Program Overview

Program Overview

The program "Mätmetoder 1: Kost och fysisk aktivitet" is offered at the University of Gothenburg, specifically through the Department of Food and Sport Science at the Faculty of Education.

Program Details

• Course Code: IKA301
• Level: Advanced
• Credits: 7.5 higher education credits (hp)
• Study Pace: 50%
• Teaching Time: Day
• Study Location: Goteborg
• Teaching Form: Campus
• Language of Instruction: Swedish
• Start/End: September 1, 2025 - November 4, 2025
• Application Period: March 17, 2025 - April 15, 2025
• Application Code: GU-91014

Course Content

Theoretical Lectures

The course introduces research fields (dietary intake, eating habits, physical activity) and their measurement methods, methodological challenges, and development potential. These lectures form the basis for practical experiments and seminars.

• Overview of methods for dietary intake, eating habits, and physical activity
• Construction and measurement of subjective and objective methods
• Reliability, validity, and comparability of subjective and objective methods
• New methods for measuring dietary intake, eating habits, and physical activity
• Scientific articles and arguments

Supervised Practical Experiments with Seminars (Compulsory)

Groups of students prepare, design, and perform measurements of dietary intake, eating habits, and physical activity. Students learn to use measurement methods (subjective, objective) and software for data collection and analysis, create variables and simple databases for evaluation, and evaluate results in relation to previous research. Results and analyses are compiled, presented, and discussed in seminars. Methodological skills must be demonstrated. The practical experiments are supervised by teachers/assistant teachers.

Support Lectures

Methodological guidance on handling equipment, software, creating databases, searching literature databases, and reading and understanding scientific articles.

Eligibility and Selection

Eligibility

Bachelor's degree in sports science, nutrition science, nutrition, medicine, health care, physiotherapy, or similar.

Selection

Higher education credits, maximum 165 hp

Study Environment

Facilities

The Pedagogen building is located in central Gothenburg, close to everything. Teaching and research are largely conducted in three buildings: A-house on Västra Hamngatan 25, B-house on Läroverksgatan 15, and C-house on Läroverksgatan 5.

• In the A-house, you will find the Service Center, university library, student union office, study guidance for teacher education, International Student Office Pedagogen, and a café.
• The B-house also has a café and a well-equipped student kitchen with microwaves and refrigerators.
• All houses have plenty of spaces for students to work individually or in groups.

Idrottshögskolan

Idrottshögskolan, which is part of the Faculty of Education, has its premises on Skĺnegatan 14 B, just a few minutes' walk from both Heden and Korsvägen, central hubs.

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