Human Nutrition - BSc (Hons)

London Metropolitan University

Bachelor's degree

In London

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    3 Years

If you're passionate about improving human health through better nutrition and disease prevention, then this course, accredited by the Association for Nutrition, will give you an excellent grounding in both scientific and applied public health nutrition. During this course you’ll have the opportunity to take part in hands-on laboratory sessions in our state-of-the-art, £30 million Science Centre, which features specialist nutritional physiology and food technology labs.

This course received a 100% overall student satisfaction score in the National Student Survey 2020.

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Location

Start date

London
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31 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EY

Start date

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About this course

You'll complete the course equipped to pursue a career as a public health nutritionist in the public sector, in local and national government, in the charity sector or in the academic and research sector.

In addition to the University's minimum entry requirements, you should have:

a minimum of grades CCC in three A levels including a minimum grade C in Biology (or a minimum of 96 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Applied Science with MMM)
English Language and Mathematics GCSEs at grade C/grade 4 or above, (or equivalent).

Professional accreditation
On graduation, you'll be eligible to join the Association for Nutrition as a Registered Associate Nutritionist (ANutr).

Accreditation of Prior Learning
Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).

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Subjects

  • Nutrition
  • Dietetics
  • Human Nutrition
  • Public Health
  • IT
  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Public
  • Anatomy
  • Nutritionists

Course programme

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2020/21 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Nutritionists (core, 30 credits)
  • Applied Health Psychology (for Nutritionists) (core, 15 credits)
  • Biochemistry for nutritionists (core, 15 credits)
  • Cell biology for nutritionists (core, 15 credits)
  • Health, Society and Behaviour (for Nutritionists) (core, 15 credits)
  • Human Nutrition (core, 30 credits)
Year 2 modules include:
  • Energy and Macronutrients (core, 15 credits)
  • Food Safety and Microbiology (core, 15 credits)
  • Food Science (core, 15 credits)
  • Metabolic Biochemistry for Nutrition (core, 15 credits)
  • Micronutrients for Health (core, 15 credits)
  • Public Health Nutrition (core, 15 credits)
  • Public Health Practice Based Learning (core, 0 credits)
  • Techniques in Dietary Assessment (core, 15 credits)
  • Techniques in nutritional research (core, 15 credits)
Year 3 modules include:
  • Diet and Disease (core, 15 credits)
  • Global Health Nutrition (core, 15 credits)
  • Human Nutrition Research Dissertation (core, 30 credits)
  • Nutrition through the lifecycle (core, 15 credits)
  • Sports and exercise nutrition (core, 15 credits)
  • Work-related Practice for Nutritionists (core, 15 credits)
  • Creating a Winning Business 2 (option, 15 credits)
  • Energy Metabolism & Endocrinology (option, 15 credits)
Assessment

You'll be assessed through essays, posters, examinations, online multiple-choice tests, scientific reports, individual and group research projects and presentations, and a final dissertation.

Additional information

UCAS code - B400

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