Nutrition (105M9)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

This module is intended to equip you with an understanding of: the causes, extent and distribution of global undernutrition and its consequences; what works in terms of direct and indirect interventions to address undernutrition; and mechanisms designed to raise the political profile, commitment and leadership behind undernutrition reduction.

The module will be taught by a mixture of lectures and seminars and will be grouped under the following topics: 

• Introduction to course: the nature of undernutrition - determinants and consequences
• What works: immediate level interventions
• What works: underlying indirect interventions
• Addressing the basic causes - approaches to the politics and economics of undernutrition 
• The enabling environment: transforming leadership, commitment and resources, the role of metrics, accountability mechanisms and real time surveillance

You will be encouraged to participate actively and reflect on your learning throughout the module through non-assessed groupwork. To assess individual progress a final assessment will be held at the end of the course.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 18 hours of contact time and about 132 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2023/24. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.