Program Description:

Nutritional science is a branch of medical sciences that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of the individuals and community to achieve sustainable development in food products and nutrition systems. The program is designed for students who wish to delve more deeply into nutritional sciences and related research. Graduates of Nutritional Sciences (B.Sc) will have the ability to work in the fields of education, research, consultancy services to individuals and community and could also participate in food and nutrition program planning and policy making.

In this B.Sc. level the student learns both the rudimentary and application aspects, which includes the investigation and analysis of the requirement along with the skills in dietetics. Job opportunities are wide in the field of nutrition both in public and private sector

Objectives:

• To develop basic counseling skills as dietitian.
• To get proper training in the field of food service management
• To focus on the food science discipline and trained to work at food industry.
• To teach various food processing techniques to start small scale food industry as entrepreneur
• To improve human health and promote healthier societies by training future professional nutritionists.

Duration: 4 years

Courses and number of credits:

Prerequisite courses:                  22 credits

Special Courses:                           66 credits

General courses:                           18 credits

Field Internship:                           18 credits

Total:                                            124 credits 

Program Curriculum

For more information, please download: Program Curriculum of Nutritional Sciences