Human Nutrition (Public Health / Sports) - MSc

at London Metropolitan University

Modular structure

The modules listed below are for the academic year 2022/23 and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Advanced Metabolic Nutrition (core, 20 credits)
• Advanced Nutrition Research Techniques (core, 20 credits)
• Assessment of Nutritional Status (core, 20 credits)
• Human Nutrition Dissertation (core, 60 credits)
• Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health I (core, 20 credits)
• Nutrition and Food Policy (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health II (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Sports and Exercise Nutrition (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Professional Practice in Nutrition (option, 20 credits)

You will be required to have:
 

• a minimum of a lower second class (2.2) UK undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in nutrition or a related subject such as biochemistry, sports science or physiology (other related subjects will be considered on an individual basis)

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Career opportunities include roles in the food industry, research, local authorities, governmental bodies, the media and charitable organisations. You’ll also be well placed to apply for research studentships with a view to completing a PhD. Employment opportunities are currently increasing in both fields.