Human Nutrition and Dietetics Degree

• Admission profile

  Aunque no se exige ninguna formación previa específica, para el ingreso en el Grado en Nutrición Humana y Dietética se recomienda que la formación del alumno sea de perfil científico-tecnológico (R. D. 1467/2007, BOE del 2 de noviembre, por el que se establece la estructura del bachillerato y se fijan sus enseñanzas mínimas). Dentro de ese perfil resulta recomendable, pero no imprescindible, haber cursado materias de matemáticas, biología, física y química.

  Cualidades deseables del futuro estudiante del Grado en Nutrición Humana y Dietética:

  - Habilidad en el cálculo
  - Capacidad de razonamiento lógico
  - Capacidad de análisis
  - Capacidad de comprensión abstracta
  - Habilidad deductiva
  - Método y rigor en el trabajo
  - Interés por la investigación y la experimentación

• Minimum number of ECTS enrollment credits per student and school period

  1.- El alumnado de primer curso por primera vez a tiempo completo tienen que matricular 60 créditos. Un 15% del alumnado podrá cursar estudios a tiempo parcial (30 créditos).
  2.- Continuación de estudios: libre con un máximo de 75 créditos

• Tutorial action and reception

  La USC tiene un programa de alumnos tutores para las titulaciones de grao, de forma que alumnos de últimos cursos, despues de una formación que les facilita la Universidad, realizan tareas de orientación a los alumnos que inician los estudios.

  Información programa alumnos tutores:

  Programa alumnos titores

• Title suspension rules

  Cuando se produzca la suspensión de un Título oficial, la USC garantiza el adecuado desarrollo efectivo de las enseñanzas que hubieran iniciado sus estudiantes hasta su finalización. Para ello, el Consejo de Gobierno aprueba los criterios relacionados, entre otros, con:
  • La admisión de matrículas de nuevo ingreso en la titulación.
  • La supresión gradual de la impartición de la docencia.
  • Si el título extinguido es sustituido por otro similar (modificando la naturaleza del título), fija las condiciones que facilitan a los/las estudiantes la continuidad de estudios en el nuevo título y las equivalencias entre las materias de uno y otro plan.

• Access and admission rules

  Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to students with the following degrees/ diplomas or studies, or any other recognized as equivalent to these:
  A.1. Spanish Bachiller, European Baccalaureate or International Baccalaureate.
  A.2. Baccalaureate from European Union Member States’ education systems or other countries withinternational agreements.
  A.3. Advanced Technician in Vocational Training, Advanced Technician in Plastic Arts and Design orAdvanced Technician in Sports Education, from the Spanish Education System.
  A.4.Studies carried out in European Union Member States or in other countries with international reciprocal agreements which meet the academic requirements in those States to access their university study programmes.
  A.5. Official Spanish university degrees of Diplomado, Arquitecto Técnico, Ingeniero Técnico, Licenciado, Arquitecto, Ingeniero, Graduado or Máster Universitario.
  A.6. Partial (foreign or Spanish) university studies.
  Access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is also possible for:
  B.1. People over twenty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
  B.2. People over forty with work or professional experience related to a university field of knowledge.
  B.3. People over forty-five after successfully passing a specific access test.
  Likewise, access to Bachelor’s Degree programmes is granted to:
  C.1. People meeting the requirements to enter university according to the Spanish Education System regulations prior to Ley Orgánica 8/2013, of December 9.

The Faculty has 11 general purpose classrooms and 4 of them are destined exclusively to the Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. It also has classrooms for work in small groups and computer rooms, and labs with an average capacity of 30 seats.

There are also areas designated for students, such as a reading room with around 70 seats and computers.

The library service of the Lugo Campus is centralized in one building called “Biblioteca Intercentros”. The library has over 1600 reading stations distributed in 9 rooms, including a room for group work.

We can also highlight that wireless Internet connection is available everywhere in the Faculty.

The main objective of the degree is to train "health professionals with an university degree, recognized as experts in food, nutrition and dietetics, with capacity to set forth nutritional recommendations to individuals or groups, acting on the nutritional aspects in health and disease, dietetic counseling, research, teaching and public health, from government agencies, food industry, and catering"

• Basic skills

  Students have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, while supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the forefront of their field of study;

  Students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and have the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and problem solving within their area of study;

  Students have the ability to collect and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific or ethical issues;

  Students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to a specialized and non-specialized public;

  Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

• Generic skills

  1. To acquire communication and knowledge management skills
  2. To learn an to implement food science knowledge
  3. To learn and to implement Health and Nutrition Sciences knowledge
  4. To learn the fundamentals of Public Health and Community Nutrition knowledge
  5. To acquire organizative skills, and to develop legal and scientific counselling abilities
  6. To acquire organizative skills to manage quality control and catering programs
  7. To learn and develop critical analysis and research skills

• Specific skills

  Recognize the essential elements of the Dietitian-Nutritionist profession, including ethical principles, legal responsibilities and the exercise of the profession
  To know, critically evaluate and know how to use and apply the sources of information related to nutrition, food, lifestyles and health aspects.
  Identify and classify food and food products
  To know the nutrients, their function in the body, their bioavailability, needs and recommendations, and the basis of energy and nutritional balance
  To know the basic processes in the elaboration, transformation and conservation of food of animal and vegetable origin.
  To know the microbiology, parasitology and toxicology of foods
  Design and conduct nutritional status assessment protocols, identifying nutritional risk factors
  Intervene in the organization, management and implementation of the different modalities of hospital nutrition and support and of outpatient dietetic-nutritional treatment.
  Being able to participate in health promotion activities and prevention of nutrition and lifestyle related disorders and diseases
  Advise on the development, marketing, labelling, communication and marketing of food products according to social needs, scientific knowledge and current legislation
  Participate in the management, organisation and development of food services
  Develop, control and cooperate in the planning of menus and diets adapted to the characteristics of the target group
  To provide adequate hygienic-sanitary and dietetic-nutritional training to the personnel involved in the catering service.

Mobility

La movilidad de los/as estudiantes está regulada a través del “Reglamento de intercambios interuniversitarios”. A través de la Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores se gestionan programas de intercambio tanto nacionales (SICUE), como europeos (ERASMUS) y extracomunitarios (intercambios con países de América Latina o países de habla inglesa):

Portal Internacional

Internships

Prácticas Externas Obrigatorias (practicum)

Prácticas preprofesionales, con una evaluación final de competencias, en hospitales, centros de asistencia primaria y socio-sanitarios, organizaciones comunitarias, industrias alimentarias y de restauración colectiva, que permitan incorporar los valores profesionales y competencias propias del ámbito clínico, administrativo o de salud pública relacionadas con la nutrición humana y dietética.

El trabajo Fin de Grado se podrá realizar una vez superados 198 créditos obligatorios excluyendo el Practicum. En el momento de la presentación del proyecto el alumno deberá tener superado todos los demás créditos necesarios para la obtención del título (234 créditos).