Objectives:
The objectives of the course are to increase the student's knowledge, competence and skills in the field of global nutrition embracing:
Content:
The course content is divided into three parts:
Overview of global nutrition:
Overview of the world nutrition situation in relation to other critical issues for our common future, including: Poverty, demographic changes, water, sanitation and other environmental issues, the UN Sustainable development goals and food as a Human Right, epidemiology of global nutritional problems and their current trends.
Health and nutrition.
The influence of nutrition on the health status, including: Immunity, diseases of poverty, maternal and child health, breastfeeding, HIV/Aids and tuberculosis.
Food production and nutrition in low-resource settings.
Overview of crop and livestock systems, household fuel, food production, post-harvest technology, marketing and participatory rural appraisal.
Food security and gender issues in food production are key areas.
On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student:
Skills
The student:
General competence
The student:
The course comprises lectures, demonstrations, seminars, and group work and individual studies and assignments.
The course will have a research oriented focus through presentations, discussions and reading material and present relevant activities at our faculty.
A group project is assigned as an educational tool to depict current issues in the field of nutrition.
This will be a total of 130 working hours, of which 56 hours are contact hours: 43 hours of teaching and 13 hours of supervision of tasks (physical and through electronic contact) and exam. Individual work (54); 30 hours for individual reading and exam preparation; and 24 hours for the individual assignment. 20 hours for group work, crop and food preparation seminar.
Written 2 hour exam (1/3 or the grade), presentations of group assignments (1/3 of the grade); every group need to hand in written material for peer review stating their contribution and all members of the groups need to participate in presentations; and individual assignments (1/3 of the grade) which is a written individual task in the format of essay or report (around 1000 words).
Students who receive the grade "F" are allowed to re-sit according to standard procedures at the University of Bergen.
Online evaluation.
Centre for International Health
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