Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19
This course will explore the complex nature of sustainable diets and how they can be achieved in a global food system. Sustainable diets are needed to tackle some of the biggest global challenges, such as poor dietary health, climate change and environmental degradation, and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It will address the multidimensional complexity of sustainable diets, that includes nutrition, environmental impact, culture and society, and economics, and explore the challenge of combining these attributes into a single entity.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will illustrate the need for sustainable diets, describe the complexity and multidimensional nature of them, and the challenges of achieving them in a global food system. Students will learn about why sustainable diets are needed, what they comprise, and how different attributes, such as nutrition, environment, culture and economics, are factored in to their design at both an individual and global level. The course will discuss synergies, trade-offs, and the solutions and compromises across the different attributes, as well as the external influence of the global food system.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 35 | Feedback Weeks | 38 | |
| Feedback |
10-minute presentation. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Explain the complexity of sustainable diets, the different attributes they are comprised of and how they are combined into a single entity (synergies and trade-offs). |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the drivers and challenges of achieving sustainable diets. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Judge external influences of a global food system in delivering sustainable diets. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 34 | |
| Feedback | Word Count | 1000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Apply | Explain the complexity of sustainable diets, the different attributes they are comprised of and how they are combined into a single entity (synergies and trade-offs). |
| Conceptual | Understand | Describe the need for sustainable diets both nationally and globally. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Procedural | Evaluate | Evaluate the drivers and challenges of achieving sustainable diets. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Explain the complexity of sustainable diets, the different attributes they are comprised of and how they are combined into a single entity (synergies and trade-offs). |
| Conceptual | Understand | Describe the need for sustainable diets both nationally and globally. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Judge external influences of a global food system in delivering sustainable diets. |
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