Food Digestion and Health
Academic year, study load and course names and codes:
The Academic Year of Wageningen University consists of 6 periods from 4-8 weeks (6 or 12 credits per period). In one study year you are assumed to take 60 credits (European Credits or ECTS). In period 1, 2 and 5 two subjects are taught, generally one in the morning and one in the afternoon. These periods consist of 6 weeks of teaching, followed by one week of self study and one week of exams. Period 3 and 4 are shorter, 4 weeks long, and in these weeks one course is taught blockwise (courses are scheduled whole day, in the morning and in the afternoon) and fulltime. In week 4 the course exam is scheduled. Period 6 consists of 9 weeks, due to many national holidays in the spring. In this period all MFT students follow the full-time course Product and Process Design of 12 credits (except for the European Master in Food Studies).
Every course has besides its name a code. The code: AAA-xyyzz, with AAA the teaching group ('department') responsible for the course (for example FCH=Food Chemistry, FHM=Food Microbiology), x indicates the level of the course (1=basic, 2=intermediate, 3=advanced), yy is an arbitrary number, zz indicates the number of credits in ECTS.
First Year
The tables below show the specialization programme and courses. The course content can be found in the on-line study handbook.
Course | Type | Period and Time* |
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Compulsory courses (CS): | ||
FCH-30306 Food Ingredient Functionality | CS | 1M |
FPE-30306 Food Structuring | CS | 1A |
HAP-30306 Nutritional Physiology | CS | 2M |
Choose at least two restricted optional 1 courses (RO1): | ||
FCH-32306 Food Digestion: Fermentation and Gut Health | RO1 | 3WD |
HNH-30706 Food Digestion: Nutrient Breakdown and Adsorption | RO1 | 4WD |
FPE-32306 Food Digestion: Oral and Gastric Structure Breakdown | RO1 | 5A |
Choose at least one restricted optional 2 course (RO2): | ||
HNH-32206 Food Components and Health | RO2 | 2A |
HNH-30306 Psychobiology of Food Choice and Eating Behaviour | RO2 | 5M |
HNH-36806 Nutrition and Sports | RO2 | 5M |
Second year
The second year consists of an individual thesis project (6 months; 36 ECTS) and an internship/traineeship (at least for 4 months; 24 ECTS). The topics of the thesis and internship will be related to the specialisation.
The thesis is carried out at Wageningen University. Thesis topics in this specialisation are offered by the following groups:
Food Chemistry, Food Quality and Design, Food Process Enigneering, Human and Animal Physiology or Human Nutrition and Health
The internship is always done outside Wageningen University and can be performed in food industry, research institute or university. The internship can be done in the Netherlands or any other country. The internship is not related to the thesis, but it should be a food related topic, preferably in the field of specialisation.