| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | oral examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, external examiner Counts 1/3 of resulting evaluation Description of Examination: Counts 2/3 of resulting evaluation | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | |||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | E SUP Check Course Homepage | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | BSc in a SLUSE relevant education | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| This course is jointly organised by KVL, KU and RUC and aims at 1) Familiarising students with theoretical as well as methodological approaches to interdisciplinary studies, 2) Ensuring student exposure to a wide spectrum of methods from both natural and social sciences, and 3) Providing students with the experience of working with developing country counterparts. It constitutes the first part of the mandatory Theme course for KVL students enrolled in Agricultural Development (Theme A). | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| In the past decade, it has become increasingly recognised that many land use and natural resource management issues in developing countries are best approached interdisciplinary. The central theme in the course is learning and using interdisciplinary methods and theoretical approaches through problem-oriented field work in a developing country in collaboration with local counterparts. Close co-operation with local students will ensure exposure to working in an inter-cultural environment. The course includes training in analysing and developing project proposals; planning and conducting field work; selection and application of data collection methods (e.g. questionnaire design, interview techniques, biological sampling methods); data recording and processing; and writing field reports. This will allow students to participate effectively in interdisciplinary assignments in developing countries, and serve as a basis for understanding strengths and weaknesses of each student's own discipline, including comparative advantages of academic disciplines relevant to natural resource management in developing countries. The SLUSE programme at KVL, KU and RUC have since 1998 carried out interdisciplinary field courses in collaboration with university counterparts in Malaysia, Thailand and southern Africa. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures. These focus on introducing theoretical approaches to interdisciplinary studies, fieldwork planning and data collection methods. Exercises. These focus on using introduced methods. Group work. Each student will participate in a supervised group. Each group will prepare a synopsis before field trip, conduct fieldwork, prepare and submit a course report. Fieldwork. All students must participate in two-three weeks joint fieldwork in a developing country. There will be a compulsory course fee of 4.000,- D.kr. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| A SLUSE Course Compendium containing selected relevant papers. Ca. 500 pages. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Jakob Magid, jma@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 35333491 Thorsten Treue, ttr@life.ku.dk, Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning/Unit of Forestry, Phone: 35331759 Peter Oksen, oksen@ruc.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 Ole Mertz, om@geogr.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 Quentin Gausset, quentin.gausset@anthro.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 Anita Viehe, viehe@ruc.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee AHJ | |||||||||||||||||
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