module
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ANTM004: Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
- The Agricultural Revolution: Causes and Consequences
- The domestication of animals, and pastoralism
- Food in Antiquity
- Early modern agricultural markets
- The Columbian exchange and the globalization of foodÂ
- Cultures of cooking and dining in the early modern period
- Devon food history
- The industrialization of agriculture
- Food preservation and food safety through time
- The nutrition transition
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 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and 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 |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).