Food Security - MSc

University of Warwick

Master

In Coventry

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Coventry

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Delivering global food security is one of the critical challenges of the 21st century. Each nation needs to balance local food production with imports and consider environmental and economic impact.

This MSc considers the critical factors influencing global food security including the contributions of climate change, biodiversity, water, soil, land use, labour, diet and urbanisation.

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Location

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Coventry (West Midlands)
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University Of Warwick, CV4 7AL

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About this course

Graduate Destinations:

Our graduates have gone on to work for organisations including: Ricardo-AEA; Gouria Agricultural Ventures Ltd; Abu Dhabi Farmers Service Centre.

Examples of our graduates’ job roles include: NGO work on sustainable agro-nutrition; Analyst Consultant for Air Quality. Other graduates have progressed on to PhD programmes.

Work Experience Opportunities:

Students can choose to undertake a work placement for their project module, subject to availability at a suitable host organisation. Past placements include The Eden Project, Sustain Ltd and Real IPM Kenya.

2:ii undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a related subject

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Subjects

  • Biodiversity
  • Global
  • Production
  • Climate
  • Crop Protection
  • Crop Physiology
  • Environmental
  • Accounting
  • Biological
  • Conservation

Course programme

Core Modules:

Core modules typically include:
  • Crop Physiology and Production
  • Advances in Crop Protection
  • Soil, Water and Plant Mineral Nutrition
  • Project/Work Placement/Dissertation
  • Environmental Accounting
  • Climate Change
  • Organic & Low Input Systems
  • Challenges of Global Food Security
Optional Modules:

Optional modules typically include:
  • Biodiversity, Conservation & Ecosystem Services
  • Biological Invasions in Changing Environments
  • Microbiomics & Metagenomics
  • The Global Food System
  • Marketing Management
  • Accounting & Financial Management
  • Business Strategy
  • International Environmental Law
Teaching:

Teaching is typically by interactive lectures, short question & answer sessions and small group interactive workshops/tutorials. Individual and team learning will be used for case study analysis.

Assessment:

Assessment is continuous and varies between modules. It includes essays, seminar presentations, practical reports, oral evaluation and assessed group work. The project will be assessed by a seminar presentation and a thesis.

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Food Security - MSc

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