Overview

Overview

> Contribute to a more equitable world through better food production and supply, with a Bachelor of Human Nutrition.

> This health-focused degree gives you a solid foundation in nutrition, food, and related science subjects.

> The Bachelor of Human Nutrition commences with a broad discipline base of 8 core units in nutrition, food and related sciences. In your second and third year you'll progress to more targeted study, acquiring further specialist knowledge and skills, by choosing a specialisation from the following:

*Biomedical Nutrition (minor)

*Public Health Nutrition (minor)

*Exercise and Nutrition (minor).

> This will allow you to broaden and enrich your learning, diversifying employment opportunities, and enabling you to successfully compete in professional settings within the community nutrition and public health sector and/or pursue postgraduate study.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

*Describe and integrate the science underpinning food and nutrition across populations and food systems;

*Critically review, analyse and synthesise current scientific literature related to food, nutrition and health using a wide evidence base;

*Evaluate evidence to investigate and propose solutions to contemporary, emerging and future-oriented food and nutrition issues;

*Effectively communicate food and nutritional science at an appropriate level with both specialist and non-specialist individuals and groups; using written, oral and technology-based techniques appropriately;

*Contextualise the role of culture, values, ethics and economic, social, regulatory and environmental factors in developing solutions to food and nutrition problems; and

*Apply a broad knowledge base and solid foundations in scientific design and experimental methods to analyse predictable, unpredictable and sometimes complex problems, for the development of more equitable and sustainable global nutrition and food systems.

Course structure

To attain the Bachelor of Human Nutrition, students will be required to complete 288 credit points consisting of:

48 credit points of First Year core studies;

144 credit points of Professional core studies, and;

96 credit points Minor studies (2 x minors).

Careers

> Graduates are able to seek employment in areas such as, but not limited to, community nutrition, and the public health industry.

> You will also have the opportunity to continue your studies through completion of an Honours, Masters or PhD research degree in an area of human nutrition, food science, or sports nutrition.

> If you want to become an Accredited Practising Dietitian, you must complete a post-graduate program accredited by Dietitians Australia; this provides eligibility to apply for membership of the APD program. While entry requirements into accredited programs may vary between different institutions, you should complete at least the minor in Biomedical Nutrition in addition to your core studies.