Term 1 Students take six units. This course aims to provide a comprehensive training in public health nutrition in a global setting with the choice of specialising in a number of topics and contexts. It provides an integrated programme in nutritional science, covering its dietary, epidemiological, public health, social and biological aspects. Graduates of this course, work as nutritionists for national governments, for NGOs, for international and UN agencies, in research institutes, and in universities, and in situations ranging from acute food emergencies to research on human nutritional disorders. A typical selection of units is given below, not all units will be available in any one year.
Students choose one unit from each timetable slot.
Some units can be taken only after consultation with the Course Organiser. Nutritional Epidemiology in Public Health. Health Promotion Sciences. Project Report Students complete a research project which enables them to work on a subject of special interest, practise skills of analysis and presentation, and integrate different aspects of the year's work. Half-time students are expected to attend the School at least two days a week, and should talk to the Course Organiser to discuss which days are required as soon as they are accepted.