The aim of the paper is to report the experience of implementing the pedagogical project of the Undergraduate Course in Nutrition of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil, aiming to meet the Curriculum Guidelines for Nutrition Courses 2001, with emphasis on the formation process in public health. This is a descriptive article that seeks to reflect on the experience of curriculum restructuring implemented in 2009. The pedagogical project of the Undergraduate Course in Nutrition of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, was guided by the principles of the Human Right to Adequate Food, Food and Nutritional Security and the promotion, protection and recovery health. The curriculum restructuring proposed by the structuring teaching core receives external assessory, a partnership of the Departments of Health and Education of Florianópolis, Brazil, and funding from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, based on the assessments carried out on forums with participation of teachers, students and nutritionists. The curriculum comprises the levels of complexity of healthcare of the Brazilian Unified Health System, with integration between disciplines who develop active methods during the theoretical and practical classes. Other practice scenarios are: educational units, establishments of production and marketing of food, and food and nutrition units. The pedagogical coordinators conduct dialogue between Departments, professionals, teachers and students. The curriculum has been evaluated and restructured continuously. Despite the advances, challenges are noted as: A teaching-service integration, the reduced number of nutritionists to practical, disciplinary structure and large number of students in practical classes.
Higher education; Nutrition; Public health; Brazilian Unified Health System