330060 SE Seminar Human Nutrition (for Moduls MN1, FQ1, EP1, PH1) (2015S)

2.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 33 - Ernährungswissenschaften

Continuous assessment of course work

Course for the masters program in nutritional sciences, prerequisite: admission to the masters program in nutritional sciences.

In case of inability to attend (no show), deregistration is essential, otherwise the course will be marked negatively. Deregistration outside regular application times has to be approved by the course administrator.

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Su 15.02.2015 10:00 to We 25.02.2015 15:00
Deregistration possible until Tu 10.03.2015 20:00

Details

max. 40 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

BRIEFING MEETING:

Fr 13.3. 8:00-9:30 HS4

Please note: the briefing meeting is part of the seminar and your presence is compulsory. No show at this meeting will lead to deregistration from the seminar!

Dates of the seminar:

Group 1:
SA 28.3.2015 9-16 hrs, SE Room 2E562, UZA II
SA 18.4.2015 9-16 hrs, SE Room 2E562, UZA II
SA 25.4.2015, 9-16 hrs. SE Room 2E562, UZA II

Group 2:
SA 13.6.2015 9-16 hrs, SE Room 2E562, UZA II
SA 20.6.2015 9-16 hrs, SE Room 2E562, UZA II
SA 27.6.2015 9-16 hrs, SE Room 2E562, UZA II

Please note: the dates of the seminar were selected to avoid any overlaps with other courses. Your presence is required throughout the entire time on the three Saturdays of group 1 or group 2. It is not possible to switch between groups. Do not register for the seminar in case of any known unavailability during the dedicated times of the seminar.
The seminar is registered as English course, all communication during the seminar (presentation, discussion) including administrative issues have to be in English!

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar on Human Nutrition is intended to discuss recent topics in nutritional sciences including the design of nutritional studies associated to diet related issues, the evaluation and interpretation of results from nutritional studies including statistical methodology, modern aspects of epigenetics, and the discussion of ongoing and recent large nutritional epidemiological studies. The seminar also provides an opportunity to practice presentation skills including scientific talks, design and layout of scientific presentations, and discussing controversial issues.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grades for the seminar are based on the abstract (10%), the scientific background of the presentation (50%), the style and format of the presentation (20%), the discussion (10%) and the performance as chair of the seminar (10%). The presence of all participants for all scheduled seminars is compulsory.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Will be provided for each seminar topic prior at the beginning of the seminar.

Association in the course directory

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