Human Nutrition and Health, BSc (Hons)

Course summary

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.What you should know about this course

• Our teaching staff are highly qualified and research active, they have great links with employers

• We restrict practical class sizes to enhance your learning experience

• This course is taught at our Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent.

All degree courses are made up of modules – individual units of study on different topics. Some modules are compulsory; others can be chosen from a list of options. Our website has full details of your degree structures, module content, and how each module is assessed. The direct link to this course on our website, can be found at the bottom of this page.