Undergraduate Module Descriptor

POL3221: The Politics of Food, Farming and Nature

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

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

History of Food Supply and its role in the Formation of Politics

Food and the State: Twentieth century perspectives

Contemporary Political Economy of Global Food

Food and Agriculture: Supply Systems, Pressure Groups and Government

Food and the Politics of Trade and Aid

Food and the Politics of Identity

Contested Food: The Politics of Diet and Nutrition

Contested Food: The Politics of Farming and the Environment

Contested Food: The Politics of Waste

The Future for Food: New Policies and new approaches to Food, Farming and Nature

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
44	256	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	44	22 x 2 hour seminars
Guided Independent Study	132	Reading: 6 hours/week
Guided Independent Study	44	Following the media: 2 hours/week
Guided independent study	80	Coursework preparation and completion

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