Department of Food Production

Coordinator – Dr. Wendy-Ann Isaac

OFFERED ONLINE

OBJECTIVE

This unique MSc., which is a collaboration among the three UWI campuses, offers students the multidisciplinary approach to address global food security issues, as well as giving them an understanding of technical, agronomic, environmental, economic and socio-political factors that influence food security. Upon completion, they will be equipped with the requisite knowledge and key analytical and communication skills to contribute to ongoing efforts to achieve and sustain food security during the 21st century across multiple spatial and temporal scales.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Entry Requirements

The minimum requirement for admission to the MSc. shall be a minimum GPA of 3.0, or a Lower Second-Class Honours degree or its equivalent, unless the Campus Committee in any particular case otherwise decides. The Department shall consider on a case-by-case basis admission into the MSc programme, contingent on the overall academic strength, accomplishments, research strength and publications and experience.

Qualifications for Admission

The following are eligible to apply for registration for a Graduate Diploma or degree:

(a) Graduates of The University of the West Indies;

(b) Persons who possess a degree from an approved university;

(c) Persons holding such other suitable qualifications and/or experience as the Board for Graduate Studies and

Research may approve; and

(d) A first degree from a recognised University in Agriculture, Environmental, or other Natural Sciences, aswell as Social Sciences (such as Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Rural Development).

Specially Admitted Students

In addition to the persons mentioned above, the Vice-Chancellor may also admit to the University as specially admittedstudents, for limited periods, such persons as he may deem fit. Such persons are deemed eligible for special admissions:

(a) Persons sponsored by the Governments or other employers to read certain courses, not for credit towards a University qualification, under a special arrangement.

(b) Any individual who wishes to pursue and develop a particular area of intellectual interest.

(c) Graduates of The University of the West Indies or other approved universities who wish to pursue a particular course or courses.

POSTGRADUATE REGULATIONS & SYLLABUSES 2021/2022

Applications for special admission must be made on the appropriate forms. Such applicants should normally possess an undergraduate degree. Those students who do not satisfy the requirements for entry to the University should provide satisfactory evidence of their previous studies. In appropriate cases, they may be required to sit for a special entrance examination. In the assessment of the qualifications of applicant’s due allowance shall be made for their maturity. Such students shall be required to comply with the University Regulations for students as are in force.

COURSE OF STUDY

The programme, which will be offered by The Faculty of Food and Agriculture, will consist of 10 courses, inclusive of a study experience. The following existing and new university courses are being proposed for its delivery.

CORE COURSES

TIME LIMIT

Candidates who at the end of two years have not completed the programme of study leading to the MSc in Food Security will be required to withdraw from the programme unless they have been granted special permission by the Board for Graduate Studies to continue.

Candidates who do not sit examinations in courses for which they are registered shall be deemed to have failed.