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Postgraduate Module Descriptor

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SOCM021: Food Systems, Alternative Food Networks, and Ethical Consumption

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The module will be structured as a reading and discussion seminar. The following themes will likely be covered, with minor variation from year to year depending upon the availability and current research of lecturers contributing to the module:

Food, Agriculture and the State in Historical Perspective

Famine and Food Aid

Food Security from the Global South to the Global North

Trade and Globalization in Agriculture and Food

Food Sovereignty

Ethical Consumption

Short Food Chains

Slow Food and Transition Towns

Food, Heritage and the Cultural Economy

Food, Brexit and the end (?) of Neoliberalism

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	278

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	22	11 x 2-hour weekly seminar
Guided independent study	50	10 x 5-hours weekly reading for seminar preparation
Guided independent study	20	10 x 2-hours weekly preparation of reading response papers
Guided independent study	58	Research and writing of essay
Guided independent study	150	Research and writing of extended essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).