Climate and Sustainability
This course integrates veterinary and livestock production sciences with environmental science. It will improve your understanding of how environmental science can be applied in good farm management, and will explain how some of today’s environmental challenges can be addressed.
This course uses a large number of examples of environmental challenges in describing the principles of environmental science in livestock production, and is designed to allow you to become familiar with the way environmental science can be applied, as well as understanding some of its foundations.
The subject is reserved for students of the follwoing study programmes:
- Animal Welfare
- Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production
- Circular Bioeconomy.
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student is expected to have the following:
Knowledge:
- has thorough knowledge of the impact climate change is having on livestock farming and visa versa
- has knowledge of greenhouse gasses and how they impact the atmosphere (behavior, production, sources and significance)
- has thorough knowledge of how the United Nations Sustainable Development goals relate to livestock farming and emission reduction targets and strategies
- has knowledge of the impacts agriculture has on biodiversity and ecosystems.
- has knowledge of the key research and development work in the field
Skills:
- can apply new research and developments in the field in a practical manner to manage farms for environmental sustainability.
- can critically analyse research papers to form own opinions on important subjects
General competence:
- have insights into the UNs sustainability development goals and how they can be of relevance to agriculture
- can exchange views on how climate change is impacting livestock and visa versa
- can communicate professional literature that is of relevance to the agricultural environment and contribute to professional discussions in the field
- can actively participate in debates on important environmental issues in relation to the agricultural sector
Compound assessment, grading scale letter grades
Written assignment - group, comprises 40/100 of the grade, letter grades.
Written assignment - individual, comprises 60/100 of the grade, letter grades.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
BIO1008 - Sustainability, Climate and Ethics - 5 credits