Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security MSc
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Overview
This master's in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security is suitable if you have an interest in sustainable agriculture and food security and want to develop a broad knowledge of the subject.
Sustainable agriculture and food security focuses on the availability of food now and in the future. This is a major concern of scientific and commercial communities world-wide.
The prominence of this subject is driven by:
The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security master's covers all aspects of food security as outlined by Global Food Security. The Global Food Security is a multi-agency programme involving the main UK public sector funders of research and training related to food.
Industry experienced and research-active lecturers teach on this course.
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Program Outline
What you'll learn
This master's in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security is comprised of compulsory and optional modules. The compulsory modules provide a detailed overview of the most important issues related to the sustainability of agricultural production and food security.
Optional modules allow specialisation in one or more of the following five topic areas:
Approximately half of your credits will be gained through taught modules, which offer an opportunity to learn about a wide range of problems in food security. This is ideal if you have an interest in the subject and do not want to specialise in one topic, or if you want to gain a wide range of knowledge in this area for your career.
Modules
You will study modules on this course. A module is a unit of a course with its own approved aims and outcomes and assessment methods.
Course content changes
Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.
Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.
Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.
Optional modules availability
Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.
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Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security MSc modules
| Compulsory Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Principles and current topics in Agro-food economics & Policy | 20 |
| Assessing Agricultural Production Systems | 20 |
| Global Challenges in Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security | 20 |
| Agricultural Systems | 10 |
| Geographical Information systems and Remote Sensing | 20 |
| Research Dissertation Project | 60 |
| Data preparation, analysis, interpretation and presentation for MSc | 10 |
| Optional Modules | Credits |
|---|---|
| Dynamics of Coupled Human-Natural Systems | 20 |
| Critical Thinking and Analysis for Evidence-Based Environmental Science | 20 |
