Current active subject description (last updated 2024/25)
Agricultural Policy
HUS3301
Current active subject description (last updated 2024/25)

Agricultural Policy

HUS3301
This course shall provide a general understanding of the most important political topics for Norwegian agriculture. We will discuss the economic and social structures under which agriculture works, and what consequences this has for the political management of the sector. In the course, political and economic terms and models are used to illuminate and discuss Norwegian agricultural policy.

The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:

  • Animal Sciences - Welfare and Production
  • Livestock Science, Bachelor’s Programme

Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor. 

Students must meet current admission requirements for the associated study program.

After completing the course, the student will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

  • has knowledge of the economic and political frameworks of agriculture
  • has knowledge of the Norwegian agriculture political governance model, and goals and instruments in Norwegian agricultural policy
  • can explain the main features of the history of Norwegian agricultural policy
  • has knowledge of key elements in agricultural policy; import protection, market regulations, the agricultural agreement system and legal regulations
  • has knowledge of international trade agreements that are of relevance for Norwegian agriculture

Skills:

  • can formulate and analyze issues relevant to Norwegian agricultural politics
  • can reflect critically upon and discuss the consequences of possible changes in the framework conditions for Norwegian agriculture

General competence:

  • can exchange agricultural political views with persons in the relevant academic community
Paid semester fee and syllabus literature. It is also required that students have a laptop at their disposal.
Compulsory
Lectures, class discussions, group assignments and student presentations in class.
Evaluated annually by students through course surveys. These evaluations are included in the university’s quality assurance system.

Compound assessment

  • Compulsory work. 1 work requirement consisting of a group assignment.Approved/ Not approved. Must be passed prior to the written examination.
  • Compulsory participation in 2 more precisely defined activities.
  • Oral examination, individual, comprises 100% of the grade, grading scale A-F.

Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.

Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.