Nutrition affects everyone in the world every day. What and how we eat is vital to individual and community health and it is an engaging and rewarding subject to study. You will learn the academic principles behind food and gain practical skills in our advanced laboratories. You will also learn how to think on a larger scale. What are the social, political, cultural and environmental factors affecting what we eat? How can nutritionists use evidence to support behaviour change at an individual, community and population level? What are the most current issues in the field of nutrition? If we are what we eat, then nutrition can tell us a lot about who we are, how we live and how we can improve the health of society. As a science it looks at how food affects the functioning of the living organism. It includes the study of food composition, how it is digested and absorbed, the production of energy, elimination of wastes and all the syntheses that are essential for growth, maintenance and reproduction across the life cycle

Year 1: Physiology/Biochemistry/Introduction to Food Science/Contextualising You and Your Profession/Cell Biology and Genetics/ Food, Lifestyle and Society Year 2: Dissertation/Nutrition Through the Life Course/Disease Aetiology and Management/Clinical Nutrition/ Epidemiology in Public Health/ Volunteering Experience Year 3: Disease Aetiology and Management/ Dissertation/Nutrition Through the Life-course (plus tutorials in Research Techniques for Nutrition)/Epidemiology in Public Health/ Volunteering Module Year 4: Current Issues in Nutrition Science/ Food and Nutrition Policy/Honours Project/plus one of the following two options: Health Entrepreneurship or Nutrition in Practice The modules listed here are correct at time of print (March 2021) but may differ slightly to those offered in 2022. Please check the website for any updates.

You will learn in lectures, seminars, practical workshops and laboratories. Outside these timetabled sessions you will be expected to continue learning through self-study. You will be assessed by a variety of methods.

Association for Nutrition

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: B403

Institution code: Q25

Campus Name: Queen Margaret University

Campus code:

The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 2: Successful completion of HNC Biological Sciences, HNC Applied Sciences or HNC in Fitness, Health & Exercise with a B in the graded unit can allow entry in to year 2 Year 3: Successful completion of SQA HND in Applied Sciences and HND Applied Biological Sciences with CB in the graded units can allow entry in to year 3 We can consider applications to level 2 or 3 with suitable qualifications. Agreed articulation routes from Scottish HNC and HND programmes can be found here: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/access-to-higher-education/college-leavers-and-mature-students/

We accept many different qualifications, but cannot list them all here. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information or advice if you are thinking of taking a course of study. We welcome applications from international applicants and you can find information on specific entry requirements by country here: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/international-students/information-for-your-country/. We also welcome applications from mature students, or people holding qualifications such as Access courses or OU modules. The Scottish Wider Access Partnership (SWAP) offers a range of local Access courses and those that are accepted for entry are listed here: https://www.qmu.ac.uk/college-qualifications

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails

IELTS with an overall score equivalent to 6.0 and with no individual component less than 5.5.

QMU English Language Requirements

https://www.qmu.ac.uk/study-here/international-students/english-language-requirements/

Student satisfaction : 78%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 55%

Go onto work and study: 80%

Scotland	1820.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
Channel Islands	9250.0	Year 1
Republic of Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
EU	7000.0	Year 1
International	7000.0	Year 1

Students from England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland: full-time fees will be charged for the first three years of study. The fourth year is free.

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