Course details

Summary

This programme provides graduates with advanced training in scholarship and research in the area of Horticultural Science. Specific disciplines can include Plant Science, Plant Protection, and Viticulture and Oenology. Graduates receive specialist training and are ready for a wide range of employment in the horticultural industries. This is a 240-credit research degree which requires 120 credits of course work and a 120 credit research thesis.

Summary of Regulations
• Students are required to complete 240 credits: normally 120 credits of taught courses from the schedules to the regulations for the relevant master's degree and a thesis worth 120 credits. Note that the first year provides preliminary research preparation.
• Students enrolling in thesis only masters are required to complete a minimum of 120 credits.

Entry criteria

For 240 credit Masters (thesis and exam): a relevant degree with at least a B grade average in the 300 level and final year (full-time equivalent) courses

For 120 credit Masters (thesis only): a relevant postgraduate honours degree with Second Class Honours, Division One or its equivalent (or higher).

They should also have obtained an overall CAE score of 176, with no individual component less than 169; PTE of 58 overall score - with no communicative skill less than 50; Lincoln University English Language of GCAE or LU EL 70%; NZCEL of Level 5 (Academic or Professional Endorsement).