| Department of Agricultural Sciences | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Continuous Assessment written examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: The student is evaluated during the course based on performances at colloquia, written reports from group/case work. Finally an excursion report is included. The student must take part in the excursion and deliver the post excursion report/article as well as 1 oral presentation in a colloquium and 2/3 of the written reports from the group work in order to pass the course. Weight: Participation in colloquia 20% Written reports case/group work 30 %. Post excursion report 30 % Overall evaluation of participation in planning and information analysis 20% pass/fail, internal examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The teaching involves normally 1 lecture pr week. 1 colloquium and the rest is groupwork. A final 8 day excursion in mid-end August. | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 126161 126121 126111 (tjek) | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | Only students of Horticultural Sciences | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Competences within basic science A strengthened comprehension of soil science, botany and chlimatology in the studies of the conditions in another country. Students will train their ability to transfer basic principles from the Scandinavian situation to new conditions. Competences in applied science The students will expand their competence on crop management and growing techniques of a very broad range of horticultural crops and train the ability to apply principles of crop managementin an international perspective. The analytic competance is strengthened through the evaluations of a region of major importance in Horticulture. Competences in ethics and values The experiences on the tour and the analytic work will force students to reflect on the importance of cultural values and differences in access to modern technologies | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The objective is to study and analyse the horticultural sector in an international perspective. The students should obtain a general knowledge concerning the importance and developmental trends of the horticultural industry in the major regions of the world. An overview of the most important horticultural products is to be obtained. The aim is to expand the scientific and analytic skills and force the students to evaluate aspects of national and international horticulture in a new perspektive | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The horticultural sector is in Denmark and many other countries relatively small, including the scientific community. This, combined with an extensive international trade and mobility of horticultural products, which creates an intense international competition, inforces a strong need for students in horticulture to obtain an international experience and perspective. The stade of art in horticultural sciences, growing methods and conditions, financial aspects etc in some of the major horticultural regions and crops is studied. A more detailed knowledge is obtained concerning a specific region/country chosen by the class. The area must be of significant international importance in horticulture. The conditons for the industry has to be analysed both concering environmental an economic conditions as well as the technology of growing. The students will be expected to have a very active role in planning the excursion, fundraising and they will work in smaller groups searching for information concering the horticultural industry, climate and growing conditions as well as economic factors in the country or region of the world which will be the destination for the excursion. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Form of Study and Instruction The course is very much based on the involvement of the students in defining the specific content of the course. Thus, the course is introduced by a period of planning in which the region/country of detailed study and excursion is chosen. The practical planning of travelling, fund raising, contacts to places of interest for visiting etc. is initiated. The students work in small groups studying selected aspects concerning the chosen region. The data is presented in written reports and discussed in colloquiums based on oral presentations by the students. In a number of general lectures supported by case studies are the overall aspects of the international horticultural industry and products analysed. Finally the excursion involves visits at universities, research centres and a broad range of horticultural companies, producing, handling and selling horticultural products. Public institutions as botanical gardens, national parks or unique areas of nature may be included as well. After the excursion a report is produced in small groups. Each group or student writes a report based on one or two closely related visits in the form of a short article to a growers journal. The excursion report together with the reports from the group works and colloquiums provides the basis of the examination. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Torben Bo Toldam-Andersen, tbta@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 35333411 Margrethe Serek, mse@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Crop Science, Phone: 35333406 | |||||||||||||||||
| Attendance Fee | |||||||||||||||||
| The students have to finance the expenses for the excursion which can not be covered by funds from the University or external partners. The students help in fundraising during the spring semester. | |||||||||||||||||
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