The MSc CCSAFS in Jerash University, Jordan Prof. Ebraheem Al Taha’at, Jerash University Europe Regional Meeting 2019 13-14 September, 2019, Heraklion, Greece

1. The MSc CCSAFS in Jerash
University, Jordan
13, 2019
Presented by: Ebraheem Al Taha’at
(Jerash University)

2. 2
Stages of the Project;
TaskPhase
1. A multi-driven stakeholder survey applied (100 key
experts, 2000 prospective students, 500 alumni
played).
2. Inventory of the needed student competences and a
set of guidelines for strengthening stakeholders’
inputs.
3. 50 of the most motivated teaching staff to be trained.
4. Specifications of the LMS (Learning Management
System) and supplemented by laboratories as well as
the Centers of Excellence in CCSAFS decided.
Design
(October/2016 -
June/2017)
Interdisciplinary MSc. program in CCSAFS worth of 120
ECTS (90 ECTS course work & 30 ECTS thesis), in Suez
Canal University, Egypt and Jerash University, Jordan was
developed.
Development
(July/2017 -
June/2018)
1. CCSAFS MSc Program accredited and implemented.
2. The first call for prospective students(20-30)
3. Piloting assessment to be applied
Validation,
Accreditation and
Implementation
(September/2018 -
October/2019)
Throughout the program diagnostic, formative and
summative assessment activities cutting across all the
phases to be carried out.
Evaluate & Review
(whole period of the
project)

3. 3
3
Structure of CCSAFS ;
According to the National Training Workshops:
The structure of the CCSAFS is (one module)
The student has to pass
• 6 core courses (18 CH = 60 ECTS).
• and 2 optional courses (9 CH= 30 ECTS) to be
selected from nine suggested optional
courses.
• A thesis with nine CH =30 ECTS

4. CCSAFS Structure
SEM CORE COURSES CH ECTSOPTIONAL COURSES (CHOOSE ONE) CHECTS
1
Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
(Sustainable Agriculture-UNIPAD) 3
10
Sustainability Justice and Food Security 3 10
Small Scale Farming. Indigenous Knowledge
and Local Food Supply
3 10
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation 3
Social Entrepreneurship in the Organic Food
Industry (UNIPAD)
3 10
10 To be chosen one
2
Sustainable Management of Soil and Water (Water Resources
Management-UNIPAD)
3 10
Risk Analysis in the Food Chain 3 10
Precision Farming (UNIPAD) 3 10
Consumer Behavior, Food Security and
Marketing
3 10
Research Methods and Advanced Statistics Analysis (Advanced
statistics-UNIPAD)
3 10 To be chosen one
3
Economics of Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture and
Food Security (Agrifood Economics and Policy-UNIPAD)
3 10
Sustainable and Ethical Livestock
Management (Sustainable livestock systems-
UNIPAD)
3 10
Sustainable Fisheries and Food Security 3 10
Unsaturated Soil in Arid and Semi-arid Region 3 10
GIS Applications in Climate Change, Sustainable Agriculture
and Food Security
3 10 To be chosen one
Total 18 60 Two optional courses 6 20
4 Thesis 9 30 Total for the MSc CCSAFS 33 110

5. 5
ECTSCHCourseCourse
No
Sem.
103
Climate Change, Sustainable
Agriculture & Food Security
(CCSAFS)
0604710
1 103
(Consumer Behavior, Food
Security & Marketing (CBFSM)
0604720
103
Climate Change Mitigation &
Adaptation (CCMA)
0604710
103
Research Methods and
Advanced Statistical Analysis604714
2 10
3
Economics of Climate Change,
Sustainable Agriculture and
Food Security
604716
103Risk Analysis in the Food Chain
604723
103
Sustainable Management of Soil and
Water
0604719
3
GIS Applications in Climate
Change, Sustainable Agriculture
CCSAFS Project Courses during Fall , Spring and summer
Semester 2018/2019;

6. Accreditation
CCSAFS programme was accredited by the
end of September 2018.

7. Program status
 CCSAFS Project implementation started
officially on October 1, 2018 (Fall Semester
2018/2019).
 Number of the students :29
 This Spring Semester (2018/2019) is the
second semester of the project
implementation phase.
 Number of the students : 18+10+1 = 29

8. Thank You