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FDSC10010
Level 1
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Food Diet and Health

Agriculture & Food ScienceDr Daniel Hurley5 creditsAutumn and Spring (separate)

This module will introduce students to the principles and understanding of Healthy Eating Guidelines and Food Science, with a particular emphasis on the composition and manufacture of key food and beverage commodities, Food Safety (including microbial and non-microbial contamination of foods), and Nutrition-related issues (such as food choice and obesity). This module will be delivered entirely online. Online video lectures, accompanied by notes, will be released weekly. Students are requested to watch and read the lecture material independently and then submit questions or queries each week for a scheduled online live classroom, where questions and issues raised will be addressed.

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4 reviews
Workload
1.8
Difficulty
1.0
Teaching
4.0
Fairness
3.8
Interest
3.5

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Anonymous Student

Apr 9, 2026

Workload 2·Difficulty 1·Teaching 4·Fairness 5·Interest 4

Easiest elective I've taken!

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Anonymous Student

Feb 21, 2026

Workload 2·Difficulty 1·Teaching 4·Fairness 4·Interest 4

This was my favourite elective so far, no stress and quite interesting. If you can get your hands on last years questions it's basically a free A

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Anonymous Student

Feb 21, 2026

Workload 2·Difficulty 1·Teaching 4·Fairness 2·Interest 3

Very easy elective, would almost say it's too easy as the bell curve makes it basically impossible to get an A+

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Anonymous Student

Feb 21, 2026

Workload 1·Difficulty 1·Teaching 4·Fairness 4·Interest 3

Fully online, easiest A of my life