A great feature of our BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Health is the option to tailor the course to suit your interests.
Optional modules allow you to acquire key skills required for specific disciplines. Skills such as entrepreneurship, public health, the food industry, physical activity, and nutrition in health and social care settings will prepare you for working life. Alongside the first-hand experience you gain on work placements, you’ll be provided with the ideal preparation for a range of careers working in the food, nutrition, health promotion or leisure industries. You’ll also be equipped with the knowledge and skills to work safely and effectively in these environments, employing a range of equipment and techniques on practical sessions throughout the degree.
Whatever additional opportunities that may arise to enhance and develop your future, we’ll support you.
Got a business idea?
To illustrate this course flexibility, take a look at our optional third year module, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It invites you to release your inner entrepreneur, innovate, and explore the basics of business, marketing and communication.
The module considers current and future growth areas in nutrition-related businesses such as sports nutrition and corporate wellness. It could significantly enhance your employability and career aspirations.
Ask yourself: do you have a business idea for a healthy food company, or for delivering nutrition awareness in sports and other settings? You can make these visions and business ideas more of a reality on this unique module.
Abigail Baldwin took the Innovation and Entrepreneurship module. She was asked to create the recipe for a food product. A long-time vegetarian, Abigail saw a gap in the market for a vegan chocolate bar that tastes as good as the real thing. A tall order.
She set about designing her vegan chocolate bar but felt she needed a little extra help. Abigail contacted famous Wigan-based chocolate shop Choc Amor for some advice. The owner even agreed to share some of the dark (chocolate) arts behind creating the yummy cocoa-based treats.
“The chocolate bar I created is called Alma. It means nourishing for the soul,” said Abigail. “I worked with Choc Amor who taught me a lot about how they produce their chocolate: what flavours complement one another, what ingredients are best to use. It really helped me with the recipe for my own product. I was also trained in organoleptic testing – using the senses to test the quality of a product – and undertook a product development masterclass. I worked with a graphic designer for the packaging and logo.”
Abigail’s lecturers were really impressed with her work on the project.
“Abigail went above and beyond, gaining experience in a real chocolate shop and putting huge amounts of thought into creating a product you could easily see on the shop floor. I really hope that one day she gets to create her chocolate bar for real,” said programme leader and Senior Lecturer in Applied Health and Social Care Dr Genevieve Stone.
Abigail went on to write her final year dissertation on the relationship between Instagram use and eating habits in young adults in the UK. Her inspiration was an attempt to get “beach body ready” before a holiday. She followed advice posted on Instagram, but found herself losing far too much weight. Abigail decided that she needed to understand what forces were at work in making her follow advice from unverified sources:
“I think there’s so much dangerous advice out there about what people eat. It was writing about this that cemented my decision to apply for a Masters specialising in disordered eating, so one day I can go on to help people.”
September 17, 2025
