Post Graduate Courses
The nutritional therapy profession has been evolving over the last twenty years. The last 10 years has seen the emergence of honours degrees and foundation degrees in nutritional therapy.
For academic advancement towards a Masters degree and for the purposes of continuing professional development CNELM has since January 2006 offered postgraduate Masters modules in nutritional therapy that directly links to a Middlesex Universtiy named Masters Award in Nutrition. The modules below are all currently BANT approved for CPD.
Masters Modules - leading to a Masters Degree in a named topic - Prospectus 24 pages
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More infomation - 2009 dates for Masters Modules and CPD.
We have developed 9 nutritional therapy postgraduate nutritional therapy modules each worth 20 credits. All of our modules are clinically applied taking you much deeper into your practice. The modules have been accredited by Middlesex University Work Based Learning Unit which is geared toward developing and accrediting courses that support the working environment.
Nutrition & Disease 20 Credits, Nutrition & Environment 20 credits, Competitive Athlete 20 Credits, Tackling Obesity 20 Credits, Cancer Care 20 Credits, Why Weight Practitioner 20 Credits, Immune Modulation 20 Credits, Hormone Disruption 20 Credits
For those wishing to study at Masters level the following options are applicable:
Postgraduate Certificate = 60 credits. Once you have successfully completed 3 of the above 9 modules you will be awarded a Certificate in Nutritional Therapy accredited by Middlesex University.
Postgraduate Diploma = 120 Credits. Once you have successfully completed 6 of the above 9 modules you will be awarded a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy accredited by Middlesex University.
Named Masters Award = 180 Credits. You need only complete 4 of the above 9 modules in order to progress to a Named Masters Award. Once you have completed 4 of the above 9 modules you would then register with Middlesex University for the following modules. Each Middlesex University 20 credit module is approximately £680. Research Project is approximately £2040. Middlesex University modules can be attended or accessed Distance Learning.
Advanced Research Methods 20 Credits, Review of Learning 20 Credits, Research Project 60 Credits Total 120 Credits + 80 CNE Credits = 180 Credits
A Named Masters Award means that your MSc title will reflect your area of research e.g. Evidence Based Practice in Nutrition
Eligibility for Joining the Postgraduate Nutritional Therapy Courses
BSc Hons Nutritional Therapy or equivalent (direct entry)
First Science or Health Science degree or equivalent (Fast Track)
Diploma in Nutritional Therapy with more than 1 year of clinical experience (Fast Track)
Fast Track
Fast Track means that you may need to take some of our first and second year undergraduate modules in order to join the postgraduate course. This is a good opportunity if you are a First Science degree holders as you can work through these modules in your own time at half the normal undergraduate module fee (except for modules that require attendance). The modules are not examined as you will already have demonstrated that you can pass science examinations at undergraduate level.
You will also complete a Practitioner Development course which is a synthesis of Clinical Training and Business Skills from the undergraduate nutritional therapy course. Depending on your prior experience you may be eligible for part exemption from this course.
The postgraduate course also provides a good opportunity for Diploma graduates of nutritional therapy to upgrade to a Masters and bypass an undergraduate degree. Many Diploma graduates have considerable experience and this route is ideal.
If you have a higher science degree then you can opt to Fast Track year 1 and 2 of the undergraduate course and then take the final year of the undergraduate course. You will not necessarily be looking for a higher degree and you can always take the postgraduate modules at a later date for continuing professional development.
Professional Practice
We submitted our evidence to the Nutritional Therapy Council for accreditation of our nutritional therapy courses. This option has been approved for route C registration.
www.nutritionaltherapycouncil.org.uk
Continuing Professional Development CPD
As indicated above the 9 nutritional therapy modules can be taken for CPD only. Modules can vary from 5 -8 days and each day is valued at £50 for CPD. Six of nine modules are currently approved by BANT for CPD.
