Agroecology, Water and Food Sovereignty

Coventry University
Postgraduate MSc Full-time 1 Year SociologyFood science and nutritionAgriculture and related sciences

About this course

With agroecology, food sovereignty, and other non-conventional food and farming approaches at its centre, this course aims to equip you with an in-depth understanding of some of the biggest issues confronting contemporary food and farming systems, and the solutions required for their remedying.

This course:

  • Covers a dynamic range of cross-cutting and mutually enriching topics of relevance to 21st century food and farming, including agroecological and other non-conventional food and farming practices; the impacts of climate change on food and farming; gender and food systems; community resilience; farming ecology; issues of power, voice and positionality in food system governance; agriculture and fragile environments; Indigenous approaches to food and farming; water systems; and more.

  • Explores examples and case studies at different scales and geographical and social contexts, local to global, North and South.

  • Draws from and introduces you to a range of knowledge systems, including natural and social science, but also ‘people’s knowledge’ and participatory methods of social inquiry.

    • Study Options

    This course is available in 3 study options:

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Sandwich

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MSc

    Location: Coventry

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    1121 Production managers and directors in manufacturing
    5435 Cooks
    3111 Laboratory technicians
    3116 Planning, process and production technicians
    1134 Purchasing managers and directors
    3115 Quality assurance technicians

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    MSc
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Coventry
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Sociology, Food science and nutrition, Agriculture and related sciences

    Offered by

    Coventry University

    Coventry

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