North West University
Bachelor of Science Honours in Nutrition
The Bachelor of Science Honours in Nutrition in Health Professions is offered by North West University.
Program Length: 1 YEAR.
Subjects: 4.
Bachelor of Science Honours in Nutrition offered by the North West University at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Qualification outcomes
After completion of the Honours Degree in Nutrition, students should demonstrate the following:
a) extensive and systematic knowledge in the field of nutrition and particularly in specialisation areas like the planning and execution of epidemiological research programmes, nutrition at public health level, sport and exercise physiology and the genetic composition of different communities and the importance thereof for health promotion;
b) skills to apply a well-rounded and coherent and critical understanding of the principles and theory of nutrition, while relevant information in a specialist area (as mentioned above) of nutrition is gathered, analysed and evaluated at a critical and advanced level, after which the information is processed to arrive at ethically responsible decisions based on wellgrounded theories and proven facts; and
c) the capability as entrepreneur to identify and analyse real, complex nutrition-related lifestyle illnesses in communities and to plan and execute creative and innovative nutrition-related intervention programmes in an ethically responsible manner by using proven solutions and theory-driven arguments through group work and the use of Information Technology as means of communication.
Duration
The minimum duration of the study is one year and the maximum duration two years.
PROGRAMME: NUTRITION
The curriculum composed in this programme consists of three modules, as well as a research project of limited scope which prepare the student for further postgraduate study. The focus in the modules falls on the most recent research findings on highly relevant problems.
CURRICULUM: NUTRITION
The curriculum consists of one compulsory module and three elective modules.
Compulsory module
Research report (32 credits)
Students may choose three of the following modules:
Nutrigenetics (32 credits)
Nutritional Epidemiology (32 credits)
Public Health Nutrition (32 credits)
Sport Nutrition (32 credits)
Evidence-based data interpretation (32 credits)
