If you have a strong passion for health and well-being then this degree is for you. It focuses on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for individual’s and population health. Through learning about how the human body works, you will understand the impact that being active, eating a healthy diet and other lifestyle choices have on health and well-being.The course has a central emphasis on cultivating a deep understanding of how lifestyle impacts on health and well-being, including how physiological, psychological and sociological factors influence health-related behaviour. It will equip you with a diverse and highly valuable skill set that can be applied across a range of employment opportunities.The course includes practical experience of using dietary analysis software and of assessment of an individual’s health and fitness levels. Alongside practical experience in health and lifestyle, you will also nurture essential skills including communication of health information, problem solving, team working and critical thinking.

This course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.