Well-being and sustainability

Nutrition is a fundamental aspect of an individual’s life, capable of ensuring optimal functioning or, conversely, undermining one’s health. A healthy and conscious lifestyle is the cornerstone of prevention, and therefore has significant implications not only for an individual’s quality of life but also for welfare and social costs related to healthcare and an aging population.

The training program therefore aims to introduce students to this topic through a two-pronged approach: on the one hand, a very practical approach that explores the fundamental basics of proper nutrition and food combinations; on the other, an approach that contextualizes the topics covered within a broader framework, offering a theoretical perspective that highlights the actual impact of individual lifestyle changes on the community.

Each module will be taught by one or more instructors who are experts in the specific areas covered.

The course will be divided into 6 macro-modules:

Welfare: Prevention as a prerequisite for sustainability 
This section will be taught by an economist specializing in public policy. They will provide an overview of the problem and the social costs associated with poor hygiene, including a forward-looking perspective on demographic trends. They will use relevant data to highlight the tangible impact that individual daily habits have on the community.

Functional Nutrition
Dr. Farnetti will teach the Friday lessons for this module. The module will provide specific tools and knowledge about functional nutrition and how to make your daily eating habits work to improve your performance in both study and sports, as well as in everyday life in general. We'll delve into the basics of proper nutrition, debunking myths and exploring the right combinations, for a practical and enjoyable journey to discover the fundamentals of well-being.

Dysfunctional Behaviors: Food and Emotions
This module aims to touch on the emotional dimension that often underlies an individual’s relationship with nutrition, highlighting how certain dysfunctional behaviors can actually have an etiology that is independent of knowledge about specific foods. The discussion will not aim to be exhaustive; rather, it will seek to provide an additional analytical perspective to frame the broader issue.

Sport, Food & Well-Being
This module will explore the scientific impact of sports on our physical and mental well-being. It will also highlight the benefits for both learning and acquiring behavioral skills that are highly sought after by employers.

Health Law
The course concludes by focusing on the fundamental rules governing healthcare and how they relate to the more economic and social aspects covered in the first module.

Final Hackathon

• The course lasts a total of 30 hours, and students will also be required to work on assigned project work.   To earn University Credit, you must attend 80% of the total course hours (allowing for a maximum of 6 hours of absence) and pass the final assessment as determined by the instructor.
• A tutor will be responsible for recording attendance, which will be done by signing a register. Failure to sign in and/or out will be considered an absence. There will be no exceptions to the sole criterion for awarding university credits: attendance.
• Absence hours will be calculated based on the attendance records. Depending on the schedule or personal needs, students can take these hours all in one day or miss individual hours across multiple lessons.
• Once a student has chosen a course, they will not be able to earn University Credits through any other means.
• Students who have already earned the required University Credits for Other Activities as part of their curriculum, or who have already started attending optional language courses or other activities for which credits are recognized, are not eligible.

Additional information

• The course will take place during the first semester;
• All activities will take place on Friday afternoons and Saturdays (not necessarily every weekend). The 8-hour class days (from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM) include a lunch break from approximately 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, which is not counted toward the total hours.

The activity schedule will be available in September.

Enrollment

Students enrolled in the first year (academic year 2022/2023) of a Bachelor's degree program in the Departments of Economics and Management or Political Science, or in the second year (academic year 2022/2023) of the Single-Cycle Master's Degree program in Law , can select the Soft Skills course they wish to take to earn credits directly through the Web Self Service while completing their study plan.