Postgraduate Course: Land Use and Food Security (BIME11011)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	With an ever-expanding population, the issue of food security is becoming increasingly relevant for human populations around the world. This course will follow the changes man has imposed on land use over the last 100 years and the reasons for these changes. It will then go on to explore the implications of changing land use, particularly with respect to food security and the effect this can have on human populations.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Online Activities 25, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 53 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Describe the changing patterns of land use over the last 100 years. Understand the main drivers for changing land use. Assess the impact changing land use has had on local biodiversity, productivity and ultimately on food security. Discuss the importance of food security to human health and wellbeing. Predict the possible impact(s) of climate change on future land use and resulting food security.