UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA CENTRE FOR EXTERNAL STUDIES ...

Module description:This module will enable students to understand basic scientific principles as applied to individuals, families and household systems;address issues of safety in the household.Craftwork for Income GenerationEMHE3602NQF Level: 6 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module will assist students to master a variety of craftwork skills and techniques; apply elements and principles in designing andproducing a craftwork project to sell an income generation activity.Household Resource ManagementEMHE3611NQF Level: 6 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module will introduce students to consumer education, family finance and budgeting and work study with in the household; withspecific reference to gender as an underpinning concept in household resource management.HousingEMHE3612NQF Level: 6 Credits: 8 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module will enable students to identify norms values and housing needs that are specific to the cultural, psychological, sociologicaldifferences of culture and other specific groups; educate groups in home ownership and responsible choice; to interpret housing plansand to suggest alterations that will improve the well-being of individuals, households and sustainable environments; identify materials usein housing and the effect thereof on sanitation, energy consumption and decoration of the house.Introduction to Household Resource ManagementEMHE3511NQF Level: 5 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module will introduce students to the philosophy, mission and paradigms of home economics as a subject, reconceptualise thesubject Home Economics, family studies as a field of study, resource management with an ecosystems approach and the application ofmanagement principles to the use of time and energy for better family living and household management.Introduction to Human NutritionEMHE3612NQF Level: 6 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module The study of basic Human Nutrition, including all macro and micro nutrients, classifications, characteristics, functions,digestion and intermediate metabolism, food sources, deficiency diseases, prevention of deficiency diseases, vitamin and mineralsupplementation, water and phyto-chemicals in a Namibian context. This knowledge and understanding will equip students to preventchronic and other lifestyle diseases and will contribute to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle.Principles of Food PreparationEMHE3631NQF Level: 6 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.Module description:This module will prepare students to demonstrate the ability to select and apply the most appropriate food preparation techniques toretain the nutritional value and optimum quality of food when prepared in the household.Principles of Food Preparation and Meal ManagementNQF Level: 7 Credits: 16 Module Assessment: CA 50% Examination 50%Prerequisite: None.EMHE3712173