Humanitarian Science and Technology Minor
Combine your passion for Food Science and Humanitarian Engineering!
Food Science and Technology expertise plays an important role in the humanitarian field. Opportunities to create immediate real-world impact could include making sure that good quality and nutritionally diverse foods are available in emergencies; addressing nutrient and calorie deficiencies associated with extreme poverty and childhood stunting and, working on solutions in partnerships that support local businesses and agriculture where possible.聽
罢丑别听聽minor聽will give you the opportunity to combine your skills as a Food Scientist and apply it into real humanitarian practice to address problems relating to inequalities and lack-of-access in alignment with the聽聽and international humanitarian relief efforts.
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Humanitarian Science and Technology Minor - Program Structure
The program structure for the Humanitarian Science and Technology Minor聽is as follows:
聽students must take a minimum of聽24 UoC聽from the courses listed below to complete the聽Humanitarian Science and Technology Minor.
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Students must take the following 6UoC core course:
聽-聽Fundamentals of Humanitarian Engineering
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Students must take the following 6UoC core course:
聽-聽Humanitarian Engineering Project *
With approval, students may substitute this course with other suitable humanitarian/thesis projects. Examples could include: a聽product design project developed within the CEIC4007, CEIC4008 thesis courses.聽Please contact聽Jayashree Arcot聽to discuss options to substitute a course for ENGG4102*
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Students must take at least one of the following 6UoC core courses:
聽-聽Global Development in Practice: Concepts and Practices for Inclusive Development
聽-聽Disaster and Society
聽-聽International Development
聽-聽Local Politics of DevelopmentNote: these can be taken as General Education courses
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Students may take up to 6UoC of the following elective courses:
聽- Sustainable Energy for Developing Countries
聽- Food and Health Security
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Assistance for mapping your degree
For assistance on how to include this minor聽into your degree or to request聽a project substitution for聽, please contact our 国产精品 Humanitarian Science and Technology Minor Coordinator聽Jayashree Arcot.
Additionally you can also reach out to Student Support Services to check your eligibility.聽
Researcher testimonial
鈥淚 loved being a part of Humanitarian Engineering at 国产精品! It enriched not only my understanding of the global efforts of humanitarian projects but also the study of engineering as a whole.鈥澛
Jasper Smith
4th Year Chemical Engineering