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Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health

Bachelor of Science (Honours) at the University of Derby

Programme details
Degree: Bachelor of Science (Honours) (BSc (Hons))
Disciplines: Nutrition & Dietetics
Sports
Duration: 36 months
Study modes: full-time, part-time

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Description:

Pursue a rewarding career helping people and communities to embrace exercise, nutrition and wellbeing.This course features unique placements with our partner, the Derby City Move More Consortium.

The first course of its kind, this specialist degree will equip you with the skills to have a real impact on improving health and wellbeing in today’s society.

  • Prepare for a professional career in the wider exercise and health sector
  • Choose an innovative programme with a distinctive multidisciplinary approach
  • Enjoy unique work placement opportunities and build your network of contacts with our partner, the Derby City Move More Consortium, as well as many more local organisations, such as Disability Opportunities in Sport UK who run specialised basketball classes for individuals with varied disabilities  classes for individuals with learning disabilities and mental wellbeing
  • Gain practical experience working in different settings and with different clients
  • Strengthen your CV by achieving additional qualifications: level 2 gym instructor qualification  and level 3 personal trainer qualification

This course has been designed and developed in collaboration with Derby City Council to provide you with the holistic skills you need for a career in all aspects of health and exercise promotion.

Making a difference

Our pioneering BSc (Hons) Physical Activity, Nutrition and Health gives you the chance to transform your passion for sport and exercise into career roles where you can make a real difference to people’s lives.

You’ll explore the importance of physical activity and nutrition in preventing and managing disease as well as promoting optimal health and wellbeing at all stages in life. Throughout, you will  draw on the latest scientific evidence to underpin your work.

With its strong focus on real world learning, the course enables you to apply your skills and knowledge to practical health promotion projects. You will gain experience of working with individuals to change their attitudes to exercise and nutrition. You will also take part in initiatives which aim to improve the health and exercise habits of entire communities and population groups.

A powerful partnership approach

As a city, Derby has a strong track record for collaborative projects aimed at tackling physical inactivity. Our University has joined forces with Derby City Council and a range of other partners to launch the Derby City Move More Consortium, which has set an ambitious target of reducing inactivity by 25% over the next few years. 

By joining this course, you will play an important role in helping us to achieve that goal. At the same time, you will forge your own career direction in a specialist and growing field where high-calibre new recruits are in demand.

You will acquire essential practical skills and knowledge through exciting work placements with the consortium. These are integrated at each stage of the course and you will work alongside academics and health professionals with a broad range of expertise.

The placements will give you experience of working with various population and patient groups and the chance to enhance your interpersonal and communication skills.

Broaden your skills portfolio

Using the latest specialist equipment, you’ll get involved in physiology testing and cardiometabolic health assessments, as well as psychology-based studies relating to exercise.

We have also mapped this programme to national standards for the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) so you will have opportunities to gain Level Two (gym instructor) and Level Three (personal trainer) accreditation.



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