Postgraduate Module Descriptor

HISM041: Food and Agriculture in Historical Perspective

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level	7
Credits	30	ECTS Value	15
Term(s) and duration	This module ran during term 2 (11 weeks)
Academic staff	Professor Harry G West (Convenor)
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
Available via distance learning	No

This module examines food and foodways from the late Paleolithic to the present day. You will study the transition from hunter-gathering to pastoralism and agriculture in the late Paleolithic; foodways and food systems in antiquity; the development of food markets and the movement of food stuffs between world regions; changing cultures of cooking and dining from the early modern period to the present day; the industrialisation of agriculture and food processing; the nutrition transition and the rise of obesity; and the implications of changing foodways and food systems for the environment and consumer safety.

Module created	14/03/2018	Last revised	22/03/2022