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

Upon 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 it 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' trust 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 opportunity for so-called re-examination. Thereafter, there is an examination opportunity following the primary one. The grades used are Pass with distinction, Pass and Fail. Passing the course requires that all assignments have been assessed as passed as well as that the student has actively participated in presentations and seminars. To pass with distinction, it is additionally required that the student has shown particularly strong ability in knowledge acquisition and problematisation from different perspectives, can see relationships and discuss their positions on the such subject matter.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University’s disability coordinator.