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Nutrition education and nutrition counselling project (5 cr)

Code: CA00BS72-3004

General information


Enrollment

19.04.2021 - 09.01.2022

Timing

10.01.2022 - 15.06.2022

Credits

5 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Food and Hospitality

Teachers

  • Kaija Nissinen
  • Leena Arjanne

Responsible person

Jukka Kauppila

Student groups

  • RESTO19
  • MRESTO20

Objective

Students become familiar with nutrition education as part of health promotion. Students improve their educational skills in nutrition and are able to use versatile teaching methods and materials. He can independently carry out nutrition counselling/guidance situations.

Content

Nutrition education and counselling
Nutrition counselling/guidance project

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is familiar with the principles of nutrition education and is able to apply them in usual situations. He can search for reliable nutrition information and partly use it. He can plan and carry out a nutrition guidance project supported by others. He can partly follow the instructions and operate on schedule.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is familiar with the principles of nutrition education and is able to apply them in versatile situations.He can search for reliable nutrition information and use it. He can plan and carry out a nutrition guidance situation independently and is able to argument made choices. He can mostly follow the instructions and operate on schedule.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to explain the principles of nutrition education and is able to apply them in versatile situations. He can search for reliable nutrition information and apply it widely. He can plan and independently carry out a nutrition guidance situation and is able to widely justify made choises. He can follow the instructions and operate on schedule.

Qualifications

Foodstuffs and Nutrition (finished)
Advanced nutrition studies (finished)
Development of nutritional effect (participation)
Nutrition communication and research (participation)

Further information

The cource will be arranged in English if needed.