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Garden Design Foundation Degree (Fd)
Full-time or Part-time at Capel Manor College
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Garden Design and Garden History
 
The Course
This is an exciting two-year vocational course that aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge to start out as practising garden designers. It combines a solid knowledge base in landscape and horticultural practices with art and design studies. The broad range of topics covered on the course is intended to open up wider career prospects in the landscape industry and related professions.

At the end of the two years, students will have the opportunity of progressing on to an honours degree (BSc).

Course Content
 Over the two years the course will cover aspects of:

· Business Management
· Computer-Aided Design
· Contract Management
· Design of Hard Landscape
· Draughting & Surveying
· Garden Design in Practice
· Garden History
· Hard Landscape: Principles & Practice
· Horticultural Practices
· Plant & Soil Science
· Plant Knowledge
· Planting Design
· Principles of Art and Design
· Industry Skills
· Industry Experience

Assessment
The units making up this course are generally assessed through coursework, with just a few end of unit exams.

Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff: 120 points including one subject at A-level (6 units) Biology or an art/design subject.

An appropriate BTEC National Award/Certificate/Diploma or equivalent qualifications will be considered.

Applications from mature students (including those with non-traditional entry profiles) are welcome.

Course Costs
In addition to course fees students will be encouraged to purchase drawing equipment and a drawing board. These can both be obtained at a competitive price through College for approximately £180.00 in total. Students will also require steel-capped boots and a good pair of secateurs, also available through College.

All applicants will be invited in for an interview when there will be an opportunity to discuss the course in detail with the HE Garden Design Course Manager.

Fees
Study
Day
Start
Date
Course
Time
19+
Annual
Tuition
Fee
19+
Reg
Fee
Length
Full-time
Interview Required
TBA
Sept
9am-4pm
£1,625
£200
 2 years
Part-time
Interview Required
TBA
Sept
9am-4pm
£813
£200
 4 years
Please note that exam fees may be subject to change by the awarding bodies

The College levies HE fees at the standard rate determined nationally plus a top-up fee agreed by the college with OFFA. Our Access Agreement (available from the college and on the OFFA website at www.offa.org.uk gives details of how the additional fees are used to support the HE programme and individual students.

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