Full time
1 year
SEP
MA - Master of Arts
Food Manufacture / Processing (Industrial) Food Science / Technology
Taught
Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice, and cultural identity. It is about the global and the local, and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about.
This MA draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both IDS and School of Global Studies at Sussex (where you’ll be based).
You will gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. We build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as:
Careers
Throughout the course we focus on developing both your academic and practical skills – including analytical, writing and presentation skills. You will also gain a thorough understanding of social science research methods and gain independent research skills.
We expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for:
For this course (per year)
£10,500
For this course (per year)
£21,500
Degree requirements: You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should be in a social or natural science but if you do not meet the academic requirements or have other degrees you will also be considered if you can show evidence of relevant work or voluntary experience.