Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing

Embark on a fascinating journey to learn how food, nutrition and exercise impact our wellbeing and health. Explore the role of fitness and nutrition in promoting public health, and consider food and consumer choices from a safety, quality, and nutritional perspective.

Working in our state-of-the art labs, you’ll learn how to handle and test food professionally, and master analytical techniques. You’ll enhance your CV with a work placement, usually in schools, the National Health Service or community-based roles/projects.

We teach you the fundamentals of food, nutrition and exercise, including:

• Food handling skills

• The functionality of raw and cooked food ingredients

• The key social issues in nutrition, sport and exercise

• How nutrition, metabolism and digestion relate to diet and health

• How to analyse food and drink using a range of scientific techniques

• The nutritional needs throughout an individual’s lifespan

For the first two years, everyone takes Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing as a foundation. After that, you can specialise in other areas if you want to or carry on studying this pathway.

If you want to study a wide-ranging and flexible degree, then Abertay is for you. This is ideal for secondary school leavers, entrants from further education colleges, and mature students. This course is aligned with the General Teaching Council (GTC) requirements for the PG Diploma in Home Economics teaching if that’s your graduation plan.

Abertay is the top university in Scotland for Food Science and Nutrition degrees according to the 2023 Guardian University Guide.

So study your Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing degree here at Abertay, and get your career off to a great start.

Year 1 core modules (subject to change over time) - FOD101 - Fundamentals of Nutrition; LSC101 - Biology 1: Biology Principles and Practice; LAW251 - Law; FOD105 - Nutrition and the Consumer; FOD106 - Safe Food Handling. You will also be required to select one elective module. For detailed module information please check our website.

Each course involves lectures, small group tutorials, practical lab-based activities and private study.

Practical activities and work placements will enable you to contextualise the theories you learn in real-life applications.

You’re assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework.

You’ll be encouraged to critically evaluate information and challenge concepts using evidence-based information, and to show initiative, so you actively construct your own knowledge base.

The single most crucial aspect of student life is your need to engage with all teaching activities, such as lectures, seminars, tutorials, team projects and practical work. Active participation is critical to making your learning and assessment strategy work for you.

Put simply, we aim to give you all the skills you need to move straight into a job or further study when you graduate.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association for Nutrition