BSc (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition

About this course

BSc (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition is a one-year, full-time Northumbria University degree taught at BMS Campus, with lectures Monday to Saturday and a September intake. BMS describes it as an internal honours degree awarded directly by Northumbria at BMS. The degree studies the physical, chemical and biological properties of food and how they affect health, including how food is made, processed, preserved and eaten. Modules are Product Development and Sensory Analysis, Food and Nutrition Policy and Issues, Investigative Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, and a year-long Biological and Food Sciences Research Project in BMS laboratories. BMS states that the degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (UK) and the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST), UK. It says graduates are prepared for work in the food, nutrition and health sectors or for further academic and clinical study.