Food behavior (3 cr)
Code: CA00CX28-3002
General information
Enrollment
22.04.2024 - 01.10.2024
Timing
07.01.2025 - 27.04.2025
Credits
3 op
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Food and Hospitality
Teachers
- Kaija Nissinen
- Leena Arjanne
Student groups
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RESTO22
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MRESTO23Degree Programme in Food and Hospitality, Part-time studies
Objective
Student can explain and argue why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give examples of psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study and compare features of food environment and evaluate their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.
Content
Food behavior from psychological, physiological, social and public healt perspectives
Observing good service as a food environment
Materials
Will be announced in the beginning of the course
Teaching methods
On-line learning, lectures, guided exercises
Student workload
Work amount 81 h
- lectures approximately 20 h
- independent working approximately 60 h
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Student can explain why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to name features of food environment and its significance on food behavior. (S)he can name nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Student can explain and argue why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give examples of psychological, physiological, social and other environmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study and compare features of food environment and evaluate their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and ways.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Student can explain and argue holistically why do human eat as we do. (S)he can name and give in many ways examples of psychological, physiological, social and other envoronmental factors affecting food behavior and food choice. (S)he is able to study, compare and improve features of food environments when evaluating their significance on food behavior. (S)he can name and evaluate nutrition policy makers, aims and elaborate ways to achieve aims.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam., learning diary, assignments
Further information
Course is held in english if necessary