| Department of Agricultural Sciences
85 % Department of Human Nutrition 15 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: Oral examination of project report and pensum Weight: Oral examination 100% 7-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | 40% workshops, 10% excursion and 50% group project work | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 4 Week Structure: A Block 4 Week Structure: C | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 30 students | ||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic Science: none Applied Science: Knowledge of important concepts related to food systems. Understanding organic food production systems and their economic and social context. Knowledge of relations between organic food production and food quality. Ethics and Values: Understanding the principles behind organic food production. Understanding of the concept of sustainability and its use in evaluation of food systems. Reflections on group project work. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| The goal of the course is to give the students an overview of important aspects of organic food systems. The course focus mainly on the human context of organic farming and food and thus complements the topics dealt with in 250015 (Organic Agriculture). | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| The course consists of a series of workshops on key issues within organic food systems, such as food ethics, sustainability issues, consumer preferences and attitudes, markets and modes of distribution of organic food. A three day excursion to organic food enterprises links the raised issues to real life and serves as a starting point for a problem oriented group project. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Student and staff lead workshops as well as a three day excursion will form the base for selection of key issues within ecological agriculture, to be explored in a problem based group project. | |||||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||||
| Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address" | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Vibeke Langer, vl@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Environment, Resources and Technology, Phone: 35332383 | |||||||||||||||||
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