Political Economy of Food  CPD

The module identifies the impacts of global processes and multi-level governance upon the nature of the agro-food system and upon specific agricultural and food commodities and differing parts of the food system.

The module seeks to understand the modern food system from a variety of perspectives and give you the skills and tools to think through these important topics. You will utilise the theoretical material presented to research a specific agro-food commodity of your choice for the main assessment.

Course Information

Eligibility

The module is suitable for people in a wide and varied range of professions:

Environmental Health, Trading Standards, Local or Central Government, The Civil Service, Non-Governmental Organisations, Food Manufacturing, Retail or Catering.

English Requirements

For those students whose first language is not English one of the following qualifications is also required:

• IELTS: 7
• TOEFL (internet-based): 107