Course summary

• Gain in-depth knowledge and detailed understanding of the principles and practice of human nutrition.
• Develop an appropriate level of competence in public health management including financial, organisational and applied management relevant to employment in the nutrition and the public health sector.
• Enhance your ability to critically analyse current and developing theory.

Nutritionists within the public health sector play an important role in promoting good health and preventing diet-related disease in the population. This course equips recent graduates and health professionals with the knowledge and skills to specialise in public health nutrition.

This course is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN).

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Develop and advance personal, professional and transferable skills that will equip you for a career in the rapidly evolving nutrition and public health environment and provide a foundation for employability and continuing professional development.

You learn through

• lectures
• tutorials
• seminars
• laboratory classes
• counselling simulations
• workshops

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career as

• a public health manager such as obesity lead or healthy schools lead
• a food development co-ordinator
• a health promotion specialist
• a company nutritionist
• a nutritionist for international humanitarian organisation
• a nutrition researcher.