LLEK10297U The Sociology of Food Consumption
MSc Programme in Human Nutrition
MSc Programme in Food Innovation and Health
MSc Programme in Clinical Nutrition
Focus is on basic sociological thinking and the sociology of
food consumption. Themes covered are: Food culture and eating
habits, meal structures and meal patterns; food production in the
household and its socio-cultural meanings, the importance of food
and meals in everyday life, social and cultural influences on food
preferences, food acceptability and habits, the role of health
concerns in ordinary eating habits, etc.
Focus will also be on social science research designs and methods,
including both quantitative and qualitative methods. A central
element in the course is a project where the students (working in
groups) select and define a topic, formulate problem and prepare a
study design and implement a small data collection for an empirical
study within the field of sociology of food.
The students gain insight in a) social and cultural aspects of
the meaning and significance of food in people's everyday lives
and in b) standard social science methods used within the sociology
of food.
Assessing food and nutritional related issues in a social and
cultural perspective
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Course compendium with sociological articles (for sale in Academic Books,SCIENCE)
- Category
- Hours
- Exam
- 13
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 55
- Project work
- 102
- Theory exercises
- 8
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minOral examinationIndividual oral exam first focusing on the project report and secondly on a question related to the curriculum drawn by the student.
- Exam registration requirements
submission of a group project report.
- Aid
- Written aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Re-exam
If the student has not handed in the group project report, the student should hand in the project report individually instead of in a Group, two weeks prior to the re-exam. It must be approved before the exam.
Criteria for exam assesment
See aims of course = Learning Outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LLEK10297U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 4
- Schedule
- B
- Course capacity
- 60
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Food, Human Nutrition and Sports
Contracting department
- Department of Food and Resource Economics
Course responsibles
- Lotte Holm (4-73766f7647706d797635727c356b72)
Lecturers
Researchers within Sociology of Food area