Course not currently available

Medicinal Plants and Functional Foods MSc

Postgraduate

In Newcastle Upon Tyne ()

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

Profile This course focuses on the development cycle of medicinal plants and functional foods. Your studies will range from identifying the plants in the field, to isolating the bioactive components in the laboratory and developing new medicines and nutritional foods.      

Questions & Answers

Add your question

Our advisors and other users will be able to reply to you

Fill in your details to get a reply

We will only publish your name and question

Reviews

This centre's achievements

2018

All courses are up to date

The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 13 years

Subjects

  • IT
  • Skills and Training
  • IT Development

Course programme

Modules Compulsory modules
  • ACE8010 Understanding Plants as Foods
  • ACE8051 Production of Herbal Medicines and Functional Foods
  • ACE8052 Traditional Use of Plants (including Ethno-pharmacology)
  • ACE8104 Functional Foods and Health Claims
  • ACE8105 Human Nutrition
  • ACE8121 Postgraduate Skills 1: Project Proposal
  • ACE8122 Postgraduate Skills 2: Data Analysis
  • ACE8123 Postgraduate Skills 3: Literature Review
  • ACE8195 MSc Dissertation in Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
  • CHY8822 Drug Metabolism and Toxicology

With the approval of the Degree Programme Director and depending upon your academic background, alternative optional modules may be selected.

Modules might change for your year of entry.


Entry Requirements

A 2:2 honours degree, or international equivalent, in a science-based subject. Experience in a chemical or pharmaceutical laboratory or industry is desirable but not essential.

Medicinal Plants and Functional Foods MSc

Price on request