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Feeding the World's Population
Breadth TrackYear: 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGRI20003 | Sustainable Food Systems | Winter Term (On Campus - Dookie) |
12.5 |
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: 30 January 2024