Nutritional Poverty and Nutrition Security
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 02.04.2025.
- Module identifier
44M0573
- Module level
Master
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
Changes in society and climate lead to different forms of crises which negatively affect the food and nutrition system. This course specifically focuses on problems connected with progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1 and 2. The course explores the global and regional aspects of nutritional poverty as well as the status of nutrition and food security and discusses these from different perspectives.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
- Specific aspects of global nutrition
- Definitions of poverty and especially nutrition poverty
- Model and theory of food and nutrition security
- Human right to food
- National and international actors
- Background and progress in reaching SDG 1 and 2
- global and regional development and progress
- influencing factors of reaching SDG 1 and 2
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 60 Seminar - 15 Practice - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 15 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 20 Exam preparation - 20 Study of literature - 20 Work in small groups -
- Graded examination
- oral exam or
- Homework / Assignment
- Remark on the assessment methods
The standard form of examination is an oral exam. Any deviation from this will be announced in the first four weeks after the start of lectures.
- Exam duration and scope
Oral examination: ca. 20-30 minutes
- Recommended prior knowledge
basic understanding of human nutrition
- Knowledge Broadening
Students ...
- are able to describe theories and models of nutrition poverty as well as food and nutrition security.
- can identify the context between nutrition poverty, nutrition security and land use.
- Knowledge deepening
Students ...
- are able to describe potential solutions concerning social problems (e.g. population structure, migration), education and socio-economic structures leading to rising nutrition poverty.
- are able to reflect on availability, access, use and utilisation, and nutritional status as basics of the nutrition security.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students are able to contrast and compare different solutions for fighting nutritional poverty and achieving nutrition/ food security on regional, national and international levels.
- Application and Transfer
Students choose their own country examples for further research on specific problems concerning nutritional poverty and nutrition security and present their results.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students exchange their expertise and experience from different scientific fields and cooperate to identify driving problems of nutritional poverty and nutrition security and discuss solutions.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Students develop a critical approach to scientific perspectives and a self-understanding of responsible cooperation and communication.
- Literature
Literature and lecture material will be provided during the course.
- Applicability in study programs
- Land Use Transformation
- Land Use Transformation M.Sc. (01.03.2026)
- Person responsible for the module
- Straka, Dorothee
- Teachers
- Straka, Dorothee