ADH712 - Food and Water Security
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Max Kelly |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 2 x 1-hour online seminar per trimester in weeks TBA (pre and post intensive) 1 x 3-day on-campus intensive (seminars) per trimester in weeks TBA |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 2 x online seminar per trimester (pre and post intensive) 1 x 3-day on-campus intensive (seminars) per trimester in week TBA |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
Ending hunger, ensuring food security and sustainable food production, as well as improving nutrition is a complex challenge. This unit equips students with a critical understanding of food systems, links from food production to consumption, secure and safe access to food for all, and food utilisation.
The unit considers diverse understandings of food, from rights based approaches embedded in the food sovereignty discourse, to food security, and food as a commodity. It explores sustainable development, environmental and resource management and conservation, and agricultural/rural production systems, as well as aid and trade.
Linkages between social, environmental and economic influences on development will be investigated, alongside critical review of debates on population, conflict and natural disasters, resource scarcity, poverty, and equality. Theoretical debate will be used to inform practical analysis and case studies of policy and programme responses, in development, emergency relief, and community contexts, globally and locally.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Critically analyse the discourse on food security | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Evaluate context specific food security issues through the selection, interpretation and presentation of data | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Investigate alternative paradigms on food and development | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Synthesise theories and practices to create a solution to a food security issue, including possible alternatives | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Short Answer Exercise | 1000 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2: Research and writing exercise | 1500 words or equivalent | 30% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Research and writing exercise | 2500 words or equivalent | 50% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ADH712 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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