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Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Nutrition Competencies for Health Professionals Programme description

Programme name, Norwegian
Masterstudium i helsevitenskap - spesialisering i ernæringskompetanse for helsepersonell
Valid from
2025 FALL
ECTS credits
120 ECTS credits
Duration
6 semesters
Schedule
Here you can find an example schedule for first year students.
Programme history

Introduction

Energieffektivisering av bygninger er et av de mest kostnadseffektive tiltak for å begrense menneskeskapt klimaendring. Passivhus-nivå har blitt standard, og det bygges flere nær-nullenergi- og pluss-hus ettersom løsninger for lokal energiforsyning (bl.a. solenergi) blir mer lønnsomme. Samtidig skjer en rivende utvikling innen digital teknologi (bl.a. simuleringsverktøy og byggautomasjon), nye byggematerialer, og nye løsninger for tekniske installasjoner, som åpner for nye muligheter. Parallelt med dette lærer vi mer fra forskning innen betydningen av inneklima for helse. Alle disse forhold gjør at byggenæringen er i rask endring, og at det stilles stadig høyere krav til de som utformer og forvalter det bygde miljø.

For å møte dagens og fremtidens utfordringer, gir masterstudiet i Energi og miljø i bygg dyptgående ingeniørfaglig kompetanse innen klimatisering (behovsstyrt varme, kjøling, ventilasjon, belysning, m.m.), energiforvaltning, og menneskelige behov (innemiljø, sanitærforhold), kombinert med kunnskap innen et bredt spektrum av temaer inkludert bygningsfysikk, numerikk, økonomi, miljøvurdering av bærekraftige løsninger, og klimatilpasning.

Masterstudiet energi og miljø i bygg kan tas som et heltidsstudium over to år eller et deltidsstudium over fire år, evt. tre år. Det søkes enten til heltids- eller deltidsstudiet. Studiet er på 120 studiepoeng og gir en fordypning og videreføring i forhold til relevante bachelorstudier.

Masterstudiet er tilrettelagt internasjonalisering i og med at deler kan gjennomføres internasjonalt ved samarbeid med utenlandsk utdanningssted.

Studiet bidrar til å løse næringens kompetansebehov og dette gjenspeiles i undervisningen. Næringslivssamarbeid vektlegges ved planlegging, gjennomføring og evaluering av studieaktiviteter.

Target group

Reference is made to the Regulations relating to Admission to Studies at OsloMet. In addition, the following applies to this programme:

  • Completed and passed teacher education

and

  • Documented knowledge of German at minimum A2 level or level II (or equivalent) from upper secondary school with pass grade. A2 level can be documented from the test Goethe-Zertifikat A2 or equivalent tests.

Admission requirements

Reference is made to the Regulations relating to Admission to Studies at OsloMet. In addition, the following applies to this programme:

  • Completed and passed teacher education

and

  • Completed and passed Spanish 1 (30 ECTS credits) or equivalent. Equivalent can be knowledge of Spanish at B1+ level (preferred B2) and language didactics in the teacher education

Learning outcomes

Se emneplanen.

Content and structure

The master’s programme is designed to be comprehensive, and the academic content and educational tools are interlinked, showing a clear context between learning outcome descriptions, learning activities and forms of assessment.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences has three or four compulsory common courses, depending on the chosen specialisation. In addition to these, there are at least two compulsory specialisation courses for each specific specialisation, and a master’s thesis worth either 30 or 50 ECTS credits, depending on the specialisation. The students can also choose one or more elective courses depending on their chosen specialisation. This does not apply to the specialisations cancer nursing, public health nursing and mental health and addiction as they only have compulsory courses in their programme structures.

The courses in the programme description build to some extent on each other to ensure progress, with increasing requirements for knowledge and understanding within each specialisation. The courses are mainly taken over the course of the semester, with start-up at the start of the semester and examinations towards the end. The exceptions are certain compulsory specialisation courses that include external supervised practical training.

The academic year is 40 weeks long, and the expected workload for a full-time student is 40 hours per week. This includes scheduled activities, students’ own study activity and examinations. The course descriptions provide more details about learning outcomes, work methods, coursework requirements and examinations.

Content of compulsory common courses

The programme includes a compulsory common course MAVIT4100 Quality Improvement and Implementation of Evidence-based Practice, 10 ECTS credits. The purpose of this course is to enable students to actively contribute to promoting safe and high-quality health and care services. By health and care services is meant both public and approved private services, as well as health promoting work in the public and private sectors. The course introduces students to the organisation and management of health and care services, and prepares for interprofessional quality improvement work. It also gives students experience of interprofessional quality improvement cooperation. Through the course, the students will learn about different quality improvement models and the interaction between user knowledge, experience-based knowledge and research-based knowledge in clinical decision-making processes.

There are also three common courses in the theory of science and research methods: MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits, MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits and MAVIT4070/MAERN4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits. These courses aim to help the student to read, understand and critically assess research literature, to critically assess various sources of knowledge that form part of clinical decision-making processes, to acquire in-depth knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods, and lead up to the development of a project description for their master’s thesis.

In the first course, MAVIT4050, the students are introduced to theory of science, research methods and research ethics.

The second course, MAVIT4060, provides students with a deeper understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The third course, MAVIT4070/MAERN4070, the students will work more thoroughly with their chosen method and develop a project description for their master’s thesis. This is to ensure that the students get to grips with work on their master’s thesis at an early stage.

Master’s thesis – 30 and 50 ECTS credits

The master’s thesis in the programme is worth 50 ECTS credits (MAVIT5900/MAERN5900) or 30 ECTS credits (MAVIT5910), respectively. Whether the students are able to choose the scope of their master’s thesis depends on the specialisation they have been admitted to. Normally students will develop a project description as part of the course MAVIT4070/MAERN4070 Research Design and Project Description, 10 ECTS credits. The project description is developed with the support of the lecturer, who quality assures the project with respect to scope and degree of difficulty.

The same requirements apply to scientific and research-related work regardless of the length of the thesis. Students can choose to write the master’s thesis individually or in pairs. Students can also apply to write the master’s thesis with students from other specialisations, provided that the scope of the master’s thesis is the same. On application, interdisciplinary innovation projects can be written in groups of up to four students. Students are encouraged to contact potential supervisors about possible project ideas.

Elective courses

In the course of the master’s programme, the students can choose one or more elective courses depending on their chosen specialisation. This does not apply to the specialisations cancer nursing, public health nursing and mental health and addiction as they only have compulsory courses in their programme structures. Which elective courses that are available will vary. These elective courses cover a broad area of the health sciences. Students must apply for a place on elective courses no later than the semester before, subject to specific deadlines. More information about the elective courses can be found here. https://student.oslomet.no/valgemner-master-helsevitenskap

There will be an upper limit for places on each elective course. Elective courses could be cancelled by the Faculty if enrolment is below the minimum of 20 students.

The following courses are elective for all students taking the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences:

  • MAFAR4100 Innovation within Healthcare, 10 ECTS credits.
  • MAVIT4600 Supervision / Counselling, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT4700 Food, Health and Sustainability, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT4800 Personalised Nutrition, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT4900 Quality of Life, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT5100 Health communication 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT5300 Knowledge Translation, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT5500 Adolescent Health, 10 ECTS credits.
  • MAVIT5600 Physical Activity and Exercise in a Life Course Perspective and with a Special Focus on Aging, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT5700 Pain – Multidimensional Assessment and Health Professional Interventions, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT5800 Introduction to Clinical Studies for Healthcare Personnel, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAPSY4400 Mental Health of Migrants and Minorities, 10 ECTS credits
  • MSLV4200 Collaboration and collaborative management, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAVIT4400 Clinical Neurophysiology, 10 ECTS credits
  • VSHSO6000 Sexual Abuse - Prevention, Detection and Follow up, 10 ECTS credits
  • VSHFS6000 The Impacts of Disability and Illness on Sexual Health, 10 ECTS credits
  • HETEK4300 Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance, 10 ECTS credits

Students can also choose some compulsory specialisation courses from other specialisations as elective courses. This is on condition that the student meets the prerequisite requirements given in the relevant course description and that there is a place on the course. This applies to:

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences.

  • MAEMP4100 Public Health, Empowerment and Health Promotion, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAEMP4200 Health Pedagogy, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAHAB4100 Coping and Participation in the Rehabilitation Process, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as healthcare personnel.

  • MAERN4100 Energy and Nutrients, 10 ECTS credits
  • MERG4200 Complex Interventions in Work and Everyday Life, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and have 20 ECTS credits in nutrition

  • MAPHN4100 National and Global Nutrition Challenges, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a general nurse.

  • MAKLI4200 Practical Ethics, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAKRE4100 Nursing and Treatment for Patients with Cancer, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as an occupational therapist.

  • MERG4100 The Knowledge Base for Occupation and Participation, 10 ECTS credits

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

  • MABU4100 Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents - Part 1, 10 ECTS credits
  • MAELD4100 Physiotherapy for Home-dwelling Older Adults, 10 ECTS credits

Study progress

The following progress requirements apply to the programme:

MAVIT4070/MAERN4070 must be passed before the student can start working on the master's thesis.

All compulsory courses in the programme must be passed before the student can submit their master's thesis for assessment.

Some courses may have separate progress requirements; see the individual course descriptions.

See the course descriptions for MAERN4100 and MAERN4200 for a more detailed description of the content of the specialisation courses.

Optional course Spans multiple semesters

1st year of study

1. semester

2. semester

3rd year of study

5. semester

6. semester

4th year of study

Teaching and learning methods

Se emneplan.

Internationalisation

Se emneplanen.

Work requirements

German 1 is a blended learning course with digital learning combined with three periods of campus training at OsloMet and two at Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany. Each of the two semesters is structured in an initial face-to-face session in Oslo, later followed by a week of training in Germany. In the spring semester there is in addition a final session in Oslo. Between the face-to-face sessions, there will be online training, with self-paced modules accompanied by regular virtual meetings with teachers and other group members.

There will be tandems in language learning but also in teacher training. Language learning will be accompanied by tandem partners either in Norway or in Germany with a minimum of 1 hour of tandem meetings weekly, through Skype or in person. We will work from a communicative approach giving priority to the acquisition of skills which also can be applied in the own teaching of German as a second/third language. We will employ a mixed methodology (classroom and online) through the creation of a virtual space in a networked platform.

The preparation of microteachings, short teaching sequences of a chosen topic, will be discussed and evaluated by peers, coaches and the learners – this will take place online. There will be the possibility to prepare and practice in Skype sessions with other participants of the program as well as a self-observation of recorded teachings or microteachings from the practical training in Freiburg.

Tasks and assessments will be carried out from different methodological approaches that students can subsequently apply in their daily teaching.

The use of digital and interactive resources will be provided by Dhoch3, an online platform designed for German Teacher Training at universities worldwide, sponsored by the Auswärtiges Amt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the DAAD. The access to the learning resources will be given and guaranteed by OsloMet and Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg.

Assessment

Spanish 2 is a Blended Learning course with digital learning combined with three periods of campus training at OsloMet and two at the University of Valencia (Spain). The first semester is structured in an initial face-to-face week in Spain, and online training, with regular online classes, and an intermediate face-to-face period (1-3 days) in Oslo. The second semester starts with a 1-3 days face-to-face training in Oslo, followed by online training, one week face-to face training in Valencia, and a final 1‒3 days’ face-to-face training in Oslo.

The course takes on a communicative approach, giving priority to the acquisition of skills in the teaching of Spanish as a Second Language, and will employ a mixed methodology (classroom and online) through the creation of a virtual space in a networked platform. In this way, tasks and assessments will be carried out from different methodological approaches that students can subsequently apply in their daily teaching.

Other information

Arbeidskrav skal bidra til å sikre at studentene er aktive og medansvarlige for studieprogresjonen. Arbeidskrav må være godkjent for å kunne gå opp til eksamen og skal være levert/utført innen fastsatt(e) frist(er). Gyldig fravær dokumentert med for eksempel sykemelding, gir ikke fritak fra arbeidskrav.

Studenter som på grunn av sykdom eller annen dokumentert gyldig årsak ikke leverer/ utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen, kan få forlenget frist. Ny frist for å innfri arbeidskrav avtales i hvert enkelt tilfelle med den aktuelle læreren.

Arbeidskrav vurderes til «Godkjent» eller «Ikke godkjent». Studenter som leverer/utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen, men som får vurderingen «Ikke godkjent», har anledning til én ny innlevering/utførelse. Studenten må da selv avtale ny innlevering av det aktuelle arbeidskravet i med faglærer. Studenter som ikke leverer/utfører arbeidskrav innen fristen og som ikke har dokumentert gyldig årsak, får ingen nye forsøk.

Nærmere informasjon om arbeidskrav finnes i den enkelte emneplan.

Krav om obligatorisk tilstedeværelse

Studietilbudet er et samlingsbassert deltidsstudium. Det forutsettes at studentene arbeider selvstendig med studiene mellom samlingene, blant annet gjennom arbeidskrav, refleksjonsoppgaver og aktivt arbeid med pensumlitteratur.

Ettersom studiet legger vekt på studentenes egne erfaringer, er det et krav om 80 % tilstedeværelse på samlingene i hvert emne for å kunne avlegge eksamen. Fravær ut over 20% kan unntaksvis, og etter en faglig vurdering, kompenseres med en skriftlig oppgave. I løpet av studiet skal studentene dele erfaringer og faglig kompetanse med hverandre, slik at mangfold og variasjon i fagbakgrunn og erfaringer utnyttes som ressurs for gjensidig læring. Denne typen faglig aktivitet kan ikke tilegnes ved selvstudium, men må opparbeides gjennom reell dialog med medstudenter og lærere.