Home Economics , Nutrition and Education
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 16.07.2025.
- Module identifier
44B0751
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
English
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- More information on frequency
Offered only in summer semester
- Duration
1 semester
- Special features of the module
This course offers the opportunity for participating resident and international students learning together (internationalisation at home). It is part of the 30 ECTS semester course package offered to incoming international students at the AuL faculty.
- Brief description
Due to the local and global interdependence of individuals, households and society, the academic discourse concerning Home Economics, Nutrition and Education often takes place in English language. Students should therefore obtain up-to-date information on selected topics and international documents, which enables and prepares them to work with scientific papers, to take different cultural perspectives, to improve intercultural competence, to develop/maintain international contacts, to prepare for activities of student mobility and to establish themselves professionally and with employers in an international context.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
1. Nutrition and Nutrition Education
Nutrition and culture
Nutrition Competence and Culinary Practices
Nutrition Communication and transfer
Nutrition Policy
2. Home EconomicsHome Economics worldwide
International issues and projects (e.g. IFHE, UN)
Selected recent research topics in Home Economics3. Workshop
intercultural issues with guest speakers
presentations with discussions on different student experiences refering to professional projects/internships, bachelor/master theses, study programmes at a partner university, ...
- 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 Presence - 40 Practice Presence - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 20 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 30 Presentation preparation -
- Graded examination
- Oral presentation, with written elaboration or
- Homework / Assignment
- Ungraded exam
- Regular participation
- Remark on the assessment methods
All parts of exams are in English language.
Standard form of exams is an oral presentation with a written short paper (other form of exams is to be communicated by lecturer at the start of the term).
Ungraded exam performance is the regular participation in exercises.
- Exam duration and scope
oral presentation approx. 20 min.
- Recommended prior knowledge
English language competence (level B1, B2)
Content of the courses:
- Human nutrition
- Socio-economy of the private household
- Knowledge Broadening
Students have an overview and an understanding of selected international action fields of Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences.
- Knowledge deepening
Students have a deep knowledge of recent international issues in Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences and are able to present and discuss them in English.
- Knowledge Understanding
Students use the acquired knowledge and apply it to other international issues in the context of Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences.
- Application and Transfer
Instrumental competence
Students are able to transfer different examples of specific subjects in Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences and derive measures for their own field of expertise and own acting in daily life.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students are able to understand, describe and comment on English scientific theories, policies and papers in order to work out the core statement or research aspects.
Resident students and international students share their (different) fields of expertise, opinions and experiences on selected recent topics of Nutrutional Sciences and Home Economics.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Resident and international students of different fields of expertise are able to reflect their intercultural professional knowledge and skills refering to the field of nutrition and home economics.
- Literature
A list of the recent specific literature is provided in the course.
Selected references:
Bernardo, G.L., Jomori, M.M., Fernandes, A.C., Colussi, C.F., Condrasky, M.D., Da Proen?a, R.P.C. (2017): Nutrition and Culinary in the Kitchen Program: a randomized controlled intervention to promote cooking skills and healthy eating in university students - study protocol. Nutrition Journal 16 (1): p. 83.
BRADY, J.; MACCALLUM, L. (2021): Is bringing back home economics the answer to our modern woes?
EAT-LANCET COMMISSION (2019): Healthy diet from sustainable food systems. Food, Planet, Health. Summary Report of the EAT-Lancet Commission. John, N.A.; Stoebenau, K.; Ritter, S.; Edmeades, J.; Balvin; N.: Gender socialization during adolescence in low- and middle-income countries: Conceptualization, influences and outcomes. Quarterly Bulletin of the NGO Committee on the Family JUN. 2020, NO.114: 22-27.
Magallanes, E., Sen, A., Siler, M., Albin, J. (2021): Nutrition from the kitchen: culinary medicine impacts students’ counseling confidence. BMC Medical Education 21:88.
PENDERGAST, D. (2021): The Role of Home Economics Education in the 21st Century: The Covid-19- Pandemic as a Disruptor, Accelerator, and Future Shaper. Human Ecology Research 61: p. 13-32.
Shire, K.A.; Schnell, R.; Noack, M. (2017): Determinations of outsourcing domestic labour in conservative welfare states; Resources and market dynamics in Germany. Duisburger Beitr?ge zur soziologischen Forschung, No. 2017-04.
UNITED NATIONS (UN) (2023): The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023. Partnerships and cooperation for water.
- Linkage to other modules
This course is integrated into the study specialisation "Mensch, Gesellschaft und Nachhaltigkeit"/ "Human, Society and Sustainability" for resident students, but also suitable for the other two study specialisations.
This course also belongs to the selected catalogue for International students with focus on food production and life science (part of the faculty program for incoming international students).
- Applicability in study programs
- Bachelor of Vocational Education – Nutritional Science and Home Economics
- Bachelor of Vocational Education - Nutritional Science and Home Economics B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences
- Home Economics and Nutrition Sciences B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Straka, Dorothee
- Teachers
- Straka, Dorothee
- Speck, Melanie