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Postgraduate Diploma
Exton Park
Full Time
SEP-25
2 Years
Our professional two-year postgraduate degree course will provide you with an award together with eligibility for registration as a dietitian with the HCPC (UK).
Course overview
This accredited professional course will provide you with a postgraduate award in Nutrition and Dietetics together with eligibility for registration as a dietitian with the Health and Care Professions Council (UK). Our innovative approach, together with an ethos of research and evidence-informed practice, aims to foster your personal and professional development.
Assessment
There are a variety of assessments, including examinations, coursework, and group and individual presentations.
Due to the need to achieve professional accreditation and registration, the teaching experience is intensive, and student focused. Contact hours vary through the semesters, but you will have around 12 contact hours and 18 hours of self-study per week, including working towards assessments.
Job prospects
Most of our graduates go on to careers initially within the NHS however their transferable skills enable employment in other related fields, such as the food and pharmaceutical industries, public health/health promotion, education, sport, and/or freelance opportunities. On completion this course leads to MSc in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Normally, an upper second (2:1) class honours degree in a relevant science subject is required with modules in: Biochemistry (minimum 20 credits at Level 4 or above); and Physiology (minimum 20 credits at level 4 or above) Plus, an additional 20 credits in a relevant science subject (such as Immunology, Microbiology or Genetics). All students need to have completed an undergraduate dissertation/research project. Academic study should have taken place within the last five years. If your degree was completed more than five years ago, we require evidence of academic study or career and professional development activity within the last five years. Students with a 2:2 including a substantial amount of Biochemistry and Physiology with good grades in these subjects, plus a relevant postgraduate qualification, will also be considered.
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