PAE301 Agroecology: Working with the Complexity of Farming Systems
Credits (ECTS):7.5
Course responsible:Geir Hofgaard Lieblein
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size: Maximum 20 students. NB! Sign up by sending an e-mail to: studieveileder-biovit@nmbu.no. Admission must be confirmed by studieveileder-biovit. The studieveileder-biovit is responsible for the registration for the course.
Course frequency:Annually
Nominal workload:180 hours during 9 weeks and 2 days
Teaching and exam period:This course starts in the middle of the January block and ends in the middle of the spring parallel (January 13 - March 18.
About this course
Learning outcome
The aim of this course is to provide students with an introduction to working with the complexity of farming systems.
After completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Knowledge
- Have knowledge of structure and function of farming systems.
Skills
- Apply a systemic approach to a complex farming system.
- Recognize the steps needed to understand and improve a complex farming system.
- Identify and use suitable methods at the different steps of a systemic approach
Generic competence
- Engage in a constructive peer feedback process.
- Reflect on own learning and on group dynamics based on the course experiences
- The course is web-based, and faculty resources and students will be located in several countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland). In order to effectively deal with the interdisciplinary nature of agroecology, teachers will provide guidance and feedback to the students.
- Bachelor´s degree or its equivalent in agriculture, plant science, economics, natural resources, human nutrition or other relevant social or natural sciences.
- Details for the portfolio assessment will be given at course start. Students will be assessed on written assignments, on understanding of the materials, on ability to conceptualise the course content and on making application to the case and to their current local situations. Their papers, short assignments, and peer feedback contributions will be the basis for a grade.
Portfolio Grading: Letter grades - An external examiner approves the course plan, literature and chosen parts of the student portfolio, and assesses the final reflection document.
- Individual and group based deliverables throughout the course.
- NB! Course registration to studieveileder-ipv@nmbu.no. The course is based on collaboration between universities in Norway (NMBU), Sweden (SLU), and FInland (HU), and participating students will come from all of these institutions.
- MSc students students in Agroecology. Students from other masterprogram at NMBU are also welcome to apply.
- Minimum requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway (generell studiekompetanse)