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Events Landing PageThe BSc (Hons) in Nutrition & Exercise Science is a full-time, four-year, honours degree course of study that can be chosen within the Exercise Sciences Common Entry Route. The BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Exercise Science programme will give graduates the knowledge and skills to work individual athletes and teams to optimise nutritional intake. They will also have the knowledge and skills to assist the general population in following healthy eating guidelines and achieving a healthy body weight. The programme emphasises nutrition for maximizing an individual's health and sports performance, athlete specific nutrition, exercise physiology, sport specific supplements and their safety.
At the end of the programme, graduates will be able to:
Assess the specific nutritional needs of various athletic populations
Undertake a comprehensive dietary intake analysis
Assist athletic populations in altering dietary intake and dietary planning to optimise performance, during training and around competition
Assist the general population in following healthy eating guideline and achieving a health bodyweight
Advise on the use of supplements
Assist athletes, coaches and the general public in distinguishing fact from fiction with reference to the nutrition research literature
Staff
Staff in the Department have experience providing nutritional support to individuals, athletes and teams and conducting research in nutrition and sports nutrition. This includes staff
Acting as Tournament Nutritionist for the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Ireland in 2017
Providing nutritional support to an elite intercounty GAA team
Providing dietetic advice on RTÉ One’s Operation Transformation
Writing for the Irish Examiner on Childhood Nutrition
Facilities
Laboratories and apparatus available for practical classes and research projects include human performance laboratories, access to a DEXA and bio-electrical impedance body composition analysers, resting metabolic rate gas analysis system, dietary analysis software, ActivPal physical activity motion sensors and Powerlab data acquisition systems. Certain classes are delivered in the teaching and laboratory facilities of the SETU Waterford ARENA.
Placement
A 300-hour work placement offers supervised experience in a nutrition and exercise science environment. The Department has a network of placement opportunities or students may be able to organise their own. Examples include placements with
Further details on the Department work placement programme can be found here.
Research and Project Work
Students in the programme have an opportunity to experience the full research process culminating in the completion of a dissertation on in the final year of the programme. Students will benefit from exposure to the nutrition and sports nutrition PhD research ongoing in the Department including:
relative energy deficiency (REDS) in athletes and effects on health
bioactive foods and performance in athletes
Further details of our ongoing postgraduate research can be found here
Awards
Several REPS Ireland accreditations are built into this programme. After successfully completing year 2, students will be eligible for the Fitness Instruction, Group Fitness Instruction and Personal Training accreditations.
In the Classroom
All programmes within the Department of Sport and Exercise Science adopt a similar approach in terms of timetable structures, teaching and learning approaches, assessment and student support systems. Further details can be found on our In the Classroom page
Want to learn more?
In addition to our SETU Open Days, we offer a number of ways for prospective students to learn more about this and other programmes. Click here for further information
Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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Fitness and Movement | Sport & Exercise Biomechanics 1 |
Functional Anatomy & Kinesiology | Introduction to Exercise Psychology |
Promoting Physical Activity | Biochemistry & Cell Physiology |
Research & Learning | Strength & Conditioning |
Human Physiology | Data & Measurement |
Introduction to Sport Psychology | Business for the Exercise Professional |
Semester 3 | Semester 4 |
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Teaching for the Exercise Professional | Exercise Physiology |
Exercise Prescription for Program Design I | Research Methods & Statistics |
Nutrition 1 | Nutrition 2 |
Motivational Interviewing | Group Fitness Instruction |
Physical Activity Interventions | Exercise Prescription for Program Design II |
Sport Psychology & Skill Acquisition | Positive Psychology |
Semester 5 | Semester 6 |
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Applied Sport and Exercise Physiology | Applied Sports Nutrition |
Assessment for Nutritional Status | Food Components & Health |
Pathophysiology of Disease | Food Technology and Safety |
Sport and Exercise Nutrition | Major Project in Nutrition and Exercise Science 1 |
Weight Management | Nutrition for the Life Cycle |
Choose 1: | |
*Exercise as Medicine 1 | |
*Exercise Psychology in Practice |
Semester 7 | Semester 8 |
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Work Placement in Nutrition & Exercise | Ergogenic Aids in Sport & Performance |
Major Project in Nutrition and Exercise Science 2 | |
Professional Practice and Social Media | |
Sports Nutrition for Special Populations | |
Advanced Sport & Exercise Physiology | |
Exercise as Medicine 2 |
2 subjects: H5
4 subjects: O6/H7
English or Irish: O6/H7
Mathematics: O6/H7
The entry route for this programme is from WD006 BSc (Hons) in Exercise Sciences (Common Entry). Applicants who select degree option WD006 ESN (Nutrition and Exercise Science) are guaranteed a place in that programme, subject to meeting the entry requirements and points. Applicants who are undecided about their degree option should choose WD006 GEN.
At the end of semester 3, students must confirm their degree option and may change their selection up to that date.
Paul Cox – Graduate of Nutrition and Exercise Science
Shane Molloy - Graduate of Nutrition and Exercise Science
Una Deegan – Graduate following nutrition career
Stephen Long - Graduate following nutrition career
Dietetics Assistant
Food and Nutrition Industry – Product Development
Supplements Industry
Nutrition Adviser to General Healthy Population
Nutrition Adviser to Athletes in Teams
Sports Scientist
Health Coach and Nutritionist
Weight Management Consultants
Food Technologist
Fitness Instructor
Personal Trainers
Graduates of this course can also continue to further postgraduate study in Dietetics, Nutrition, Sport and Exercise Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition and Strength and Conditioning (SETU).
Opportunities also exist in the Department of Sport and Exercise Science to undertake research postgraduate degrees to doctoral level in Nutrition and Sports Nutrition