Concepts, history, and global impacts of behaviour change.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to Behaviour Change.

CQFW Level 7 - Masters Level

Course Description

Students will explore the history and development of behaviour change as a discipline, including how human brain evolution and development may influence behaviour and psychological drivers of behaviour as well as evaluating a number of recognised behaviour change models and approaches.
It will explore how and where behaviour change approaches might be used, highlight relevant research and include case studies relevant to the food production, processing and retail and biotech sectors.

Through a series of online lectures, guided reading and quizzes, students will explore:
a) Theories that aim to explain why we behave as we do.
b) The history and context of Behaviour Change as a discipline
c) The relevance of behaviour change to environmental sustainability.

Those wishing to be assessed via submit a 1500 word report (pass-mark 50%)