Program Overview

BSc (Honours) Food and Nutrition with Foundation Year

Course Summary

This course prepares students for a variety of roles in the fast-paced food sector, the UK's largest manufacturing sector. Students will learn how to balance demands for nutritional quality, shelf life, sustainability, and various sensory attributes, as well as managing food safety across a range of food manufacturing and retail contexts.

How You Learn

• Lectures, seminars, and workshops
• Practical sessions in food science and nutrition labs, development kitchens, and sensory suite
• Webinars and competitions
• Live projects with schools, voluntary sector organizations, and food businesses
• Independent study and group work

Modules

Year 1

• Going Global
• People, Decisions And Behaviours
• Preparing For Success
• Sustainable Innovation

Year 2

• Applied Academic Skills
• Food Business Management
• Food Choice: People And Planet
• Fundamentals Of Food And Nutrition: Composition, Safety And Nutrient Function

Year 3

• Applied Nutrition: Populations, Policy And Practice
• Food Innovation And Product Development
• Personal And Professional Development
• Sustainable Food: Preservation, Processing And Packaging

Year 4

• Food And Nutrition Consultancy Challenge
• Food And Nutrition Research
• Food Quality Management

Elective Modules

• Study Abroad - Sheffield Business School
• Global Issues In Nutrition And Health
• Issues In Sports Nutrition

Future Careers

This course prepares students for careers in:

• Nutrition
• Weight and diabetes management
• Behaviour change
• Public health
• Food industry (nutrition)
• Sports nutrition
• Scientific affairs
• Research (including postgraduate research degrees)

Equipment and Facilities

• State-of-the-art specialist facilities, including a nutrition and physiology lab, food science lab, extensive kitchens, and sensory and feeding facility
• Specialist equipment for nutrient and energy quantification, health and physical activity measurement, and body composition analysis
• Digital skills for future careers using specialist software

Where Will I Study?

• City Campus, located in the heart of Sheffield, within minutes of the train and bus stations

Entry Requirements

• 64 UCAS points, including at least 32 points from one A level or equivalent BTEC National qualifications
• English Language at grade C or 4 or equivalent
• Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalent
• Access to HE Diploma, with at least 45 level 3 credits

Fees and Funding

• Home students: £5,760 for the foundation year and £9,535 per year for the degree (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during the placement year)
• International students: £17,155 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during the placement year)

Additional Course Costs

• Estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses

Legal Information

• Any offer of a place to study is subject to the University's Terms and Conditions and Student Regulations.