General provisions

This is a core course within the Master's Programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Food, Nutrition and Dietetics. The course is also given as a freestanding course for second-cycle studies. The course is given as half-time studies during the first part of the semester.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree (180 credits) within social sciences or public health and caring sciences or at least 180 credits within Teacher Education Programmes, including Home and Consumer Studies (60 credits) or equivalent.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should:

- be able to explain, illustrate and evaluate communication processes in relation to food and health

- be able to plan and carry out a health activity as well as assess and evaluate this from a communicative perspective

- from different theoretical perspectives suggest, justify and evaluate different communication methods in the area of food and health in relation to different target groups

Content

The course focuses on the possibilities and barriers that can arise when communicating food and health. In the course, target groups' trusts for different sources of information and information barriers that can arise when communicating with different target groups. A special interest is directed against vulnerable groups. Different communication methods are highlighted such as targeted and tailored communication as well as how these can be evaluated. During the course, different phases in planning and implementation of Community Intervention are problematised.

Instruction

The teaching is largely based on self-studies, which is supported by lectures and seminars. Both oral and written communication is applied in the form of a group assignment and independent project.

Assessment

The examination takes place orally as well as in writing in the form of a report. For each written examination a regular examination and a retake is organised within the scope of the course. Furthermore, there is an occasion for so called re-examination. Thereafter, there is an examination opportunity at following regular occasion. The grades used is passed with distinction, passed and failed. Passing the course requires that all assignments been assessed as passed as well as that the student has participated in presentations and seminars actively. To pass with distinction, it been in addition required that the student has shown particularly good ability to knowledge acquisition and to problematise from different perspectives, see relationship and discuss for his positions in the subject.