Feeding the World's Population

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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
AGRI20003	Sustainable Food Systems	June (On Campus - Dookie)	12.5
AGRI30012	Food & Water:Global Issues Local Impacts	Not available in 2020	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

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