| Responsible Department | Department of Agriculture and Ecology | ||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||
| Level of Course | MSc | ||||||||||
| Examination | Continuous Assessment written examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: 7-point scale, internal examiner | ||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Preparation period at LIFE plus two week residential course at a partner university A project completed after the residential course with internet communication between members of the project team A completion report also required | ||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: Outside schedule | ||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Master level course only, for students with a Bachelor degree background in production and/or supply of horticultural fresh produce | ||||||||||
| Restrictions | Max 6 students from the Faculty of Life Sciences in any one year | ||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||
| Selected tutors from the participating European universities present a range of topics including climates and regional plant production, chain organisation, international trade, legislation & certification related to climate change. The group projects are undertaken in international teams and focus on case studies dealing with specific climate-related problems that occur in international production chains. Excursions to relevant horticultural organisations and industry sites are included in the residential programme. The course includes lectures, presentations by and visits to local companies, group assignments and classroom discussion. In the major projects, problem-based learning will be used to allow the students to gather knowledge and develop competences to analyze, understand and work with the impact of global climate change on horticultural production chains world-wide. An in-depth analysis of future opportunities for the horticultural sector in the host country of the course will be included in the project work. Students will be placed in multinational teams and, obviously, will work face-to-face whilst on site. Following the residential element of the course, they will complete their group assignments at distance using computer-based conferencing and information-sharing tools | |||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||
| Home study at the home university, where a prescribed presentation is prepared. This is followed by a two week intensive period at the host University in Europe, which changes in each cycle. During these weeks there are lectures, group exercises, presentations by students and two group projects, one of which is completed during the residential period. The second project is allocated to multinational groups and is to be finished in the home country, with the students using modern communication media on the internet to complete the work. The group projects are constructed to use problem based learning (PBL). | |||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||
| To provide postgraduate students with the tools to understand, analyse and deal with multidisciplinary problems related to the climatic challenges of the next decade, and beyond, as they will affect horticultural supply chains Basic science: Advanced knowledge of the biology of plant growth, development and performance physiology will be related to the impact of global climate change on production, quality and supply as it affects horticultural supply chains. Applied science: The students will be given the opportunity to acquire the ability to : understand how growing conditions effects product supply and quality analyse the effect of climatic factors on the production and quality of horticultural products determine how this affects supply, trade and marketing place this information into the context of changing European horticultural supply chains Ethics and values: The students knowledge of the impact of climate change on horticultural supply chains will be discussed with regard to social economic and political issues at all levels, from primary producer to final consumer | |||||||||||
| Course Literature | |||||||||||
| The course is based upon currentliterature retrieved from guided database searches, decided upon depending upon the context of the work being undertaken. Access to allthe necessary databases will be supplied. | |||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||
| Brian William Wilson Grout, bwg@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Crop Science, Phone: 353-33407 | |||||||||||
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