3Jul
UndergraduateYou can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2023.
If you already have a 2023 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
Leeds Beckett University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework.These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Develop nutrition strategies to aid the performance, health and wellbeing of sport teams and athletes, from recreational participants through to elite performers. Designed to meet the competency requirements and professional standards set by the Sport & Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr), this course will prepare you to become a professional sport and exercise nutritionist. You’ll help athletes prepare for their chosen sport by providing them with the specialist nutritional programmes that will aid their performance. As part of your course, you’ll:
- Study the science of food, developing your understanding of how nutritional composition and diet can influence sport and exercise performance
- Work across the spectrum – from elite athletes to recreational performers – and learn how to conduct interviews, assess the dietary intake of individuals and design personalised nutritional interventions
- 90% of BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Nutrition students said staff were good at explaining things*
- Designed to meet the competency requirements and professional standards set by the Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr)
- Work across the spectrum – from elite athletes to recreational performers
- Study in our new £45m state-of-the-art Carnegie School of Sport building
- Work placement opportunities
- Sport volunteering opportunities, which have previously included the Olympics, World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Physiology of the Human Body
- Nutrition & Biochemistry for Sport & Exercise
- Personal, Professional & Academic Development
- Human Behaviour in Sport & Exercise
- Food & Nutrition Science
- The Sport & Exercise Scientist in Action
- Psychology of Sport & Exercise
- Food & Nutrition for Health, Sport & Exercise
- Physiological Responses to Exercise
- Practical Skills for Sport & Exercise Nutrition
- Research Methods for Sport & Exercise Science
- Employability in Sport & Exercise Nutrition
- Nutrition for the Prevention & Treatment of Disease
- Performance Nutrition
- Professional Practice in Sport & Exercise Nutrition
- Final Year Project
How to apply
You can no longer submit a new application for courses starting in 2023.
If you already have a 2023 application and are in Clearing, you can add this course as a Clearing choice – contact the university or college first to check they have places.
25Jan
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:
- C615
- Institution code:
- L27
- Campus name:
- Headingley Campus
- Campus code:
- H
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
An enhanced criminal history (DBS) check maybe required for certain modules which involve working with children and/or vulnerable others. The DBS in the UK is currently not able to conduct overseas criminal record checks, therefore international applicants, those without British Citizenship and British Citizens with a significant period of overseas residency will therefore require a criminal records check or certificate of good conduct from their home/overseas country before undertaking work with children and/or vulnerable others
English language requirements
IELTS 6.0 with no skills below 5.5, or an equivalent qualification.
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Provider information
Leeds Beckett University
City Campus
Leeds
LS1 3HE