Postgraduate Course: Sustainability of Food Production (PGGE11165)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Sustainability and resilience will be introduced as a formal system properties together will methods for their analysis. Empirical components of sustainable food production will be studied by examining relationships between non-renewable resource use and food production, energy balances and carbon footprints. Future implications of environmental change for food security will be discussed. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 60 |
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| King's Buildings | Lecture | Classes held in Peter Wilson Building (SAC), lecture room D | 18-29 | | | | 14:00 - 17:00 | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the programme, students will:
&· Have an understanding of the global context of food security including its political, economic, social and environmental components.
&· Be able to identify the main trade-offs that might exist between food security and other desirable goals.
&· Be able to carry out independent research (either practical or desk-based) and produce reports of the research in a number of different formats (e.g. written, verbal).
&· Be competent in constructing logically sound arguments and analysing scientific theories and data-generating methodologies (e.g. experiments, surveys).
&· Have expertise in at least one specialist area (e.g. modelling or food supply chain analysis).
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Assessment Information
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Sustainability Food security Global Change Environment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kairsty Topp
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Course secretary | Mrs Frances Stratford
Tel: (0131 6)50 5513
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