Nutrition pathway
If you follow the Nutrition pathway you’ll study human nutrition, the maintenance of good health and the wellbeing of populations. These topics require you to consider the environmental, social, economic and cultural aspects of eating behaviours and how they impact health.
Structuring your pathway
For your Nutrition pathway you must complete the following courses, plus the Food Science and Nutrition capstone course, FOODSCI 399:
- 120 points:
- BIOSCI 101 Essential Biology: From Genomes to Organisms
- BIOSCI 106 Foundations of Biochemistry
- BIOSCI 107 Biology for Biomedical Science: Cellular Processes and Development
- CHEM 110 Chemistry of the Living World
- FOODSCI 100 Foundations of Food and Nutrition*
- MEDSCI 142 Biology for Biomedical Science: Organ Systems
- POPLHLTH 111 Population Health
- STATS 108 Statistics for Commerce
- 105 points:
- BIOSCI 202 Genetics
- BIOSCI 203 Biochemistry
- EXERSCI 206 Exercise Nutrition
- FOODSCI 200 Food Composition and Nutrition*
- MEDSCI 203 Mechanisms of Disease
- MEDSCI 205 The Physiology of Human Organ Systems
- POPLHLTH 206 Life Cycle Nutrition
- 60 points:
- 15 points from:
- 15 points from:
- 15 points:
- FOODSCI 399 Capstone: Food and Nutrition
- FOODSCI 399 Capstone: Food and Nutrition
*subject to approval for 2019.
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BSc in Food Science and Nutrition (Nutrition pathway) degree planner. Size: 385.8 kB.
Document Description: Use our degree planner to help you to plan the courses you need to take for your BSc specialising in Food Science and Nutrition (Nutrition pathway).
Other Food Science and Nutrition pathways
Nutrition not your thing? Browse our other Food Science and Nutrition pathway to see if it matches your interests.
Help and advice
For further information and advice, please contact the Science Student Centre.
Science Student Centre
Level G, Room G 20
(Beside the entrance to the Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre)
Building 301
23 Symonds Street
Auckland 1010
Phone: +64 9 923 7020
Email: scifac@auckland.ac.nz
Web: www.food.auckland.ac.nz