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n.BA.UI.Ersy.24HS (Food Systems) 
Module: Food Systems
This information was generated on: 12 May 2025
No.
n.BA.UI.Ersy.24HS
Title
Food Systems
Credits
7

Description

Version: 1.0 start 01 August 2024

 

Study Programme Natural Resource Sciences
Regulations Applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Natural Resource Sciences degree programme
Module Type  
X Compulsory Module    Elective Module    Optional Module
Planned Semester 1st Semester
Module Coordinator Claudia Veith
Telephone / E-Mail +41 (0)58 934 53 23 / claudia.veith@zhaw.ch
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Claudia Veith and various internal lecturers
Entrance Requirements -
Learning Outcomes and Competencies The students will be able to…
  • describe the pressing issues facing our food systems and their causes.
  • explain the evolution and key mechanisms of Swiss agricultural policy that have
  • resulted in the current framework.
  • assess the effectiveness of strategies like sufficiency, efficiency, and consistency in fostering sustainable food systems.
  • examine opportunities and limitations presented by various sustainable food system strategies, including agroecology, organic agriculture, circular systems, local food initiatives, or changes in consumer behaviour.
  • identify the role of human factors in driving changes in transformational processes, and understand the mechanisms that influence them, such as behavioural change.

Interdisciplinary skills
  • Value-oriented thinking
  • Future-oriented thinking
  • Information and project management
  • Systems thinking
Module Content Achieving fundamental change in our food systems:
  • The challenges and contexts affecting food production
  • The Swiss agricultural policy's framework and evolution
  • The potential and challenges associated with solutions like agroecology, organic farming, and circular systems
  • Promoting local food systems
  • Influencing consumer behaviour
Follow-up Modules See Digital Study Planner
Methods of Instruction 
  • Lectures and guest lectures
  • Exercises
  • Problem-Based learning
  • Blended learning
  • Group work
  • Coaching
  • Excursions
  • Tutorials with AI
Digital Resources
  • Moodle
  • Hybrid lectures offered
  • Webinars
  • Educational videos
  • eLearning courses
  • Foodscape
  • Various AI tools
Lesson Structure / Workload  
 Contact Hours 40
 Guided Self-Study 44
 Independent Self-Study 126
 Total Workload 210
Classroom Attendance Yes, for:
  • Group work
  • Coaching sessions
  • Excursions
  • Film festival (end of module)
Assessment Written exam at the end of the semester 50% / e-assessment

Course work 50%

If there is a low number of participants, the lecturer may change the form of a repeat examination after consultation with the head of the study programme: e.g. an oral examination can be used to replace a written one. Please report any changes to the form of examinations by e-mail to pruefungsadmin.lsfm@zhaw.ch and Cc. Head of study programme.
Language of Instruction  German
Comments -

 

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Course: Food Systems
No.
n.BA.UI.Ersy.24HS.V
Title
Food Systems

Note

  • No module description is available in the system for the cut-off date of 12 May 2025.