World Food Issues Syllabus

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World Food Issues Syllabus

• Title World Food Issues Past and Present
• Semester Spring 2015
• Course
• Agron. 342, FSHN 342, Env. S. 342
• Tech. Soc.Ch. 342
• Calendar
• January 12 May 8 (No Final Exam)
• Instructor Clark Ford
• 2567 Food Sci, 294-0343, cfford_at_iastate.edu
• Required Course Website
• http//www.public.iastate.edu/cfford/342WFI.htm
• Required Text 
• The World Food Problem  Toward Ending
  Undernutrition in the Third World
• by H.D. Leathers and P. Foster, 4th Edition,
  2009.
• Brenton Center
• Contact in case of computer or Blackboard
  problems
• agdehelp_at_iastate.edu, phone [phone]

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Course WebsiteGoogle World Food Issues
Course Webpage
World Food Issues Past and Present FSHN 342, AG
342, Univ Stud 342, TSC 342 EnvS 342 Spring
2015Instructor Clark Ford  
                                                  
                                                  
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Course Description

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• We will examine world food issues from the
  perspectives of
• The way things are in the present
• How things got this way
• Policies and solutions for the future
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Course Description1 The way things are in the
present

• World Hunger in developing nations
• Interrelated global, economic, political and
  social issues
• Poverty and inequity
• food production,
• biotechnology,
• ecological destruction,
• population growth,
• policy, and aid.
• Ethical issues concerning these topics will be
  discussed.

World Hunger Map
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Course Description2 How things got this way

• The agricultural revolution
• Hierarchical agricultural societies
• Food production and geography
• Invention and technology
• Winners and losers in 10,000 years of
• Conquest and population growth
• Interaction of religion, government, and economic
  systems 
• Unequal treatment of women
• The industrial revolution
• Colonialism and imperialism
• Global economic domination
• by wealthy over developing nations

Slave Trade
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Course Description3 Policies and Solutions for
the future

• Policies
• Health
• Economics
• Demographics
• Aid
• Consumer Subsidies
• Farming subsidies
• Land Distribution
• Agricultural research
• Development
• Aid Organizations
• What can we do?

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Grading90-80-70

• Quizzes, 20 pts each
• 140 pts
• Nutrition Case Study
• 20 pts
• News Report
• 20 pts
• Student Presentation
• 20 pts
• Green Revolution Report
• 20 pts
• Movie Report
• 20 pts
• Historical Origins of Hunger in the Developing
  World Case Study
• 20 pts
• Aid Organization Report
• 20 pts
• Extra Credit
• Paper (20 pts)
• Lecture reflections (2 _at_ 5 pts)

Movie Report
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Exam Format

•  Sample Question
• Is it morally acceptable that 25 of the worlds
  population controls 75 of its resources?   Use
  ethical theories and principles to defend your
  argument.
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• Quizzes
• 10 short answer questions
• 2 points each
• You have 40 minutes
• Quizzes based primarily, but not solely, on study
  guide questions
• Must use ethical theories and principles when
  asked for!

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Testing Off Campus(if you live far away from
Ames)

• Off-campus students
• You MUST find a Proctor for all quizzes
• do this the first week!
• Print off Proctor form
• Send completed form to me
• Clark Ford
• 2312 Food Sciences Bldg
• Iowa State University
• Ames IA 50011
• Fax [phone]
• email cfford_at_iastate.edu

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On-Campus Testing60 Carver 2552 Gilman
Fall Spring Semester
Days Doors Open Doors Locked Last Submissionof Exams ComputersShutdown
Monday Thursday 800 am 730 pm 800 pm 800 pm
Friday 800 am 530 pm 600 pm 600 pm
LAS Testing Center is closed weekends, University Holidays and Breaks. LAS Testing Center is closed weekends, University Holidays and Breaks. LAS Testing Center is closed weekends, University Holidays and Breaks. LAS Testing Center is closed weekends, University Holidays and Breaks. LAS Testing Center is closed weekends, University Holidays and Breaks.

After the doors are locked for the evening
students will not be permitted to enter to take
exams. Students must have finished their exam
and submitted it by the times noted. Once the
computers shut down they will not be restarted to
allow students to finish exams. Students should
allow enough time to complete exams prior to
computer shut down.
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Written Reports

• There are 6 written reports
• Nutrition Case Study
• News Report
• Green Revolution Report
• Movie Report
• Historical Origins of Hunger Report
• Aid Organization Report
• 2-3 pages of text, typed
• plus Bibliography
• Single or 1.5 spaced
• At least 3 scholarly references
• From peer reviewed journals
• Must be cited in text
• Reference must give authors, date, Journal,
  volume, pages
• Engaged discussion
• of ethical, environmental, social, economic,
  historical (etc.) implications.
• Must develop ethical arguments
• Use ethical theories and principles

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Powerpoint Project

• Individual presentations
• Powerpoint slides
• With references
• Audio recording (if possible)
• Must include a transcript!

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Extra Credit

• Paper 20 points
• Relevant subject
• 5 page report
• At least six scholarly references
• from peer reviewed journal articles
• Must relate to hunger/malnutrition
• Must include a discussion
• of nutritional, environmental, social, political,
  historical implications, etc.
• Must include ethics discussion
• using ethical theory and developing ethical
  arguments
• Lectures 2 _at_ 5 pts each
• Assigned online lectures
• Write 1 page summary/reflection

Norman Borlaug
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Section 1

• Topics
• World Hunger
• Famines
• Malnutrition    
• Reading
•  WFP Ch 1-3
• Food Insecurity in the World 2005
• World Hunger 12 Myths
• News Stories
• Videos
• Quiz 1

Malnutrition Kwashiorkor
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Section 2

• Topics
• Hunger Ethics
• Economics
• Population
• Reading
• WFP Ch 4-12
• World Hunger a Moral Response
• News Stories
• Videos
• Nutrition Case Study
• Quiz 2

World Population Growth
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Section 3

• Topics
• Environment
• Agriculture
• Biotechnology
• Reading
• WFP 13-14
• Advances in Plant Biotechnology in Developing
  Countries
• News Stories
• Videos
• News Report
• Quiz 3

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Section 4

• Topics
• Agricultural Revolution
• Agricultural Societies
• Ancient History
• Reading
• The worst mistake in the history of the human
  race
• News Stories
• Videos
• Green Revolution Report
• Quiz 4

Agriculture in Ancient Egypt
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Section 5

• Topics
• Age of Discovery
• Industrial Revolution
• Women in Ag societies
• Religion in Ag societies
• Markets and Capitalism
• Reading
• News Stories
• Videos
• Movie Report
• Quiz 5

Industrial Revolution
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Section 6

• Topics
• Global Policies
• Health
• Incomes
• Globalization
• Demographics
• Reading
• WFP 15-20
• News Stories
• Videos
• Origins of Poverty Report
• Quiz 6

Clothing Factory, India
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Section 7

• Topics
• Global Policies
• Agriculture
• Development
• Aid Organizations
• Reading
• WFP 21-24
• Food Sovereignty
• The End of Poverty
• Videos
• Aid Organization Report
• Quiz 7

World Health Organization immunizations
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How to get an A

• Attend class
• Online students watch lectures
• Study lecture notes
• Do required reading
• Watch videos
• Fill out study guides
• Put effort into your reports and presentation
• Work at it every day
• Engage in the subject!
• Especially your area of interest

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How to not get an A

• Getting behind
• No time to study, write
• Not preparing for quizzes
• You will do poorly
• No ethics arguments/theory
• Or only asking is it ethical for? (I will say
  you tell me!)
• Plagiarism
• Cutting and pasting
• Minimal answers
• Or rote memory answers
• Minimal discussions
• Must engage in the subject!
• Minimal bibliographies

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