Program Overview

Program Overview

The Advanced Certificate in Child and Adolescent Nutrition aims to provide students with knowledge in childhood and adolescent nutrition. This program has articulation routes to degree-level courses in nutrition and offers an opportunity for those interested in nutrition to build and develop their nutrition knowledge.

Program Details

• Program Outline: The program consists of two modules:
  • Module A: Nutrition for Children and Adolescents
    • Patterns of growth and development
    • Assessment of nutritional status and nutritional requirements during infancy, childhood, and adolescence
    • Adolescent pregnancy
    • Nutritional needs of the child athlete
    • Vegetarianism
    • Diet and oral health in children and adolescents
    • Nutrition education and health promotion
    • Tuck shop management and school meals, including menu planning
  • Module B: Nutrition for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs
    • Obesity and overweight
    • Underweight/growth failure
    • Swallowing and feeding disorders in children
    • Iron deficiency and anemia
    • Nutrition and diet in childhood diseases (e.g., respiratory disorders, including asthma, diabetes)
    • Diet and autism and epilepsy
    • Eating disorders
    • Food intolerance and food allergy
• Mode of Delivery: The program will be delivered through lectures, face-to-face seminars, and class-integrative discussions.

Articulation Pathways

Students who complete the Advanced Certificate in Child and Adolescent Nutrition and relevant programs offered by HKU SPACE are eligible for entry into the two-year part-time BSc (Hons) Food and Nutrition extension program offered by HKU SPACE in collaboration with the Ulster University, U.K.

Fee and Entry Requirements

• Fee:
  • Application Fee: HK$150 (non-refundable)
  • Course Fee: HK$18,100
• Entry Requirements:
  • Applicants shall:
    1. Hold a bachelor's degree awarded by a recognized university; or
    2. Hold a Higher Diploma awarded by a recognized institution with at least two years of working experience; or
    3. Hold an Advanced Certificate in Nutrition awarded within the HKU system through HKU SPACE
  • And provide evidence of English proficiency, such as:
    1. Having gained in the HKCEE Grade E or Level 2* in English Language (Syllabus B); or
    2. Having gained in the HKDSE Level 2 in English Language

Additional Information

• Students with no nutrition background are recommended to take the Advanced Certificate in Nutrition (HS001A) prior to the commencement of the Advanced Certificate in Child and Adolescent Nutrition.
• Students with no science background are recommended to take the HKU SPACE Human Biology and Organic Chemistry I/II short courses (SC398A and SC399A) prior to commencing the Advanced Certificate in Nutrition/Clinical Nutrition and Health Promotion/Child and Adolescent Nutrition.