Postgraduate Course: Interrelationships in Food Systems (PGGE11166)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Food security does not exist in a vacuum. Actions to improve food security can have significant wider economic and environmental impacts. Similarly, policy in other areas (such as energy) can impact on food security. This module will examine some of the key interactions between food security and other policy areas. It will also introduce some of the key methods (macro-economic modelling, cost-benefit analysis and life-cycle analysis) that can be used to quantify policy impacts.
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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: 60
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 163 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Course Work: seminar (30%), 1500words) and essay (70%,2500words)
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Learning Outcomes
During this module, students will: 1. Gain an understanding what the unintended (or unstated) consequences of food security initiatives might be, and how these might be managed. 2. Gain an understanding the potential impact of non-food security policies and processes on food security. 3. Gain an understanding of some key analytical methods for assessing interactions between policies. 4. Develop an analytical approach to framing and investigating policy questions.