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Grad.Dip. Food Security Programme Management
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
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| Start date: | March 2014 |
| Credits: | 30 ECTS |
| Duration full-time: | 9 months |
| Partnership: | Joint |
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| Delivery mode: | Blended |
Description
The joint UOC-FAO Postgraduate Diploma in Food Security Programme Management is taught by an international team with extensive field experience. With this training, students will understand food security and be better prepared to undertake and support food security work in their communities. This year-long online diploma is made up of two specializations Food Security: Advocacy and Action and Impact Assessment of Food Security Programmes and a final project. This diploma can be considered as half of the UOC's Master's in Food, Culture and International Food Governance.
This programme will prepare you to meet the demand for knowledgeable and well-trained food systems analysts and leaders by fostering practical and critical learning with an international perspective. Students in the Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society typically have backgrounds in a field related to the agri-food sector or an academic background in agriculture, anthropology, economics, environmental studies, development, public health or sociology.
Contents
List of topics
* Food security: Advocacy and action
* Impact assessment of food security programmes
Teaching resources
UOC graduate courses have digital format materials. Students receive the materials as the course progresses.
Requirements
Courses in the Department of Food Systems, Culture and Society are open to everyone with a good grasp of English. The UOC is an open university which means that even if you do not have a high school diploma or university degree you can still take our courses. To be eligible for the master's degree you must have a recognised university degree. If you do not have a recognised university degree then you will receive an equivalent certificate instead of a degree.
Degrees
Once the overall assessment process has been completed successfully, the UOC will issue a Postgraduate in Food Security Programme Management Diploma to those participants with an accredited university qualification that is valid in Spain.
Should you not have such a qualification, a Food Security Programme Management Certificate will be issued.
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