme:
The aim of the study programme is to prepare agricultural specialists who are able to implement environmentally sustainable technological and managerial innovations in the chosen farming system, to carry out modern management and organisation of agricultural business in accordance with the current trends in agricultural economics and policy, to use information technologies, to work successfully in a team in agricultural production and infrastructure and landscaping design companies in the public and private sectors, and to adapt creatively to the changes in the labour market.
Learning outcomes:
1. Will choose knowledge of the natural sciences, agricultural sciences, business management, financial management, social sciences and engineering to decision-making in professional activity.
2. Will apply the principles of balancing the use and protection of natural resources and organizing the economy and planning processes in production-related activities.
3. Will be able to use information technologies and resources to collect and analyse data in agriculture and other fields to address specific professional and innovation implementation issues.
4. Will conduct scientific research in the field of agriculture, analyse and critically evaluate the results in the context of other research findings, providing conclusions and recommendations.
5. Will carry out agricultural activities by selecting technological, organisational and methodological tools in specific areas of activity.
6. Will evaluate the direction of agribusiness development through the selection and application of a range of complex agricultural technologies, identifying options for their improvement, taking into account legal norms and directives, and analysing the effectiveness of innovation.
7. Will be able to make rational decisions based on knowledge in the field of agricultural sciences and to assess their social consequences, taking responsibility for the quality of their own performance and that of their team, in accordance with professional ethics and civil spirit.
8. Will analyse theoretical and practical innovations in agriculture, justify the conclusions drawn and present them appropriately to interested parties from different backgrounds.
9. Will be able to assess personal needs and career opportunities in agriculture, and apply the principle of lifelong learning for personal and professional development.
Activities of teaching and learning:
Explanation, seminar, discussion, case study, integrated self-study project, course projects, practical works, professional activity practices, applied research, scientific literature analysis, articles.
Methods of assessment of learning achievements:
Write an exam, testing with closed and / or open tasks, report and defense of internships and laboratory work, report of self-study or team course paper, written work and oral presentations, professional bachelor thesis and its defense.
Framework:
Study subjects (modules), practical training:
General subjects of study – 15 credits:
Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Mathematics and Information Technology, Professional Language.
Subjects of the study field – 135 credits:
Livestock Technologies, Agroecology and Environmental Protection, Agriculture, Crop Production Technologies, Agricultural Engineering and Safety, Methodology of Applied Research, Basics of Landscape Planning, Agricultural Chemistry, Plants Protection, Apiculture, Smart Farming, Horticultural and Olericultural Technologies, reenhouse Horticultural Technologies, Crop Products Storage and Quality Control, Marketing and Trade of Agricultural and Food Products, Physiology of Plants, Agricultural Economics and Accounting, Plannning and Organisation of Agricultural Business, Basics of Law, Plant Selection and Seed Production, Risk Management in Agrarian Sector.
Practical Training – 33 credits:
Educational-Introductory Practice of Crop and Livestock Production, Internship of Agricultural Production Mechanization and Automation, Internship of Horticultural and Olericultural Technologies, Complex Internship of Agribusiness Development, Final Professional Internship.
Final Thesis – 11 credits.
Specialisations:
1. Specialisation. Horticulture and Gardening Marketable Production – 21 credits:
Production Management of Garden and Kitchen Garden Products, Garden and Kitchen Garden Plant Protection, Garden and Kitchen Garden Product Quality and Its Control, Mechanisation of Horticultural and Olericultural Works, Specialisation Internship 1.
2. Specialisation. Planting design – 21 credits:
Floriculture Technology, Plant Protection, Dendrology Technology, Green Areas Project, Specialisation Internship 2.
3. Specialisation. Agrarian Sector Insurance – 21 credits: Insurance Service Market, Insurance Service and Product Sales, Organisation of Insurance Activities, Insurance Service Management, Specialisation Internship 3.
Optional courses:
Optional courses subjects – 9 credits:
Water Management, Business of Viticulture, Agro-Innovations and Food Technology, From the List of Freely Elective Courses offered by KK.
Distinctive features of a study programme:
Studies are student – centred, based on specific practical tasks, applying the latest technologies; also based on teamwork, problem solving, basics of actual practical skills and research, promoting professional thinking, and rational application of theoretical knowledge in practice.
Access to professional activity or further study:
Access to professional activity:
The graduates will be able to work in the agribusiness sector, agricultural commodity production and processing enterprises, agricultural related private, state and non-governmental organizations, agricultural advisory institutions, to establish and develop their own farms.
Access to further study:
Graduates who have completed supplementary studies or requirements set by the higher school of education have the right to study upon the second cycle master's degree programme in Lithuanian or foreign universities.