7 Rural Development BSc Degree Programs

The Major in Rural Community Development is an interdisciplinary degree with a focus on equipping students with the skills and abilities necessary to create positive social, economic, political, and cultural impacts in rural communities.

The purpose of the program is to train rural development agricultural engineers who can carry out organizational, management, administrative, logistical, and production tasks related to production, service, and consultancy. With their acquired knowledge of agronomic, economic, management, business, analytical, advisory, agro-commerce, agro-marketing, environmental, and regional skills and deep understanding of the relationship between administrative tasks and the agricultural economy, they can carry out professional tasks that meet the market expectations.

This program focuses on equipping students with practical skills and knowledge to manage rural land and businesses effectively. It covers areas such as land and estate management, rural enterprise dev...

This course offers proven routes to rewarding careers within rural business, estate management, consultancy and property in the countryside. Bidwells, Strutt and Parker, Carter Jonas, Dalcour Maclaren, Savills, Fisher German and Brown&Co are some of the nationally recognised businesses our graduates have gone on to work for – and so could you.

This program focuses on giving students a solid understanding of rural land use, land management, and farming businesses. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical skills, preparing students to...

Sustainable regional management deals with the valorisation of rural areas. In times of increasing urbanization, this is of great social and economic importance. In addition to its function as a supplier of raw materials and food, the rural area also serves as a living and recreation area and offers areas for large protected areas.

Feather River College started offering in the Fall of 2016 a bachelor's of science pilot program in equine and ranch management in cooperation with the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. This unique degree combines scientific agricultural ranch management courses with hands-on horse related disciplines that incorporate traditional and progressive performance-horse methods.