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| School | Memorial University – St. John’s Campus | | |
| Location | St. John's, NL, Canada | | |
| School Type | University | | |
| School Size | Full-time Undergraduate: 12,438
Full-time Graduate: 3,774 | | |
| Degree | Bachelor | | |
| Honours | | | |
| Co-op | | | |
| Length | 4 Year(s) | | |
| Entry Grade (%)* | 70% | | |
| Prerequisites | - English
- Data Management or Advanced Functions or Calculus and Vectors
- Biology or Physics or Chemistry or Earth and Space Science
- International Languages or Social Science
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| Prerequisites Notes | You may apply for admission into the Faculty Science by indicating bachelor of science as your program choice on the undergraduate application for admission. Direct entry into the faculty is subject to your meeting the general admission requirements for Memorial University. | | |
| Cost |
Cost shown is a sample for two semesters of a bachelor's degree. | | |
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| Description | Nutrition is the science that studies the process of taking in and utilizing food for metabolism, growth and repair. Nutritionists study how foods are converted into simpler compounds used by the body, and how food choices can lead to greater overall health, or contribute to disease development.
The nutrition program provides in depth courses on nutrient metabolism; later courses apply that knowledge to specialized topics in nutrition, such as nutrition and disease treatment or prevention, sports nutrition, or nutrigenomics (how nutrients affect gene expression). Many of our undergraduates become involved in research through the Memorial University Career Experience Program (MUCEP), Student Undergraduate Research Award (SURA) and other summer research programs. They do research in areas such as nutrition and the developing infant, the impact of dietary lipids (fat) in the brain, or the role of nutrition in early life and the development of chronic diseases. | | |
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