| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc Kurset kan tages på sidste år af bacheloruddannelsen eller på kandidatuddannelsen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Continuous Assessment written examination and oral examination Portfolio Examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Evaluation of: 2 group reports. 6 individual lecture reports. 1 individual final report of a selected issue. Besides that the student's participation in the oral presentation and evaluation of the group reports will be included. Weight: Group report nr. 1 (including presentation/evaluation): 25 % Group report nr. 2 (including presentation/evaluation): 25 % Lecture reports: 25 % Final report: 25% 13-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Delivery of / participation in all reports mentioned under 'Description of examen' | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Projects that teach the students how to formulate, solve and analyse problematic environmental issues supplemented by a number of lectures. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 2 Week Structure: Outside schedule | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 120121 120800 125161 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||
| Competences within Basic science: This course does not contribute to the student's knowledge within basic science. Competences within Applied science: Be able to apply the principles of the LCA-method Be able make judgments about the conclusions in LCA-reports Be able to apply this understanding on other relevant types of reports on environmental issues. Be able to understand the basic principles within the topics mentioned under 'Course content' Competences within Ethics and Values Be able to reflect over the environmental impact of horticultural production | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||
| On completion of the course student should be able to describe, analyse, evaluate the use of non-renewable resources within crop production. The students should be able to desscribe the effects of crop production on the external environment. The application of the course has its focus on primary horticultural production but the course has the aim of providing students with knowledge and experience generally applicable within the utilisation and conservation of natural resources. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||
| . Introduction/recap of the various environmental and resource conservation problems that arise in conjunction with crop production. . Description, analysis and evaluation of the effects of crop production on the environment and the use of non-renewable resources. Suggestions for change. . Methods for describing, analysing and evaluating environmental effects, e.g. Life Cycle Analysis and other systems analysis methods. Training in the use of these methods. . Socio-economic relationships governing the use of finite and renewable resources and energy sources. Ethical aspects. Trade and its consequences for the environment. . Measures to reduce the negative effects on the environment and the use of finite resources (within e.g. production technology, cultivation technology, cultivation systems, etc.). . The potential of primary production to enrich the landscape through both biological diversity and aesthetic value. . Systems for documenting and directing environmental protection. Environmental law. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||
| The course consists to a large extent of a number of projects that teach the students how to formulate, solve and analyse problematic environmental issues. This will be supplemented by a number of lectures giving the theoretical background for the project work as well as supplementary knowledge on the various subjects mentioned in the course content. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||
| Henrikke Baumann & Anne-Marie Tillman: The hich hicker's guide to LCA. Studentlitteratur, Lund | |||||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||||
| Oliver Körner, oli@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 35332217 Jan Erik Mattsson, jan.erik.mattsson@lt.slu.se, Department of Agricultural Sciences/DSH guests, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Study Committee NSN | |||||||||||||||||||
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