HSN760 - International Perspectives in Food and Nutrition

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 3 2024: Study tour

EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 3: Sze Yen Tan
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in: H511 Graduate Certificate of Human Nutrition or H616 Graduate Diploma of Human Nutrition or H714 Master of Human Nutrition or H718 Master of Dietetics or any Faculty of Health postgraduate course and completed at least 2 x Nutrition coded units (e.g. HSN7XX).

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1 full day seminar (Blackboard Collaborate)

In-person attendance requirements:

Study tour of approximately two weeks

Note:

This unit has mandatory on campus attendance requirements, therefore students must be in Australia when enrolled in this unit.

Limited places are available. The selection process includes a written application and personal interview. Students are strongly advised to consult with their student advisers first before applying, to ensure they have elective space in their course to undertake this unit. Students will be notified via a post in their course site when the unit is open for application.

This unit is being offered in alternate years, e.g. Trimester 3 2024, 2026 etc.

Content

This unit provides students with the opportunity to learn about the context of food, nutrition and health from an international perspective. The unit will be conducted in the form of a study tour of a pre-determined country and is designed to provide students with the opportunity to enhance their understanding of cross-cultural aspects of food, nutrition and health. The study tour will consist of a range of activities designed to link students with policy makers, consumers, nutrition departments, educators and food production companies in the host country, and to reflect on their own values and approaches in relation to food, nutrition and health.

More information about the study tour program will be available to students by the end of March 2019.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Identify and describe the roles food industry, public health, government, food innovation and sustainability and food service have on food, nutrition and health within an international setting.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Critically examine the roles varying sectors (food industry, public health, government, food innovation and sustainability food service) have in food, nutrition and health within an international setting.

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Reflect upon prior academic knowledge and how the theoretical principles of the field/discipline transfer to practice within an international setting.

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Appraise and reflect upon the study tour experience including engaging in an international professional context and cross-cultural learning, in order to consider food, nutrition and health from an international perspective.

GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Work and learn with the group and reflect upon and critically analyse group dynamics during the two week intensive international study tour.

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO6

Identify, describe and reflect upon key differences between Australia and an international setting in terms of the sectors (food industry, public health, government, food innovation and sustainability food service) that influence food, nutrition and health.

GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Trimester 3:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Group pre-departure presentation via Blackboard Collaborate and written summary

30 minutes per group 20%
  • Refer to unit site

Assessment 2: Reflective practice paper

1500 words 30%
  • Refer to unit site

Assessment 3: Written briefing paper

2500 words 50%
  • Refer to unit site

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

  • Must pass Assessment task 1

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN760 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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