Cert in Årsstudium i jordbruk

This one-year campus programme gives a grounded introduction to Norwegian farming and sustainable agriculture. Its courses cover the natural basis of farming, an introduction to agriculture, reporting and analysis, agriculture, environment and society, crops and production, and farm machinery. Teaching combines lectures, field teaching, excursions and problem solving. The programme is worth 60 ECTS credits and is taken full time at Blæstad, about eight kilometres from Hamar. It can serve as the first year of the agronomy or agricultural engineering bachelor at the institution.