Undergraduate Course: Applications in Agricultural and Food Economics (VETS08011)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will develop knowledge of economic theory using applied examples from agriculture and food. It will build on the basic principles developed in year 1 and will present topic and research based material, including data sets, for analysis and discussion to promote knowledge of frameworks used within economic analysis. |
| Course description |
The aim of the course is to develop intermediate knowledge of agricultural economic methods applied to topical problems. It will extend student understanding of quantitative frameworks and approaches used within economics to understand how resources are allocated within agri-food supply chains.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 30 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10,
Formative Assessment Hours 5,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
146 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
40 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will have individual exercises which will be completed within the computer lab sessions demonstrating statistical and measurement approaches. (20%)
Student coursework will consist of 300 word abstract summary of a policy intervention and its effects within the agri-food sector (40%)
A computer quiz will be completed on a regular basis to provide feedback to students These will act as formative feedback for the final computer quiz project (40%) |
| Feedback |
Feedback will be supplied within 15 days of the submission deadline
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discriminate between types of market failure in imperfect competition.
- Illustrate, in economic terms, the problems of supply and demand.
- Apply numerical approaches to illustrate agri-food systems.
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Reading List
Essential Texts:
Barkley, A. (2016) The Economics of Food and Agricultural Markets. Manhatten, Kas., Prarie Press
Krugman, P et al (2012) International Economics: Theory & Policy. London, Pearson.
Kolstad, C (2011) Environmental Economics. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Mazzocchi, M (2009) Fat Economics: Nutrition, Health and Economic Policy. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
For a complete reading list, please see the Resourse List on the Learn page for this course. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Outlook and engagement, through the discussion and raised awareness of globally relevant challenges and feasibility of solutions applied to a range of regionally defined systems.
Personal effectiveness, through the development of computer skills and efficient searching for the appropriate data needed to tackle a problem related to agri-food supply chains.
Communication, through summarising policy interventions for a non-technical audience to enable understanding of economic problems. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Luiza Toma
Tel:
Email: Luiza.Toma@sruc.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)51 7454
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk |
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