This course has been Accredited by TEQSA as an AQF Level 5 – Diploma course.
Suited to students who aspire to be employed as a community or corporate nutritionist, or in roles which include undertaking nutritional assessment and offering general nutrition advice.
This diploma provides students with an understanding of the known nutrients and the non-nutrient substances in food, the assessment of nutritional status, nutritional needs during the lifecycle, community nutrition issues, the psychology and sociology of food habits, and current controversies in nutrition, biochemistry and human physiology. Upon completion of the Nutrition Bioscience Major at ECU, students are eligible to apply for entry into postgraduate Nutrition and Dietetics.
Your Diploma of Health Science can lead into ECU second year of this degree:
Bachelor of Health Science major in: Nutrition Bioscience – 2 years
On successful completion of the Diploma of Health Science (Nutrition Bioscience), students will receive 8 units of credit towards the Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition Bioscience) at Edith Cowan University.
Community Nutritionist, Corporate Nutritionist, Research Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist, Child Health Nutritionist, Health Promotion Nutritionist, Health Lifestyle Nutritionist, Aged Care Nutritionist