University of Central Lancashire
UCAS Code: B401 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
112 to 128 UCAS points at A2, must have a minimum of one science subject at Grade C or above.
112 to 128 UCAS points from Access to HE Diploma including a minimum of 15 level 3 credits in one science at Merit.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 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, Chemistry, Physics or double science equivalents can be accepted.
112 to 128 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects. Must include grade 5 from a higher level science subject.
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Including science units.
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Including science units.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Must include science units.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Must include science units.
112 to 128 UCAS points, must include Grade C in a minimum of one science subject.
112 to 128 UCAS points, must include Grade A in a minimum of one science subject.
T Level
T Level in science with an overall grade M.
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About this course
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**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 Management programs.
**What you'll do**
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
**Future Careers**
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.
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.
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.
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).
Modules
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University of Central Lancashire
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This is the subject you need to study if you want to become a dietician — an important job in the country’s healthcare sector, and the single most common job for nutrition graduates. We don’t have many graduates in nutrition every year and with the population becoming more aware of health and well-being and with many medical needs being addressed by the application of specific diets, this is likely to be an area of increasing demand in the future.
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