Study Start before Winter Semester 2024/25
This curriculum applies to all students who started their studies before the winter semester 2024/25. The curriculum for students who start their studies in the winter semester 2024/25 or later can be found here.
The curriculum serves as an overview of the various modules that you have to take in the course of the study programme. The sequence of the modules is a recommendation and the semester offer may deviate from it.
The Master's programme "Global Food, Nutrition and Health" (M.Sc.) comprises modules with a total of 120 ECTS credits. It offers a broad range of modules, which are structured into the following module areas and courses:
First Semester
Module Area A: Approaches + Targets + Controversies - 20 ECTS
- Climate Change and its Consequences (5 ECTS)
- Food and Society (5 ECTS)
- Global Health Policy (5 ECTS)
- Medicine and Nutrition (5 ECTS)
Modul Area B: Food, Nutrition and Health in a Global Context - 10 ECTS
- International Nutrition Politics (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to Law and Food Law (5 ECTS)
Second Semester
Module Area A: Approaches + Targets + Controversies - 15 ECTS
- Components and Production of Plant and Animal Foods (5 ECTS)
- Global Political Economy of Food (5 ECTS)
- Research Strategies and Methods (5 ECTS)
Modul Area B: Food, Nutrition and Health in a Global Context - 10 ECTS
- Food Health and Climate Communication (5 ECTS)
- Food Security and Development (5 ECTS)
Module Area C: Issues in Food, Nutrition and Health or Module Area D: Theories, Methods and Skills - 5 ECTS
Different course offer each semester (elective course handbook announced shortly before the start of the semester)
Third Semester
Module Area C: Issues in Food, Nutrition and Health or Module Area D: Theories, Methods and Skills - 20 ECTS
Different course offer each semester (elective course handbook announced shortly before the start of the semester)
Mandatory 8-week Internship - 10 ECTS
Fourth Semester
Master Thesis (30 ECTS)
* ECTS credits: The awarding of credit points according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) facilitates the international comparability of coursewerk completed at European higher education institutions.