Study Guide

Objective

The student knows the origin of Finnish food and the northern environmental production conditions and possibilities to be able to combine this knowledge with future studies on processes of primary production, food industry, trade and services. The student can identify changes in the food chain in action in recent years and understand the importance of change in the future. The students also get familiar with circular economy and bioeconomy, especially the role of Finnish nature and forest.

Content

-Finnish food system and its operating environment
-circular economy and bioeconomy as concepts
-the most typical by products of food chain and forests

Materials

Material will be appointed or sought during the course

Teaching methods

Introductory lectures, farm visits and discussions, independent work (learning diary)

International connections

The participants will be from various countries, international material and statiscs will be used related too information retrievals

Student workload

Lectures, visits, and discussions 50%, individual work 50%

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student masters the key principles of bioeconomy and Finnish food system and can compare them to the systems of the student’s own country. Satisfactory completion of the course requires that the student has successfully written and reported all the given tasks and completed an examination which focuses on the general principles of food system and bioeconomy.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student masters the main principles of Finnish food system and bioeconomy in most parts

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student masters the main principles of Finnish food system and bioeconomy in all parts can explain the role of these in a global perspective and is able to make assessments of future perspectives.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation, learning diary