Higher Diploma in Food Science and Nutrition

About this course

The Higher Diploma in Food Science and Nutrition is an 18-month, full-time programme at BMS Campus, taught Monday to Friday with intakes in March and October. It has sixteen modules and a Research Project totalling 240 credits. Year 1 covers cell biology, food biochemistry, chemistry for biology, the fundamentals of food and nutrition, laboratory skills, molecular biology and genetics, human anatomy and physiology, food microbiology and laboratory management. Year 2 moves to the applied side with a work-based internship, analytical and food chemistry, nutritional diseases and disorders, bioinformatics and data analysis, food processing and preservation, food quality and safety, and the Research Project. BMS states that the programme leads to the final year of the Northumbria University BSc (Hons) Food Science and Nutrition, and that it is recognised by Northumbria for final-year entry. The A/L route is open to Bioscience students with passes in Chemistry and Biology and to Technology stream students with passes in all subjects.