Nutrition and Health (with foundation year)

The foundation year of this Coventry University degree will be delivered from our CU Coventry campus. Course delivery from year 1 of the degree onwards will be from our Coventry University campus.

This course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for building a career in the food industry.

The foundation year seeks to develop your core understanding within the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physiology, in addition to developing our academic and communication skills further. Students who successfully complete their foundation year will then progress onto the Nutrition and Health BSc (Hons) degree within Coventry University’s School of Life Sciences.

The degree explores the physiological, biochemical and psychosocial aspects of nutrition, as well as public health and health promotion. It aims to draw on the expertise of academics from biological and analytical sciences and public health nutrition to provide an integrated course, centred on human nutrition and healthy eating, food safety and regulatory processes, food analysis and public health.

Key benefits of the degree
* Supported and taught by an academic team which includes registered nutritionists, food scientists, microbiologists, and food safety experts

* Gain hands-on experience of a wide range of industry techniques in our state-of-the-art laboratories based in the multi-million-pound Alison Gingell Building

* Receive insight from researchers and current practitioners who will bring you the latest issues on a wide range of nutritional and health topics

See our website for further details.