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HL30054: Nutrition & metabolism

[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CW 40%, EX 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • CW (infographic) (CW 40%)
  • Exam (EX 60%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL20185 OR take HL20505 OR take HL20537 OR take HL20538
Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
* Demonstrate an understanding of basic metabolic pathways both at rest and during exercise, with specific recognition of the different role and varied importance of specific substrates.
* Show awareness of the rate limiting steps in the above pathways and how this links to fatigue at a whole-body level in various real-world activities.
* Demonstrate an understanding of how and why certain macro- and micro-nutrients can facilitate human performance and health.
* Critically evaluate evidence relating to the potential ergogenic properties of specific nutritional supplements
* Design, conduct and critique original research to test the efficacy of specific supplements
* Gain the ability to present scientific data in a meaningful way to a lay audience.


Aims: To examine the independent and combined effects of exercise and nutrition as metabolic stimuli and consider how these responses may interact to regulate human performance and health outcomes.

Skills: Knowledge and Understanding - taught, facilitated and assessed
Intellectual Skills - facilitated and assessed
Written Communication - facilitated and assessed
Information Technology - facilitated
Problem Solving - facilitated and assessed
Working Independently - facilitated and assessed.

Content: Energy Systems; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Protein Metabolism; Lipid Metabolism; Alcohol Metabolism; Micronutrients: Vitamins & Minerals; Immune Function & Hydration; Nutritional Supplements.

Course availability:

HL30054 is Optional on the following courses:

Department of Life Sciences
  • USSL-AFB03 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 3)
  • USSL-AKB03 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • USSL-AFM03 : MBioMed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 3)
  • USSL-AKM03 : MBioMed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 4)

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