Basic Science for Non-Basic Scientists

To give you a good grounding in nutrition, the MSc Clinical and Public Health Nutrition and MSc Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition have some modules that are quite heavily biochemical.

If this area is familiar to you (e.g., Krebs Cycle, mitochondrial function), then you may be fine covering these topics on the course.

If your background is scientific but not strictly a bioscience (for example, nursing or psychology), you may not have covered these topics in detail.

Ideally, we would like to make sure that all students are comfortable dealing with the level of biochemistry required, especially in the Fundamentals of Nutrition and Metabolism module.

Next steps

If you have limited knowledge of bioscience, you might consider enrolling in a short course in nutrition, perhaps online. You can also get ahead by reading one or more of the following:

Salway J.G, Metabolism at a Glance. 4th edition, Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
Salway J.G, Medical Biochemistry at a Glance, 3rd edition, Wiley Blackwell, 2012.
Bender, D, Introduction to Nutrition and Metabolism, 5th Edition, CRC Press, 2014.
Geissler C & Powers, H, Human Nutrition, Oxford, 2017.

The pre-reading is a recommendation only. It is not an alternative to meeting our entry requirements. You must still have a suitable scientific background at undergraduate level to join us.

Questions?

If you have any questions about MSc Clinical and Public Health Nutrition and MSc Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition, please contact our Postgraduate Admin team.