Food Security
Overview
Reliable and equitable access to a range of healthy foods is one of the major global challenges of the 21st century. On this pathway, you'll draw on Warwick’s globally-leading interdisciplinary research expertise to bridge policy with ecology, and business with philosophy, to understand and address aspects of this crucial issue.
You may choose to take optional modules across the life sciences, business, politics, philosophy, and the arts and humanities.
Modules
This pathway is an ‘open pathway’ in that it is not set in stone, and you are free to select relevant modules from across the University – with guidance from your personal tutor and our Liberal Arts Director of Undergraduate Studies – to suit the aspect of Food Security that you are exploring. The modules listed below represent an illustration of the route which you might take through the pathway, but many other variations are possible.
Please note that module offerings change year to year and so individual modules may vary.
Year One
Liberal Arts core modules |
Terms |
CATS |
| 1 - 2 | 0 | |
| 1 - 3 | 30 | |
| 1 - 3 | 30 | |
| 1 | 15 |
Optional modules |
Terms |
CATS |
| Any approved optional module(s) from the Liberal Arts Department or across the University |
1 - 3 | 45 |
Extra-curricular activities |
|
Term |
Duration |
| Optional | 1, 2, or 3 | 6 weeks | |
| Optional | 1 | 10 weeks | |
| Certificate of Professional Communication with Work Placement |
Optional | 3 | 1 week plus work placement |
| Optional | 3 | 2 workshops |
Year Two
An optional intercalated year abroad is available between your second year and final year.
Liberal Arts core modules |
Terms |
CATS |
| 1 - 3 | 30 | |
| 1 - 3 | 30 |
Pathway modules(related to Specialist Interest: Food Security) |
Terms |
CATS |
| Any approved optional modules from across the University. Examples include: | (60 CATS in total) | |
| Security, Sovereignty and Sustainability in the Global Food System (Global Sustainable Development) |
1 - 2 | 30 |
| Health and Sustainable Development (Global Sustainable Development) |
1 - 2 | 30 |
Extra-curricular activities |
Term |
Duration |
|
| Optional | 1, 2, or 3 | 6 weeks | |
| Optional | 2 | 5 weeks | |
| Certificate of Professional Communication with Work Placement |
Optional | 3 | 1 week plus work placement |
| Presentation at an undergraduate conference such as the International Conference of Undergraduate Research | Optional | 3 |
Final Year
Liberal Arts core module |
Terms |
CATS |
| 1 - 3 | 30 |
Pathway modules(related to Specialist Interest: Food Security) |
Terms |
CATS |
| Any approved optional modules from across the University. Examples include: | (90 CATS in total) | |
| The Sociology of Urban Life (Sociology) | 1 | 15 |
| Food and Literature: Identity, Memory, and DiasporaLink opens in a new window (English) | 1 - 2 | 30 |
| The World of the Tavern in Early Modern EuropeLink opens in a new window (History) | 1 - 2 | 30 |
| Food and Drink in the Ancient MediterraneanLink opens in a new window (Classics and Ancient History) | 1 - 2 | 30 |
Extra-curricular activity |
Term |
Duration |
|
| Optional | 1, 2, or 3 | 6 weeks |