**Course overview**
Discover how to fight against unhealthy food choices and sedentary lifestyles using a scientific approach to nutrition and food science.
**Why study with us**
- Upon accreditation, our Nutrition graduates can become Associate Registered Nutritionists with the Association for Nutrition.
- Learn from registered nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and experienced industry professionals.
- Pathways to enrol in our MSc Dietetics, MSc Clinical Nutrition & Exercise Prescription, and MSc Food Safety Manag...
**Course overview**<br/><br/>Discover how to fight against unhealthy food choices and sedentary lifestyles using a scientific approach to nutrition and food science. <br/><br/>**Why study with us**<br/><br/><br/>- Upon accreditation, our Nutrition graduates can become Associate Registered Nutritionists with the Association for Nutrition.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn from registered nutritionists, exercise physiologists, and experienced industry professionals.<br/><br/><br/>- Pathways to enrol in our MSc Dietetics, MSc Clinical Nutrition & Exercise Prescription, and MSc Food Safety Management programs.<br/><br/><br/>**What youll do**<br/><br/><br/>- This course produces skilled graduates who will fill the gap between the medical profession and the food industry. You’ll develop an understanding of the pathophysiology of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer and metabolic diseases, as well as learning how to create effective nutritional interventions.<br/><br/><br/>- This course provides opportunities to undertake work experience, support real-world research as well as study abroad via student exchange programmes. We have links with universities in the United States, Canada and China<br/><br/><br/>- Throughout your degree you will have access to a range of facilities which includes our accredited Physiology laboratory and specialist nutrition and food chemistry equipment to aid teaching and research.<br/><br/><br/>**Future Careers**<br/><br/>This Nutrition course provides opportunities to undertake work experience, support real-world research as well as study abroad via student exchange programmes. We have links with universities in the United States, Canada and China.<br/><br/>Graduates of this course are highly employable, because they leave us equipped with all the tools to create nutritional intervention programmes that prevent and reduce disease. It’s an area that has climbed the agenda in recent years, making it a skillset that’s more valuable than ever.<br/>So today you’ll find our graduates working in a range of roles, from public health nutritionists, and lab technicians to science teachers, dietetics professionals and food industry new product development technologists.<br/><br/>If you wish to study to become a Dietitian after graduating, our BSc Nutrition programme currently meets the academic learning requirements of our UCLan MSc (Pre-Reg) Dietetics programme, providing you achieve at least a 2:2 or above and meet other requirements (DBS, Occupational Health and score in Values-Based Recruitment - for further details see our MSc (pre-reg) Dietetics programme).
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
23/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
B401
Institution Code
C30
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS TariffScottish Higher112 to 128 UCAS points, must include Chemistry or Biology at Grade A and another science subject at Grade A. Accepted science subjects are: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Maths and Physics. Access to HE Diploma112 to 128 UCAS points from Access to HE Diploma in Science. Must include 15 Level 3 credits in Biology or Chemistry at a minimum grade Merit and 15 Level 3 credits in another science at a minimum grade Merit. International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme112 to 128 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects. Must include a minimum of grade 5 from Higher Level Biology or Chemistry and grade 5 from another Higher Level science subject. Accepted science subjects are: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Maths and Physics. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DMM DDM Must be in Applied Science and include 1 of the following mandatory units at Merit:1 Principles and Applications of Science I or 5 Principles and Applications of Science II and 3 of the following optional units at a minimum grade Merit: 7 Contemporary Issues in Science, 8 Physiology of Human Body Systems, 9 Human Regulation and Reproduction, 10 Biological Molecules and Metabolic Pathways, 11 Genetics and Genetic Engineering or 12 Diseases and Infections. GCSE/National 4/National 55 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication. Plus Grade C/4 in two sciences such as Biology, Chemist Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)D*D* Must be in Applied Science and and include 1 of the following mandatory units at Merit:1 Principles and Applications of Science I or 5 Principles and Applications of Science II and 3 of the following optional units at a minimum grade Merit: 7 Contemporary Issues in Science, 8 Physiology of Human Body Systems, 9 Human Regulation and Reproduction, 10 Biological Molecules and Metabolic Pathways, 11 Genetics and Genetic Engineering or 12 Diseases and Infections. ASNot Accepted OCR Cambridge Technical DiplomaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended DiplomaScottish Advanced Higher112 to 128 UCAS points, must include Chemistry or Biology at Grade C or above and another science subject at Grade C or above. Accepted science subjects are: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Maths and Physics. A level112 to 128 UCAS points at A2, must include Chemistry or Biology at Grade C or above and another science at Grade C or above. Accepted science subjects are: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Maths and Physics. T Level |
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