# PHPS40690
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Academic Year 2025/2026
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#### Public Health Nutrition - Food Science (PHPS40690)
Subject:
: Public Health & Population Sci
College:
: Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
: Public Hlth, Phys & Sports Sci
Level:
: 4 (Masters)
Credits:
: 5
Module Coordinator:
: Assoc Professor Celine Murrin
Trimester:
: Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
: On Campus
Internship Module:
: No
How will I be graded?
: Letter grades
Curricular information is subject to change.
This module will give you a basic understanding of the concepts of nutritional epidemiology, the methods employed to analyse the relationship between diet and nutrition status, focusing on specific nutrient deficiencies, dietary patterns, and growing chronic disease. The role of nutrition at each stage of the lifecycle will be examined while considering approaches to promote health and prevent adverse health outcomes. The effect of policy on dietary intake is also considered and its impact on over and undernutrition in both developing and developed countries. Psycho-social and cultural factors influencing dietary intake are explored throughout the module particularly in the context of developing strategies for improving nutrition at the population level.
## About this Module
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### What will I learn?
###### Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this modules students should be able to:\
Understand the core concepts in nutritional epidemiology and be familiar with current diet-disease trends.\
Demonstrate the ability to critically analyse current findings from nutritional epidemiological studies on the determinants of diet-related disease.\
Apply public health frameworks to evaluate and improve nutritional status of populations as part of the Public Health Nutrition Cycle. \
Critically identify the evidence for interventions and policies which address modifiable factors associated with diet across multiple levels of influence.\
Create coherent proposal outlines for solutions to key public health nutrition challenges.
### How will I learn?
###### Student Effort Hours:
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Lectures | 21 |
| Small Group | 4 |
| Tutorial | 2 |
| Seminar (or Webinar) | 4 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
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| Total | 131 |
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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
In person lectures\
In class group work\
Weekly recommended reading/review of online resources.\
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Staff may utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the programme to support teaching and learning and it will be clearly indicated if and when AI is used.\
Students are prohibited from representing work as their own that they did not write, code or create. Submission of AI-generated content to this Module by a student without explicit permission and attribution is not allowed and it may reflect unacceptable professional behaviour. This may result in the initiation of a student disciplinary procedure in accordance with the University Student Code of Conduct and Academic Integrity Policy"\
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### Am I eligible to take this module?
###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
**Learning Requirements:**\
FDSC 10010\
Human Nutrition 2 (HNUT20010) or equivalent
**Learning Exclusions:**\
Public Health Nutrition (HNUT40230)
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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles
**Incompatibles:**\
HNUT40230 - *Public Health Nutrition*, PHPS40740 - *Public Health Nutrition*\
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**Equivalents:**\
Public Health Nutrition (FDSC40230), Public Health Nutrition - FS (HNUT40040)\
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### How will I be assessed?
###### Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: Problem based short questions 1 | Week 4 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 | Yes |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: Problem based short questions 2 | Week 8 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 | Yes |
| Quizzes/Short Exercises: Problem based short questions 3 | Week 12 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 | Yes |
| Group Work Assignment: Concept Map | Week 6 | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 40 | Yes |
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###### Carry forward of passed components
Yes
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### What happens if I fail?
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
| --- | --- |
| Spring | No |
*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \
### Assessment feedback
###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment\
###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Rubrics in Brightspace will be used to provide feedback to students on their assessment.
### When is this module offered?
**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**
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| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1 | Fri 12:00 - 13:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 10 | Fri 12:00 - 13:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 11 | Fri 12:00 - 13:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2 | Fri 12:00 - 13:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 | Fri 12:00 - 13:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 6 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
| Autumn | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
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