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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MSH 0020 FOOD POLITICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Efes Vocational School Catering Services Programme Tourism and Hotel Management Civil Aviation Management

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce key ideas, actors and concepts of politics with a special focus on politics of food.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning ideas actors and concepts of politics with a special focus on politics of food 2   Determining politics of famine,hunger, population growth, the politics of high food prices issues in context of food politics 3   Learning green revolution, farm subsidies, local and organic food trade. 4   Comprehending food safety, GMO and world food systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction: What is food politics 2 Food production and population growth 3 The politics of high food prices 4 The politics of choronic hunger 5 The politics of famine and The green revolution controversy 6 Food aid and food power and The politics of obesity 7 MIDTERM EXAM 8 The politics of farm subsidies and trade 9 Agriculture, the environment and farm animals. 10 Agribusiness, supermarkets and fast food 11 Organic and local food 12 Food safety and genetically engineered food. 13 Who governs food system

Recomended or Required Reading

Robert Paarlberg , Food politics: What everyone needs to know (Oxford University Press)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, video impressions about the true facts and circumstances related to the subjects, assignments, presentations and by following the current researches through the study of academic papers on the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selale.glaue@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 12 2 24 Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12 Preparation for final exam 1 12 12 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 LO.1 3 LO.2 4 LO.3 4 LO.4 5