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Course Overview

This course provides graduates of biological sciences with a route into a fulfilling career, helping people improve their health and wellbeing and their quality of life.

Dietetics is the management of diseases that are amenable to dietary intervention, and the prevention of nutrition-related disorders. A dietitian influences the food selection and eating behaviour of an individual based on specific nutritional or food requirements.

As a dietitian, you will translate scientific information about nutrition into practical advice to help people make health-conscious decisions about food. You will assess, diagnose and treat diet-related problems and aim to raise awareness of the link between food, health and
disease to prevent future problems and treat existing nutrition-related problems. Dietitians are a key part of the healthcare team and are the only nutrition professionals to be statutorily regulated.

The course takes you through a clinically and practically focused study of disease, health, food and nutrition. With a clinical and health promotion focus, the course includes three practice-based placements that allow students to apply and consolidate their theoretical learning.

Entry Requirement 

A good honours degree (normally an upper second class or above) that includes a significant emphasis on human physiology and biochemistry. An application should illustrate what has been done by the applicant to research, and understand more about the role of a dietitian. In particular, evidence of understanding the skills, attributes and values required to work as a dietitian should be evident in the application.

Where an applicant has an undergraduate degree in a related subject (eg nursing or psychology degree) but does not have the required biological science content they can be considered for entry to the course if they can demonstrate the appropriate skill development (via their application) and they complete the biological science content in Years One and Two of the undergraduate MSc Dietetics (Ddiet) programme as an associate student (consisting of two modules in semester 1 and one module in semester 2).  This would then permit entry into the MSc Dietetics (Pre-Registration) programme. Should applicants wish to apply as associate students, they should apply to the MSc Dietetics course outlining their appropriate skill development and their interest in studying as an associate student. Please note that this is only available to a very limited number of students

We appreciate that it can be difficult to get shadowing experience, so relevant experience that demonstrates transferable skills to those required by dietitians would be beneficial.

International: Where your honours degree has not been studied in English, you will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 7.0 and no individual component score below 6.5.

Criminal Records Check: A satisfactory criminal records check will be required.

Fees

Scotland/UK/ROI Student Fee: 

Year 1: £9400

Year 2: £9400 + £1100 (dissertation fee)**

International Student Fee:

Year 1 £17400

Year 2 £17400 + £3380(dissertation fee)**


This information was accurate on : 16/04/2021
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