BSc Health Sciences: Nutritional Therapy

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University of Westminster

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• Objectives
  Nutritional therapy is the application of nutrition and health science to enable individuals to maximise their health potential. This course, the first nutritional therapy degree in Europe, is a response to the growing demand for high quality theoretical and practical skills training for practitioners. Nutritional therapists work in clinical practice to assess nutritional status and functional capacity. They recognise that each person’s needs are unique, depending on a number of factors, from inherited strengths and weaknesses to the influence of diet, lifestyle and environment. Nutritional therapists work with patients with chronic health problems and provide advice on disease prevention and control. Interventions include dietary modification, food supplements, phytonutrients and functional foods.
• Entry requirements
  Entry Requirements Minimum of two A2 levels, including biology, at grade C or a minimum of CC in Vocational A level in science, with mathematics, English and chemistry studied to GCSE or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications will also be considered. You are expected to demonstrate the personal attributes necessary for clinical training as well as analytical capability.
• Academic title
  BSc Health Sciences: Nutritional Therapy
• Course description
  BSc Health Sciences: Nutritional Therapy
  
  Programme
  
  Credit Level 4
  
  -Biological Chemistry
  -Complementary Therapies
  -Dietary Therapy Practice (clinic)
  -Living Anatomy
  -Micronutrients
  -Personal and Professional Development
  -Physiology
  -Phytochemistry
  
  Credit Level 5
  
  -Applied Pathophysiology
  -Dietary Therapy in Clinical Practice (clinic)
  -Integrated Physiology
  -Methods of Research in Complementary Medicine
  -Nutritional Therapeutics 1 and 2
  -Patient-Centred Communication
  -Pharmacology
  
  Credit Level 6
  
  -Differential Diagnosis
  -Dynamics of Clinical Practice
  -Nutritional Therapeutics 3
  -Nutritional Therapy in Practice (clinic)
  -Nutrition in Society
  -Phytotherapeutics in Nutritional Therapy
  -Research in Practice
  -Starting Your Practice

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