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BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Exercise Sciences

University of Lancashire, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Sedentary lifestyles and poor nutrition can cause diseases that place an enormous burden on the individual and society as a whole. If you're interested in the science behind nutrition, exercise, and health, this is the course for you. Our state-of-the-art laboratories boast a wide variety of equipment, including advanced physiology, nutrition, and food chemistry laboratory facilities and equipment. The role exercise and nutrition science play in healthy aging and disease reduction has become a focus of national health policy in recent times. While the course offers a good grounding in both nutrition and exercise science, it also offers the flexibility of two strands of study €“ allowing you to specialize in either nutrition and food science or health and fitness. In your final year, you'll also have the chance to take on a professional work experience module and a research project.

General Eligibility

  • UCAS: 104 - 112 points at A2

  • BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

  • BTEC Diploma: D*D – D*D*

  • Pass Access Course: 104-112 UCAS Points

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: Pass including 104-112 points from Higher Level Subjects

  • T Level: M

  • IELTS: 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5

  • GCSEs: 5 at grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalen

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules:

  • Health and The Social Sciences

  • Planning and Instructing Exercise for Health and Fitness

  • Principles of Biology and Nutrition

  • Principles of Physiology and Scientific Enquiry

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules:

  • Food Processing and Preservation

  • Public Health: Context and Need

  • Advanced Principles of Exercise and Training

  • Nutrition for Life

  • Performance Nutrition

  • Applied Physiology & Scientific Enquiry

3 Year 3

Compulsory modules:

  • Exercise Referral

  • Nutritional Biochemistry

  • Nutrition and Health

  • Double Research Project

Optional modules:

  • Professional Work Experience 2

  • Foodborne Disease

  • Food Allergy and Intolerance

  • Public Health: Delivery and Action

  • Training Prescription for the Elite Athlete

Language Requirement

IELTS: 6.0 with no Component lower than 5.5

Ready to get started?

For any enquiries or further details, please don't hesitate to contact us. Let's take the next step in your academic journey together.

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