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Feeding the World's Population
Breadth TrackYear: 2017
Contact information
Prospective students:
http://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/about/contact
Currently enrolled students:
Overview
Food is essential to human life on Earth, and is inextricably bound up in our biology, culture and beliefs. Learn about the current and future challenges of global food production, supply, and consumption and discover how food production in Australia is changing to meet the environment and society's changing needs.
Subject Options
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
UNIB10009 | Food for a Healthy Planet | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG10001 | Famine: The Geography of Scarcity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
UNIB20014 | Food For a Healthy Planet II | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
You can extend this breadth track by taking:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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AGRI20003 | Sustainable Food Systems | June (On Campus - Dookie) |
12.5 |
AGRI30012 | Food & Water:Global Issues Local Impacts | September (On Campus - Dookie) |
12.5 |
UNIB30010 | Food for a Healthy Planet III | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Notes
Some of these subjects are not available as breadth for all Bachelor of Environments students. Go to http://breadth.unimelb.edu.au/breadth/info/Environments.html for more information. GEOG10001 Famine in the Modern World and AGRI20003 Sustainable Food Systems are not available as breadth for Bachelor of Science students, but can be taken within the core of the degree. The track is not available for Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Biomedicine students.
What is a Breadth Track?
A breadth track is a sequence of three or more subjects (taken as part of a Melbourne Bachelor degree) that progressively develops knowledge and skills relevant to a coherent domain, theme, topic or issue. It is a suggested set of subjects, rather than a requirement.
Last updated: 12 November 2022