Licenciatura em Ciências da Nutrição | Bachelor Degree in Nutrition Sciences
Education objectives
The course is designed so that the future nutritionist be able to: use concepts in the analysis of a particular case or situation (simulated or real); evaluate, analyze and make a decision based on scientific evidence (Code of Ethics for Nutritionist, Article 4, paragraph d); express personal opinion with arguments; take positions revealing critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical attitudes; expressing ability to design appropriate strategies to different situations and in different settings; show a critical and/or humanistic and/or ethical and/or warm and/or respectful performance in the development of various professional activities; respect diversity and; be an active part, participated in the health policy debate. This course allows students to acquire skills to diagnosis, intervention and monitoring, process and people management, communication and technology transfer.
General characterization
DGES code
9554
Cicle
Bachelor (1st Cycle)
Degree
Licenciado
Access to other programs
Access to courses of II and III Cycle in the scientific areas of the Bachelor degree and others related.
Coordinator
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Opening date
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Vacancies
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Fees
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Schedule
Working hours
Teaching language
PT
Degree pre-requisites
The degree in Nutrition Sciences qualifies for the profession of Nutritionist, with mandatory enrollment in the Order of Nutritionists (Regulation no. 308/2016), which is one of the professions with relevance, together with the doctor, in the area of health.
The degree in Nutrition Sciences lasts at least 8 semesters, 5880 hours, and includes: 46 compulsory UC, aiming at a common but comprehensive training in the various areas of activity of the Nutritionist; 84 hours in optional UCs that constitute the offer of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), enabling the student to direct their training according to their interests and aptitudes; one semester with practical activities (Internship), which total 840 hours.
This cycle of studies was designed based on the guidelines published in the Reference for the formation of the Nutritionist published by the Order of Nutritionists (March 29, 2016).
Conditions of admittance
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Evaluation rules
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Structure
| 1 year - Optional | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| Options | ||
| 111110 | Optional LCN | 3 |
| 1 year - Mandatory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 41005 | Human Nutrition | 5.5 |
| 41007 | Biostatistics I | 3 |
| 41000 | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 5.5 |
| 41011 | Health Communication | 5 |
| 41009 | Genetics | 3 |
| 41008 | Morphology I | 5 |
| 41001 | Nutrition and Metabolism I | 5 |
| 41006 | Nutrition and Metabolism II | 5 |
| 41010 | Human Nutrition (2) | 6 |
| 41003 | Primary Production of Food | 5.5 |
| 41004 | Food Chemistry | 5.5 |
| 41002 | Sociology and History of Food | 3 |
| 2 year - Mandatory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 41018 | Biopathology | 5 |
| 41021 | Bromatology | 4 |
| 41013 | Nutritional Epidemiology | 4 |
| 41014 | Physiology | 9 |
| 41019 | Physiopathology | 5 |
| 41023 | Science of Food Processing | 5 |
| 41012 | Immunology | 4 |
| 41024 | Marketing on Food and Nutrition | 3 |
| 41020 | Food Microbiology | 4 |
| 41016 | General Microbiology | 4 |
| 41015 | Morphology II | 5 |
| 41022 | Public Health | 4 |
| 41017 | Food Technology | 4 |
| 3 year - Mandatory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 41031 | Nutritional Assessment | 4 |
| 41036 | Diet Therapy I | 6 |
| 41038 | Professional Ethics and Deontology | 3 |
| 41026 | Pharmacology | 4 |
| 41029 | Management Tools in Food Services | 3 |
| 41025 | Research Methods | 5 |
| 41037 | Community Nutrition | 4 |
| 41033 | Geriatric Nutrition | 4 |
| 41030 | Maternal and Pediatric Nutrition | 5 |
| 41032 | Nutrition in Sport | 4 |
| 41035 | Psychology and Nutrition | 5 |
| 41034 | Food Quality and Management Systems | 4 |
| 41028 | Food Safety | 4 |
| 41027 | Food Toxicology | 5 |
| 4 year - Mandatory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Code | Name | ECTS |
| 41041 | Food Services and Management | 6 |
| 41040 | Biostatistics II | 4 |
| 41042 | Diet Therapy II | 6 |
| 41045 | Traineeship | 30 |
| 41043 | Artificial Nutrition | 5 |
| 41044 | Nutritional Policy | 4 |
| 41039 | Research Project | 5 |