Fitness, Nutrition and Health

Learn how nutrition and fitness impact on health on this practical degree with a built-in work placement. Exercise, physical activity and nutritional balance are key for healthier lifestyles. You’ll learn what can be done to promote balanced nutrition and fitness.

Working in our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll explore how to improve the health of the population. You’ll cover everything from the fundamentals of diet and fitness, through to the key social issues involved in sport and exercise on this wide-ranging degree.

Working in our state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll explore how to improve the health of the population. You’ll cover everything from the fundamentals of diet and fitness, through to the key social issues involved in sport and exercise on this wide-ranging degree. You’ll graduate ready to work in a wide range of fitness and health roles.

Built-in work placements on this accredited degree

You’ll explore how nutrition and fitness impact on health. Plus, there are built-in work placements as part of the course. This degree provides you with:

• Insight into the cutting-edge issues involved in Fitness, Nutrition and Health.

• An appreciation of how nutritional needs change throughout an individual’s lifespan.

• An understanding of the key social issues in sport and exercise.

• A fundamental knowledge of nutrition, diet and health.

• The analytical techniques and problem-solving skills needed to work in the fitness or nutrition sectors.

• Effective communication skills so you can connect with audiences at all levels.

A practical, in-depth knowledge of fitness, nutrition and health

Our courses are ideal for secondary school leavers, entrants from further education colleges, and mature students. The course is also aligned with the General Teaching Council (GTC) requirements for the PG Diploma in Home Economics teaching if that’s your plan after graduation.

This Fitness, Nutrition and Health degree is accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN), the professional body for Registered Nutritionists. Abertay ranked top in Scotland for Nutrition and Food Science (Guardian University Guide 2023).

For the first two years, everyone takes Food Science, Nutrition and Wellbeing as a foundation. After that, you’ll specialise, and take this course in years three and four.

Course Modules

Year 1 core modules (subject to change over time) - FOD101 Fundamentals of Nutrition; LSC101 Biology 1: Biology Principles & Practice; SPS103 Introduction to Anatomy and Biomechanics; FOD105 Food and the Consumer; SPS104 Psychology of Exercise and Health.

You are also required to select one elective module. For detailed module information please check our website.

https://www.abertay.ac.uk/course-search/undergraduate/fitness-nutrition-and-health/#modules

Practical activities and work placements will enable you to contextualise the theories you learn in real-life applications.

You’re assessed by a combination of examinations and coursework.

You’ll be encouraged to critically evaluate information and challenge concepts using evidence-based information, and to show initiative, so you actively construct your own knowledge base.

The single most crucial aspect of student life is your need to engage with all teaching activities, such as lectures, seminars, tutorials, team projects and practical work. Active participation is critical to making your learning and assessment strategy work for you.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Association for Nutrition