Education

The chair group Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles (CHL) contributes to the bachelor programmes Health and Society (BGM), Nutrition and Health (BVG) and Business and Consumer Studies (BBC). At the master level CHL contributes to the programmes Communication, Health and Life Sciences (MCH), Nutrition and Health (MNH), and Management, Economics and Consumer Studies (MME).

Courses

For a complete overview of the courses, see the overview below.

Minors

CHL is involved in courses that are part of a BSc minor. For a complete overview of the minors, see the overview below.

Thesis and internship

Students who attend one of the programmes listed above can do their BSc thesis, MSc thesis or MSc internship with CHL. For a complete overview of thesis topics or internship vacancies, navigate to "Thesis and internship topics CHL".

BSc/MSc thesis presentation

You can download the CHL thesis presentation schedule for 2020/2021. If you would like to schedule a presentation, please contact your supervisor and then the secretariat (office.chl@wur.nl). Would you like to attend a presentation session? Please contact the CHL secreteriat (office.chl@wur.nl).

Courses

Period 1

CHL is involved in the following courses in Period 1:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
MCB 20806	Principles of Consumer Studies	Jonas House	6	MO	BBC, MME, Minor
HSO 31806	Advances in Health and Society	Hester Moerbeek	6	AF	MCH
MCB 32306	Applied Consumer Studies	Hester Moerbeek	6	AF	BBC

Period 2

CHL is involved in the following courses in Period 2:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
CHL 20306	Gender and Diversity in Consumer Culture	Chizu Sato	6	AF	BBC, Minor
CHL 32306	Comparative Sociological Analysis of Health Problems and Policies	Hilje van der Horst	6	AF	MCH
CHL 12305	Sociology of Business Economics and Consumption	Maartje Bulkens	5	MO	BBC
RSO 13805	Sociology of Health	Hilje van der Horst	5	MO	BGM
HNH 51806	Interventions for Healthy Ageing	Laura Winkens	6	AF	Minor
CPT 56806	Embodiment, Food and the Environment	Emely de Vet	6	AF
YSS 20306	Quantitative and Qualitative Research Techniques in the Social Sciences	Jonas House	6	MO	BBC

Period 3

CHL is involved in the following course in period 3:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
CHL 20806	Lifestyles and Consumption	Maartje Bulkens	6	WD	BBC, Minor

Period 4

CHL is involved in the following course in period 4:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
BMO 25306	Management and Innovation in the Health Sector	Laura Winkens	6	WD	BGM

Period 5

CHL is involved in the following courses in period 5:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
CHL 32806	Public Health Practice	Annemien Haveman	6	AF	MNH
YSS 31806	Consumer, Technology and Innovation	Jantien van Berkel	6	MO	MME, MFQ
CPT 32306	Interventions for Health Behaviour Change	Laura Winkens	6	MO	BGM
CHL 23306	Health Issues in Daily Life; a Bèta-Gamma Approach	Maartje Poelman	6	AF	BGM, Minor
UEC 22306	Economics of Welfare, Consumption and Technology	Chizu Sato	6	AF	BBC
CHL-23806	Demography and Global Population Issues	Maartje Poelman	6	MO	BGM
CPT 53806	Internet-based Communication and Learning for Social Change	Ayla Schwarz	6	AF	Minor

Period 6

CHL is involved in the following courses in period 6:
Course Code	Course Name	Teacher	ECTS	Time	Programme
YSS 33306	Advanced Consumer Studies	Emely de Vet	6	MO	MME
HNH 52306	Quantified Self: Monitoring Dietary Behaviour	Monique Simons	6	AF	Minor
FQD 23306	Research Topics on Food and Society, a Gamma-Beta Approach	Jonas House	6	AF	BBC
YSS 10906	Analysis of a Problem Situation	Maartje Bulkens	6	AF	BBC
CHL 34303	Data Science for Health I	Monique Simons	3	AF	MNH/MCH
HNH 32603	Data Science for Health II	Monique Simons	3	AF	MNH