Nutrition

Year 1

Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 360 credits. This is a three-year BSc course with the option to take an additional extra-mural year between years two and three.

• Biochemistry (15 credits)
• Introduction to Nutrition (30 credits)
• Introduction to Food Science & Technology (15 credits)
• Genetics & Molecular Biology (15 credits)
• Physiology for Nutrition Students (30 credits)
• Social & Psychological Studies (15 credits)

There are no optional modules in year one.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Year 2 Required Modules

• Nutrition & health (30 credits)
• Food Habits (15 credits)
• Research Methods for Health Sciences (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take at least one biochemistry module of at least 15 credits from a range that may typically include:

• Tissue Pathology (15 credits)
• Experimental Biochemistry (15 credits)
• Metabolism (15 credits)
• Protein Structure & Function (15 credits)
• Medical Microbiology (15 credits)
• Cell Biology B (15 credits)

You are also required to take at least one physiology module worth 15 credits from a range that may typically include:

• Endocrinology & Reproduction (15 credits)
• Physiological Control: Exercise & Environment (15 credits)
• Report on a Physiological Topic (15 credits)
• Introduction to Comparative Physiology (15 credits)
• Introduction to Stem Cells (15 credits)
• Cell Biology A (15 credits)

You are also required to take 30 credits from the following optional modules, which may typically include:

• Any of the optional modules listed above
• The Immune System in Health & Disease (15 credits)
• Human & Molecular Genetics A/B (30 credits)
• Human & Molecular Genetics A (15 credits)
• Principles of Bioinformatics (15 credits)
• Gene Cloning & Expression A (15 credits)
• Gene Cloning & Expression A/B (30 credits)
• Structural Basis of Human Function (30 credits)
• Emergence of Vertebrate Form & Function (15 credits)
• Essentials of Embryology (15 credits)
• Drugs & Disease A (15 credits)
• Drugs & Disease B (30 credits)
• Drugs Discovery & Development (15 credits)

You can study one 15-credit modern language module in either the second or the final year, but not both.

Alternatively, you may apply for an extra-mural year, to be taken between the second and third years if selected. See the course description for more information.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Year 3 Required Modules

• Applied Nutrition (30 credits)
• Clinical Nutrition (15 credits)
• Nutrition Research Project (30 credits)
• Specialised Topics in Nutrition (15 credits)

In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a wide range of optional modules, which may typically include:

• Advanced Molecular Genetics (15 credits)
• Behavioural Science (15 credits)
• Biology of Cancer (30 credits)
• Biomedical Diagnostics (15 credits)
• Cardiovascular & Respiratory Control (30 credits)
• Cellular Basis of Drug Dependence (30 credits)
• Cellular Basis of Disease (15 credits)
• Cellular & Systems Neuroscience (30 credits)
• Cell & Molecular Pharmacology (30 credits)
• Cardiovascular Pharmacology (15 credits)
• Cell Physiology (15 credits)
• Developmental Neurobiology (30 credits)
• Endocrinology of Diabetes (15 credits)
• Experimental Physiology (15 credits)
• Extreme Physiology (30 credits)
• Immunology of Human Disease (15 credits)
• Mechanisms of Development (30 credits)
• Medical Genetics (15 credits)
• Molecular Immunology (15 credits)
• Molecular Genetics of Model Organisms (15 credits)
• Muscle (15 credits)
• Neuroendocrinology (15 credits)
• Nutrition & Genetics (15 credits)
• Perspectives on Pain & Nervous System Disorders (30 credits)
• Pharmacology of Neurological & Psychiatric Disorders (15 credits)
• Pharmacology of Inflammation (15 credits)
• Protein Structure & Design (15 credits)
• Redox Biology in Health & Disease (15 credits)
• Reproductive Physiology (15 credits)
• Social Impact of the Biosciences Project (15 credits)
• Vascular Physiology (30 credits)
• Viruses & Diseases (15 credits)

You can study one 15-credit modern language module in either the second or the final year, but not both.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant courses of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest that you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.