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EXS-10013 - Module Specification
School of Allied Health Professions and Pharmacy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

EXS-10013 - Principles of Human Nutrition
Coordinator: Dean Burt
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office:

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

No

Barred Combinations

No

Description for 2025/26

Through a combination lectures, seminars, and lab-based practicals, you will learn about the basic macronutrient types and understand the role of key micronutrients in maintaining good health, and the manipulation of dietary intake for health and optimal athletic performance. The significance of nutritional sustainability (i.e. the move towards a healthier, more sustainable and inclusive foods, including exploring UN Sustainability Development Goals and specifically Goal 12) will also be explored within the module.

Aims
This module aims to introduce and explore the fundamentals of human nutrition for sport, exercise and performance.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Describe the absorption, transport and storage of macronutrients in human beings.: 1
Describe the role of selected micronutrients in the maintenance of human physiological function.: 1
Explain the biochemical processes of energy metabolism via the major energy systems.
: 1
Collect, analyse and interpret dietary data in relation to the dietary requirements for selected specific population groups.: 2
Describe theoretical knowledge of nutrition for sport, exercise and performance.: 2
Describe the UN's Sustainability Development Goal 12 [Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns] in relation to food choices and sustainability principles for sport, exercise and performance nutrition.: 2

Study hours

Active learning includes:
- 35 hours of teaching via lectures, lab-based practicals and class-based seminars.
- 5 hours of assessment class-based preparation
- 10 hours of asynchronous directed study
100 hours of independent study by the student:
- 80 hours self-directed study
- 19.5 hours of assessment preparation
- 0.5 hours timed assessment

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Class Test weighted 40%
In situ computer-based assessment
In situ, computer-based assessment that will incorporate a range of question types based on any aspect covered in the module. The first will take 40 mins and the second will take 2 hours. There will be a 20 minute break in between each task.

2: Report weighted 60%
A 1000-word Laboratory Report
A 1000-word laboratory report, drawn from participation in the module's practical laboratory sessions.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025