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Our human nutrition degree is designed to provide you with the scientific skills and knowledge to understand how nutrition relates to health and disease.
By the end of our degree in human nutrition, you'll be able to explain the significance of diet and nutrition-related illnesses to others to improve their wellbeing. You'll begin your studies with the fundamentals: an introduction to biochemistry, biology and physiology, chemistry for life science, and the basic principles of nutrition. As the course progresses, you'll be introduced to more specialist and advanced areas, such as clinical, human and public health nutrition.
Accredited by the Association for Nutrition, this course leads to careers in healthcare, teaching, academia, research, the food industry, and sport and exercise nutrition.
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Year 1
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Biochemistry 1 (15 credits)
Fundamentals of Biology and Physiology (30 credits)
Chemistry for Nutritional Science (15 credits)
Basic Principles of Nutrition (15 credits)
Introduction to Nutrition and Health (15 credits)
Practical and Academic Skills (30 credits)
Year 2
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Metabolism and Disease (15 credits)
Selected Topics in Food Science (15 credits)
Microbiology and the Environment (15 credits)
Human Nutrition (15 credits)
Nutrition Education and Health Promotion (15 credits)
Nutritional Epidemiology and Research Methods (15 credits)
Nutrition Through the Lifecycle (15 credits)
Research and Professional Skills in Life Science (15 credits)
Year 3
Students are required to study the following compulsory modules.
Project (Life Sciences) (30 credits)
Clinical Nutrition (15 credits)
Specialised Topics in Nutrition (15 credits)
Advanced Human Nutrition (15 credits)
Public Health Nutrition (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 15 credits from this list of options.
Science Internship Course (15 credits)
Personal and Professional Development (15 credits)
Students are required to choose 15 credits from this list of options.
Pathophysiology of Disease (15 credits)
Cancer Biology and Therapeutics (15 credits)
Food Crime (15 credits)
Applied Nutrition in Sport and Exercise (15 credits)
Medical Biochemistry (15 credits)
Our graduates are well placed for employment in both the public and private healthcare sectors, teaching, academia, private practice, research including the postgraduate study of dietetics, food product development/analysis and other food industry based work, sport and exercise nutrition, media, marketing, regulatory bodies, non-governmental organisations/ international development and institutional catering and menu planning.
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
