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Medicinal Plants and Functional Foods – (M.Sc.)
Newcastle University
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development| Application Deadline: | International students applying for September 2011 entry should apply by Friday 15 July 2011 | ||
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Newcastle University
You take compulsory modules (90 credits) in: plants as food; introductory quantitative techniques; production of herbal medicines and functional foods; traditional use of plants, including ethno-pharmacology; functional foods in nutrition and health; and drug metabolism and toxicology. You choose optional modules (30 credits) from a list which may include: nutrition and health (10 credits); nutrition and disease (10 credits); bioethics (10 credits); medical biotechnology and enterprise (20 credits); science, climate change and environmental justice (20); environment law and environmental rights (30 credits); international intellectual property law (10 credits); and introduction to history of medicine (20 credits).
The dissertation (60 credits) should focus on an interest you have developed through the course. Depending on your choice of topic, this may include designing and undertaking a research project in collaboration with a small- or medium- sized enterprise with an interest in medicinal plants and functional foods.
Contents
Compulsory modules:
ACE3054 Plants as Food
ACE8051 Production of Herbal Medicines and Functional Foods
ACE8052 Traditional Use of Plants (including ethno-pharmacology)
ACE8053 Functional Foods in Nutrition and Health
ACE8095 Dissertation
BIO8052 Introductory Quantitative Methods
CHY8822 Drug Metabolism and Toxicology
Optional modules:
ACE3051 Human Nutrition and Health
ACE3053 Nutrition and Disease
LAW8038 Science, Climate Change and Environmental Justice
LAW8044 International Intellectual Property Law
MMB8001 Medical Biotechnology and Enterprise
MMB8027 Bioethics
SHS8024 Introduction to the History of Medicine
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
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Preferably an upper-second-class (2.1) or first-class (1st) Honours degree, or equivalent in nutrition, biology, agriculture, chemistry, pharmacology or another medical or health sciences subject. If you do not have a science-based degree, we will still consider your application as we take the relevancy of your interests and work experience into account. Applicants whose first language is not English require IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 90 (Internet-based) or 577 (paper-based), or equivalent. However applicants with an IELTS score between 5.5 and 6.5 will be accepted on condition that they undertake an appropriate pre-sessional English language course at INTO Newcastle University.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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