European Farm and Food Systems
Course content
The course has focus on land based production systems, their environmental effects and the context they are embedded in. An important part is methods and tools to work analytically and professionally with these systems on field, farm and system level.
This course is mandatory on the MSc Agriculture program,
specialisation Production and Environment.
The course is centered around a close collaboration with a partner
company in agriculture. During the course the students spend two
weeks doing field work in the company, engaging in real-life cases.
The work process is facilitated and structured, from identification
of areas of improvement through interactions with the partner,
through problem analysis, solution creation and prioritizing to
delivering a partner document with proposals for action to the
partner. The teaching and learning environment is characterized by
being experiental (learning by doing) and interactive (involving
stakeholders) and the specific knowledge and skills are determined
by the concrete cases worked with.
Course contents include:
- farm economy and environmental regulation as conditions for
farming in Europe
- methods for sustainability assessment
- field investigation of concrete topics and problems
- qualitative methods as a tool in working with external partners
- tools to facilitate successful problem-based group work
MSc Programme in Agriculture
After completing the course the student should:
Knowledge
- show overview of important conditions (biophysical, legal,
economic and institutional) forming the context for European
farm and food systems
Skills
- demonstrate ability to select and apply appropriate methods to
describe, analyse and develop viable solutions to, problems within
European agriculture, food and environment
Competences
- show capacity to work systematically and professionally
to create value within agriculture, food and
environment
- demonstrate awareness of own and other's professional
capacities
- communicate ideas and giving constructive feedback efficiently to
peers and stakeholders
The course is structured with 2 weeks of preparation, 2 weeks of field work and 4 weeks of processing and project work. Preparation includes teacher and student lead lectures and practicals on theory, methods and tools to be used in field work. Supervised groups prepare a synopsis before the field trip, conduct fieldwork, prepare and submit a course report. During the project process groups present their work and receive feedback on their proposals for viable solutions both from peers and from external professionals.
See Absalon for literature and other resources
The course requires knowledge of agriculture and environment
corresponding to a BSc in one of these fields. If needed please
seek teacher advice vl@plen.ku.dk
Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is
recommended.
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Oral examination, 20Description of Examination: Individual oral examination (20 min, no preparation time) based on project report, individual learning document and course curriculum.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
Criteria for exam assessment
See learning outcome
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 24
- Exam
- 6
- Excursions
- 120
- Guidance
- 10
- Lectures
- 22
- Practical exercises
- 25
- Preparation
- 65
- Project work
- 140
- English
- 412
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- LPLK10383U
- ECTS
- 15 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
1 block
- Schedulegroup
-
The first half of the course is intensive and includes full time classes as well as two periods of off campus field work (10 days).
- Capacity
- 25
- Studyboard
- Study Board of Natural Resources, Environment and Animal Science
Contracting department
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinator
- Vibeke Langer (2-796f43736f6871316e7831676e)
Teacher
Søren Marcus Pedersen
Brian Jacobsen
Erling Andersen
Christian Gamborg
Jesper Lassen
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