Nutrition BSc(Hons)

Course structure 

You will learn through lectures, seminars, workshops and group activities, ensuring that your study is varied and stimulating. Two placements enable you to gain hands-on experience to help you prepare for career success, and you’ll learn from experts through guest lectures and field trips.

The course is based on our Eastbourne campus however some modules will be taught in Brighton on the Falmer campus. Our campuses are well-served by public transport with discounted student fares.

Years 1 and 2 consist of core modules and in your final year you choose option modules.

Making sure that what you learn with us is relevant, up to date and what employers are looking for is our priority, so courses are reviewed and enhanced on an ongoing basis. When you have applied to us, we will inform you of any improvements or innovations to the curriculum through our admissions portal.

Year 1

The first year focuses on the basics of human nutrition including the agri-­food sector, consumer behaviour, physiology and exercise.

You will be familiarised in key concepts of public health and nutrition while being introduced to the most commonly used research and nutritional project frameworks.

Modules

• Introduction to the Agri-Food Sector
• Food Consumer Behaviour
• Foundations of Physiology for Sport and Exercise
• Introduction to Human Nutrition
• Introduction to Key Concepts in Health and Public Nutrition
• Introduction to Public Health Research and Project Methods

Year 2

In the first half of your second year you will explore food policy, food handling and hygiene, enabling behaviour change.

During the second half of the year you can choose to specialise and study for one of two specialist awards of with sport and exercise, or public health, or to carry on with the nutrition only route. You will also have a placement opportunity with a not-­for profit organisation which will provide a problem-­based learning experience in your chosen field.

Modules

Core modules

• Food Policy
• Enabling Behavioural Change
• Food Handling and Hygiene
• Community Engagement for Public Health

Nutrition only route 

• Epidemiology and Research Methods
• Nutrition for Physical Activity

Public health route

• Epidemiology and Research Methods 
• Global Health 

Sport and exercise route

• Nutrition for Physical Activity 
• Data Analysis and Research Methods 

Final year

In your final year you will continue to develop your areas of interest through option modules and carry out research for your dissertation.

The Nutrition Consultancy module provides you with a second placement opportunity with a commercial organisation.

Modules 

• Nutrition Consultancy
• Dissertation

Options* include:

• Contemporary Issues in Nutrition
• Nutritional Strategy and Project Planning
• Sport Nutrition
• Food and Society

Public health options

• Health Promotion for Public Health Improvement 
• Advanced Food Journalism 

Sport and exercise options

• Physiological Aspects of Exercise, Nutrition and Health 
• Exercise, Sport and the Brain 

*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability.

Facilities

The Eastbourne campus, where the course is based, has a range of specialist facilities to help you make the most of your studies.

Culinary Arts Studio
Our culinary arts studio is a modern commercial kitchen which will be used for demonstrations, food preparation and consumer research.

Sport and exercise science labs
Our six laboratories are accredited by the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES). They include a physiology lab, biochemical analysis lab and a biomechanics laboratory.

Newsroom
Our brand new newsroom has live news feeds, and provides a perfect environment for food media-related research.

Placements 

Placements will provide you with the opportunity to put your classroom learning and skills into practice and will combine health-practitioner work experience, industry experience and problem-based learning.

Your second year placement will take you to a not-for-profit organisation and in your final year you will work on a nutrition consultancy project with a commercial organisation. For each placement you will spend around 50 hours with the organisation. 

We have partnerships with a wide range of organisations and your placement could include working with:

• food banks, looking at their impact
• health and sport centres who offer more holistic approaches to lifestyle interventions
• sports teams seeking specific support on nutritional requirements
• individual athletes.

We will help you to find a placement that meets your interests and career aspirations.

International requirements

We can help you meet our English language or academic entry requirements.

Course fees

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2019–20.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK/EU students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

What's included in the fee?

When costs such as health or DBS checks, or use of specialist materials are incurred as a mandatory requirement of the course they are included in your tuition fee.

You may incur additional costs depending on the optional modules or activities you choose. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. Before you apply check with the school that provides your course using the contact details in the Find out more tab (at the end of this page) for advice about what is included and what optional costs you could face so you can budget accordingly.

See our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships as well as further information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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