| Responsible Department | Department of Human Nutrition
50 % University of Hong Kong, China 40 % Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China 10 % | ||||||||||||||
| Research School | FOOD Denmark Foreign participants do not need to be present at the final examination but can hand in electronically the report and a presentation for evaluation. | ||||||||||||||
| External Assisting Partner | The course contains a combination of lectures and field studies located in Denmark (Copenhagen) and Southern China (Hong Kong, Shenszen). University of Hong Kong, China Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China | ||||||||||||||
| Course Dates | 2-21 March 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | What determines what we eat? Natural science, culture, philosophy or religion? Is the human body more than a chemical machine? Widely different diet and health traditions come closer in a globalized world. Food and health topics relates to natural science as well as to culture, philosophy and religion. Food and medicine differ between East and West, in mixtures of natural, social and human sciences. The PhD course shows some scientific interactions and some contrasting food and health views. | ||||||||||||||
| Course Home Page | http://www.courseinfo.life.ku.dk/Kurser/phd_fmp.as... | ||||||||||||||
| Course Registration | Lars Holm Rasmussen Scientific secretary, MSc, PhD Centre for Advanced Food Studies, FOOD Denmark, Bulowsvej 13, 1, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark Phone: +45 35333236, fax: +45 35333210, lhr@life.ku.dk | ||||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | December 1 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | The course consists of a large series of lectures in combination with field studies to food markets, hospitals, universities and religious sites. Each participant makes an investigation into a selected topic related to his/her own field of research. | ||||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||||
| Restrictions | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||||
| Diet and health traditions have become globalized. Regardless, diet and health views differ widely in the world and are not determined alone by food availability, health care and technology. Cultural and philosophical views of nature and the human body continue to be important. What determines what we eat and how we stay healthy? Natural science, culture, philosophy or religion? Is food just fuel for the body machine, or is food similar to medicine? What is a functional food? Can academic food and health science talk with business, culture and religion? Cross-desciplinary communication is required among widely different science fields. This broadening PhD course aims to give PhD students an improved understanding of the scientific, cultural and philosophical background for specific diet habits and health views. We couple field work (universities, hospitals, food markets, religious sites) with insights into the basics of natural, social and human sciences (the 3 main academic domains). Specifically, we will contrast some traditions of the Western world with those in the far East (particularly China). This makes us aware of both the potentials and the limitations of Western scientific principles and their role in diet and health globalization. The course is highly inter-disciplinary and contains topics from very different disciplines (food science, nutrition, medicine, pharmacology, business, sociology, philosophy, religion). All course participants are expected to contribute to a fruitful cross-talk among the different fields. Each student picks a focus area that supports his/hers own specific PhD program or general learning. | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| The course consists of two parts at two locations: 1) Lectures and report work at Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen and 2) field studies in Hong Kong/Guangzhou, China. A series of preparatory lectures are combined with an independent investigation into a chosen topic, ideally related to the student´s own PhD program (suggestions below). By the end of the course, students prepare a written report (4-5 pages, 1,5 line spacing, 12 pt.) that is presented for the entire group of students (Powerpoint, 15 min incl. discussion) and examined by the course coordinators. | |||||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||||
| The course consists of two parts at two locations: 1) Lectures and report work at Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen and 2) field studies in Hong Kong/Guangzhou, China. A series of preparatory lectures are combined with an independent investigation into a chosen topic, ideally related to the student´s own PhD program (suggestions below). By the end of the course, students prepare a written report (4-5 pages, 1,5 line spacing, 12 pt.) that is presented for the entire group of students (Powerpoint, 15 min incl. discussion) and examined by the course coordinators. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||||
| Reading material will be available from the course website during the course. Material from previous courses are available at the LMC website. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Per Torp Sangild, psa@life.ku.dk, Department of Human Nutrition/Clinical Nutrition, Phone: 353-32698 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||||
| More than 20 guest lecturers (mostly full professors from different universities in Denmark and China) support the course by presenting topics from different science fields. Ask for the course program to see specifics. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||||
| 17500 DKK | |||||||||||||||
| Course Costs | |||||||||||||||
| Course fee (3 weeks): Lectures and lecture materials are provided free of charge. Separate expenses for the field work in Hong Kong and China are to be covered by each student. These are approximately DKK 17.500 (flight, accomodation, food, local travel, guides). All participants have to cover costs of accomodation in Copenhagen by themselves. The course secretariat will assist in applying for support if required. | |||||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||||
| Written report on a self-chosen topic coupled with an oral presentation and examination at the end of the course. Foreign participants do not need to be present at the examination at the end of the course, but can hand in electronically the report and a presentation for evaluation. | |||||||||||||||
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