Course Structure
Subject to the approval of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.
This curriculum applies to all students who start their studies in the winter semester 2024/25 or later. The curriculum for students who started their studies before the winter semester 2024/25 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: Fundamentals in Global Food, Nutrition and Health (basic module area) - 30 ECTS
- Nutrition and Public Health (5 ECTS)
- Food and Society (5 ECTS)
- Gobal Health Policy (5 ECTS)
- Medicine and Climate Change I (5 ECTS)
- International Nutrition Politics (5 ECTS)
- Introduction to Law and Food Law (5 ECTS)
Second Semester
Module Area A: Fundamentals in Global Food, Nutrition and Health (basic module area) - 30 ECTS
- Sustainable Food Production (5 ECTS)
- Research Strategies and Methods (5 ECTS)
- Global Political Economy of Food (5 ECTS)
- European and International Food and Health Law (5 ECTS)
- Food, Health and Climate Communication (5 ECTS)
- Food Supply and Quality Management (5 ECTS)
Third Semester
Module Area B: Specialisation and Skills (supplementary module area) - 20 ECTS
Varying course offer each semester but regularly offered courses include:
- Comparative Health Systems and Policies (5 ECTS)
- Data Analysis and Statistics (5 ECTS)
- Food Trade Law (5 ECTS)
- Global Careers in Food, Nutrition and Health (2 ECTS)
- International Human Rights Law and Health (5 ECTS)
- Maternal Child Nutrition Policy (5 ECTS)
- Science Communication (3 ECTS)
Mandatory 8-week Internship - 10 ECTS
Fourth Semester
Master Thesis (30 ECTS)