27Sep
UndergraduateCourse summary
Embark on a fascinating journey to learn how food, nutrition and exercise impact our wellbeing and health. Explore the role of fitness and nutrition in promoting public health, and consider food and consumer choices from a safety, quality, and nutritional perspective. Working in our state-of-the art labs, you’ll learn how to handle and test food professionally, and master analytical techniques. You’ll enhance your CV with a work placement, usually in schools, the National Health Service or community-based roles/projects. We teach you the fundamentals of food, nutrition and exercise, including:
- Food handling skills
- The functionality of raw and cooked food ingredients
- The key social issues in nutrition, sport and exercise
- How nutrition, metabolism and digestion relate to diet and health
- How to analyse food and drink using a range of scientific techniques
- The nutritional needs throughout an individual’s lifespan
Modules
Year 1 core modules (subject to change over time) - FOD101 - Fundamentals of Nutrition; LSC101 - Biology 1: Biology Principles and Practice; LAW251 - Law; FOD105 - Nutrition and the Consumer; FOD106 - Safe Food Handling. You will also be required to select one elective module. For detailed module information please check our website.
Assessment method
Each course involves lectures, small group tutorials, practical lab-based activities and private study. Practical activities and work placements will enable you to contextualise the theories you learn in real-life applications. You’re assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework. You’ll be encouraged to critically evaluate information and challenge concepts using evidence-based information, and to show initiative, so you actively construct your own knowledge base. The single most crucial aspect of student life is your need to engage with all teaching activities, such as lectures, seminars, tutorials, team projects and practical work. Active participation is critical to making your learning and assessment strategy work for you. Put simply, we aim to give you all the skills you need to move straight into a job or further study when you graduate.
Professional bodies
Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.
- Association for Nutrition
How to apply
29Jan
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.
Application codes
- Course code:
- D610
- Institution code:
- A30
- Campus name:
- Abertay Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
Year 2 - Higher National Certificate or equivalent Year 3 - Higher National Diploma or equivalent Please see website for accepted courses
Entry requirements
Standard Qualification Requirements
A level - CCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMM
Scottish Higher - BBBC
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 27 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3, H3
Scottish HNC - Pass
Scottish HND - Pass
HNC (BTEC) - M
HND (BTEC) - M
T Level - Pass (C and above)
Applicants should have National 5/GCSE English and Maths/Lifeskills Maths/Applications of Maths at grade C/4 or equivalent. Higher Applications of Maths at grade C accepted.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
A level - CDD
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMP
Scottish Higher - BBC
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) - H3, H3, H3
We may make you an offer at the minimum entry grades if you meet the criteria.
Please click the following link to find out more about minimum qualification requirements for this course
https://www.abertay.ac.uk/course-search/undergraduate/food-science-nutrition-and-wellbeing/
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Scotland | £1820 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £15000 | Year 1 |
| International | £15000 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
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Provider information
Abertay University
Bell Street
Dundee
DD1 1HG
Course contact details
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