The history and future of cultivated plants in Sweden
Kulturväxter är de växter som vi odlat och på olika sätt använt i vår vardag under en mycket lång tid. De har gett oss mat, kläder, bostad, bränsle, färger, läkemedel och njutningsmedel. I kursen kommer du att lära dig om växternas ursprung, odling, användning och växtförädlingens roll för dessa. Du kommer också få öva dig på att analysera, argumentera och dra slutsatser kring lösningar på framtida samhällsutmaningar kopplade till de odlade växterna. Kunskap om våra odlade växter i både historiskt och framåtblickande perspektiv är viktigt för att skapa ett framtida socialt, ekonomiskt och miljömässigt hållbart samhälle.
Kursen inleds och avslutas med ett digitalt möte. Däremellan arbetar studenten individuellt och tidsmässigt fristående med en rad moduler. För varje modul behandlas en gröda eller växtgrupp. Kursen avslutas med en summerande uppgift.
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Additional course evaluations for TD0017
Academic year 2022/2023
The history and future of cultivated plants in Sweden (TD0017-50071)
2023-06-05 - 2023-08-27
Academic year 2021/2022
The history and future of cultivated plants in Sweden (TD0017-50093)
2022-06-06 - 2022-08-28
Academic year 2020/2021
The history and future of cultivated plants in Sweden (TD0017-50087)
2021-06-07 - 2021-08-29
Syllabus and other information
Syllabus
TD0017 The history and future of cultivated plants in Sweden, 7.5 Credits
De odlade växternas historia och framtid i SverigeSubjects
Horticultural Science Biology Horticultural science BiologyEducation cycle
Bachelor’s levelModules
Title | Credits | Code |
---|---|---|
Single module | 7.5 | 0101 |
Advanced study in the main field
First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirementsBachelor’s level (G1N)
Grading scale
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.
Language
SwedishPrior knowledge
The equivalence of general entrance requirements for higher education studies.Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide basic knowledge about the history and future of the cultivated plants, and their significance for our everyday lives. The focus will be on the plants’ origin, cultivation, use and breeding. The course will also train the student in analyzing, arguing and drawing conclusions about solutions to future societal challenges linked to cultivated plants.
After this course the student will be able to:
Describe basic concepts concerning the development and use of cultivated plants
Describe and compare the properties, origins, form of cultivation and areas of use in both historical and comtemporary perspectives
Explain the basics of plant breeding and how access to genetic diversity can be important for future plant breeding
Identify future societal challenges and reason about solutions connected to the cultivated plants.
Content
The course is given as a distance course over the summer with an introductory and concluding digital meeting. In between, the students works individually and temporally independently with a number of modules. The course ends with a summative assignment.
Cultivated plants are the plants that we have grown and used in different ways in our everyday lives for a very long time. They have given us food, clothes, housing, fuel, paints, medicines and stimulants. For each module, the origin, cultivation and use of a crop are treated, as well as how they can be used to create a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable society. Also more general topics related to plant breeding will be treated within the course, such as the importance of gene banks in maintaining access to gene resources with genetic diversity. The course focuses mainly on plants that have been or are important for the primary production of food in Sweden, such as potatoes, barley, broad beans, cabbage, hops and apples. It is an interdisciplinary course but with a clear scientific focus. The student will also be able to practice analyzing, arguing and drawing, conclusions about solutions to future societal challenges linked to the cultivated plants in Sweden.
Grading form
The grade requirements within the course grading system are set out in specific criteria. These criteria must be available by the course start at the latest.Formats and requirements for examination
Approved assignments and mandatory elements.
If a student has failed an examination, the examiner has the right to issue supplementary assignments. This applies if it is possible and there are grounds to do so.
The examiner can provide an adapted assessment to students entitled to study support for students with disabilities following a decision by the university. Examiners may also issue an adapted examination or provide an alternative way for the students to take the exam.
If this syllabus is withdrawn, SLU may introduce transitional provisions for examining students admitted based on this syllabus and who have not yet passed the course.
For the assessment of an independent project (degree project), the examiner may also allow a student to add supplemental information after the deadline for submission. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Other information
The right to participate in teaching and/or supervision only applies for the course instance the student was admitted to and registered on.
If there are special reasons, students are entitled to participate in components with compulsory attendance when the course is given again. Read more in the Education Planning and Administration Handbook.
Responsible department
Department of Plant Breeding
Further information
Litterature list
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