Diet, nutrition and food are critical to our health and our quality of life. A poor diet can have a significant effect on health and contribute to a range of conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Covering core nutrition science along with medical science, this research-led course combines theoretical and practical elements to take you from farm to fork and science to shelf, and considers the sources and origins of food along with food composition and production. Our experienced academics bring industry research and knowledge to their teaching. You will study a range of modules that cover nutritional biochemistry, organ systems physiology, nutrition and metabolism, and health education and promotion. International elements are embedded into the curriculum, allowing you to consider nutrition and health on a global scale. Practical components will help you acquire skills to further enhance your learning and employability. Optional sandwich year work placements, enabling you to gain valuable experience in an industry setting, are on offer. Graduates will have the knowledge and skills to work in a range of settings in the public and private sector, from giving nutritional advice to NHS patients to working in the food production industry. Key features • Optional work placement opportunities offered through our DMU Works careers programme will enable you to gain experience in an industrial setting. • Graduates can pursue careers in either public or private sectors, working as qualified nutritionists as well as taking roles in research, education, NHS, public health, the food industry and health journalism. • Practical components of the course will help you develop professional and personal skills, while the final-year supervised research project will enable you to consolidate your learning and build research skills. • Benefit from the experiences of expert lecturers, who bring research and knowledge gained in food industry to their teaching. • International experiences allow you to broaden your cultural horizons and experience different healthcare environments. DMU students have previously had the opportunity to provide healthcare in India, witness the effects of poverty in Florida and help refugees in Berlin. • You will study a range of modules including human physiology and anatomy, fundamentals of nutritional sciences, nutrition, health and disease, public and global population health. • The course covers core nutrition sciences dovetailed with medical science and food science related topics, giving a holistic experience of application of nutritional sciences in different areas, e.g. from farm to fork and science to shelf. **DMU’s careers and employability service, known as DMU Works, was awarded the Best University Careers/Employability Service at the National Undergraduate Employability (NUE) Awards in February 2021. We understand university is a huge investment, and our careers commitment to you is not simply to help you secure a job, but to equip you with the skills to thrive, adapt and innovate in our ever-changing world.**

First year • Introduction to Nutrition • Personal & Professional Skills • Introduction to Public Health • Biochemistry & Cell Biology • Anatomy & Physiology Second year • Molecular Genetics & Genomics • Nutritional Biochemistry • Organ Systems Physiology • Immunology • Nutrition & Metabolism • Global Public Health • Evidence Based Medicine Third year • Research Project • Health Education & Promotion • Population Health • Clinical Nutrition • Nutrition through the Lifespan • Endocrinology • Pharmacology & Therapeutics

This is a practical degree and provides instruction in laboratory sciences and human clinical skills, such as measuring BMI and body morphometry. Health and Nutrition combines quality traditional teaching, such as: • Lectures • Tutorials • Seminars • Laboratory and clinical skills sessions with modern educational approaches, and the course is based around a contemporary e-learning hub that provides: • Podcasts • Educational videos and animation • Online quizzes providing a flexible approach to learning You will be appointed a personal tutor for support, and will gain additional academic support from all other members of academic staff. Your precise timetable will depend on your modules, however, lectures, seminars, tutorials and face-to-face contact time will normally make up approximately 17 hours of study per week. You will be expected to do approximately 20 hours of self-directed study in addition to this for the completion of assignments and for research projects. Teaching contact hours Contact hours in a typical week will depend to some extent on the optional modules you choose to study. However, typically, you will have up to 17 contact hours of teaching and this will break down as: • Personal tutorial/small group teaching: approx. 4 hours of tutorials (or later, project supervision) each week • Medium group teaching: approx. 6 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week • Large group teaching: approx. 7 hours of lectures each week • Personal study: approx. 20 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.

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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: B400

Institution code: D26

Campus Name: Leicester Campus

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Year 1

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Student satisfaction : 75%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 65%

Go onto work and study: 85%

EU	14750.0	Year 1
England	9250.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	9250.0	Year 1
Scotland	9250.0	Year 1
Wales	9250.0	Year 1
International	14750.0	Year 1

For students registering in the 2022/23 academic year, the fees for this programme are yet to be confirmed. Please note that fees are subject to an annual review. Any increase in fees for Home students would be based upon a review of our provision and in line with the fee cap set by the government. For EU and Overseas students such reviews will be based on a market assessment and communicated to students at least 6-months before any programme commencing. Please visit the tuition fees pages of our website for further information: dmu.ac.uk/funding.

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