Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences

Home Economics and Nutritional Sciences is an interdisciplinary degree program combining various fields in a comprehensive scientific context. The word 'ecotrophology' is formed from the ancient Greek words oikos (home and household), trophos (nutrition), and logos (theory). At the site in Haste, students have the opportunity to gain insight both into various production stages along the food chain (from primary production to the end consumer) and into consumer behavior. In the Ecotrophology degree program, this leads to a special focus on information, consulting, and education.

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Ecotrophology comes from ancient Greek and is made up of oikos (households and households), trophos (nutrition) and logos (Teaching) together. During their studies, ecotrophology students learn to apply the knowledge they have acquired in the natural, social and economic sciences in a target group-oriented manner in accordance with the respective operational or advisory method requirements. At the same time, they acquire an interface competence of household and nutritional science that is increasingly required in many specialist disciplines.

Knowing the various causal factors of work and counseling problems, which can result from the person himself and / or from their relationship with other people, the students will later be able to develop problem solutions and make decisions to facilitate.

The following goals are particularly important for studying ecotrophology at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences:

Students can

• Edit and manage target-oriented projects. The practical projects with interdisciplinary topics that are part of the course are an essential prerequisite for this.
• Take on management and leadership tasks and motivate and deploy specialists in a targeted manner. The necessary key qualifications are taught and tested in projects and working groups.
• Comprehensive analysis of information and counseling problems in the ecotrophological context and methodically and technically well-founded approaches to those seeking advice, and evaluation of counseling and information transfer processes. In addition, intensive interdisciplinary technical and methodological knowledge is imparted.
• Qualify target-group-oriented adults methodologically and didactically with ecotrophological training and further education offers. Knowledge of systematic planning, implementation and review through evaluation is imparted.

The wide-ranging specialist knowledge, paired with methodical-didactic competence, is a guarantee for success on the job market, especially for ecotrophologists.