From May 6 to 30, a five-member teaching team led by Professor Chen Haibin and Professor Ren Yanjun from the College of Economics and Management traveled to Uzbekistan to complete the teaching tasks for the fully English-taught core courses Resource and Environmental Economics III and Food Economics and Policy in the Agricultural Master’s Program (Agricultural Management) for the 2025 spring semester at Tashkent Campus NWAFU. With this, the College of Economics and Management has successfully completed the first academic year’s teaching tasks for the 2024 cohort of the Agricultural Master’s Program (Agricultural Management).
The course Resource and Environmental Economics III, totaling 32 class hours, was co-taught by Professor Chen Haibin, Professor Zhang Han, and Associate Professor Wang Yanan. Grounded in Uzbekistan’s agricultural resource endowment and ecological challenges, the teaching team tailored the course to local conditions by integrating the country’s demographic, agricultural resources, and environmental characteristics. They also introduced China’s typical practices and successful experiences in the development, utilization, and conservation of natural resources and the environment, guiding students to explore feasible pathways for sustainable agricultural development in arid regions.
The course Food Economics and Policy, totaling 32 class hours, covers integrated knowledge from economics, management, sociology, agronomy, and food science and engineering. The teaching team—comprising Professor Ren Yanjun, Associate Professor Wang Yanan, and Ms. Liu Ying—closely aligned the curriculum with the latest theories in food economics and management, the impact of international trade on food economics and policy, and agricultural product marketing. Through interactive approaches such as case analysis and group discussions, the team helped students develop the capacity to analyze food systems from a global perspective.
To address teaching challenges arising from language and cultural differences, the teaching team began preparing in advance during the 2024 fall semester. They gained an in-depth understanding of Uzbekistan’s agricultural characteristics and educational needs, innovated teaching methods, and tailored “one-on-one” instructional plans. According to the teachers, the trip to the branch campus not only deepened their understanding of the local culture and educational environment, but also provided valuable experience and insights in cross-cultural teaching. Meanwhile, Vice Rector Abduvasikov Abduaziz Abdulazizovich of Tashkent State Agrarian University highly commended the team’s professionalism and their targeted instructional plans.
At present, the College of Economics and Management has successfully completed the teaching tasks for the fully English-taught core courses Frontiers in Management Theory and Practice, Resource and Environmental Economics III, and Food Economics and Policy for the 2024 cohort of the Agricultural Master’s Program (Agricultural Management) at the Tashkent Campus. As the first cohort of master’s students taught at the branch campus, this successful round of instruction has provided valuable experience for future teaching work. Next, the College will begin planning arrangements for the 2024 cohort to study at Northwest A&F University in their second academic year, while also preparing teaching support for the upcoming trip to the branch campus to deliver courses to the 2025 cohort of new students.