Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SSIM908: Directed Practical Study: Agriculture and Food

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

With the support of the convener, you will play an active role in securing an internship or placement and in defining its objectives. You will inform yourself about the work you will do by producing an annotated bibliography. You will critically reflect on your experience in a mid-term and a final report. Depending upon your career objectives, you may continue work with your host institution, organization or enterprise after the completion of the module, draw upon contacts developed during your placement or internship to secure employment elsewhere upon completion of the course, and/or use your experience to develop questions for future research.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Contribute effectively to the professional activities of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 2. Critically assess the functioning of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise
Discipline-Specific Skills	3. Draw upon the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture to inform your work in an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 4. Critically engage with the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture on the basis of your experience working for an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise
Personal and Key Skills	5. Identify and successfully propose yourself for employment in agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises 6. Propose effective forms of innovation within agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

The module will begin with convener-led seminars on: securing an internship or placement; the production of an annotated bibliography; issues arising and the production of mid-term reports; and lessons learned and the production of final reports. Following each of these workshops, you will meet individually with the convener for feedback on work in progress.

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
10	140	150

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	8	4 x 2 hour Seminars
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	2	Individual supervision (4 x 30 mins)
Placement	150	Internship/placement
Guided independent study	140	Production of internship/placement proposal, annotated bibliography, mid-term report, and final report

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).