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Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

Overview

The Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics course emphasises professional development and provides students with opportunities to gain clinical and health promotion skills through placements in hospitals, community health centres and food companies.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

Domestic school leavers are assumed to have completed any two units of English, plus four units of Science and/or Maths.  International students are required to have achieved an IELTS score of 6.5 (minimum) for reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Course Requirements

Students will need to achieve a minimum of credit average across the full two years of their program to be permitted to continue into the third and fourth years of this degree.  Students failing to achieve this grade will be transferred to the BSc (Nutrition) degree program.

Subjects

Session

Credit Points

Year 1

MGMT110

Introduction to Management and Employment Relations

Autumn

6

CHEM101

Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical & General Chemistry
(or CHEM104)

Autumn

6

BMS103

Human Growth, Nutrition and Exercise

Autumn

6

BMS112

Human Physiology I: Principles and Systems

Spring

6

BIOL103

Molecules, Cells and Organisms

Spring

6

CHEM102

Chemistry 1B: Introductory Organic & Physical Chemistry (or CHEM105)

Spring

6

STAT151

Introduction to the Concepts and Practice of Statistics

Spring

6

Plus a further 6 cp from

 

 

PSYC101or

Introduction to Behavioural Science

Autumn

6

SOC103*

Aspects of Australian Society

Autumn

6

Year 2

BMS202

Human Physiology II: Control Mechanisms

Autumn

6

BIOL213

Principles of Biochemistry

Autumn

6

CHEM215

Food Chemistry

Autumn

6

POP202

Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

Autumn

6

POP222

Current Issues in Food and Nutrition

Spring

6

BIOL214

The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism

Spring

6

BMS210

Measurement and Assessment of Diet and Activity

Spring

6

Plus a further 6 cp from:

BMS204

Introduction to Pathophysiology

Spring

6

BMS313

Nutrition and Food Innovation A

Spring

6

POP203*

Health Policy

Spring

6

POP204*

Epidemiology

Spring

6

Or other approved subjects

Year 3

BMS311

Nutrients and Metabolism

Autumn

8

BMS310

Community and Public Health Nutrition

Autumn

8

BMS312

Research in Human Nutrition

Autumn

8

BMS304

Research Topics in Nutrition and Dietetics

Spring

16

Plus a further 8 cp from:

BMS345

Advanced Topics in Pathophysiology

Spring

8

BMS314*

Nutrition and Food Innovation B

Spring

8

POP325

Aboriginal Health Issues

Spring

8

MGMT311

Management of Change

Spring

8

MGMT398

Human Resource Management

Spring

8

STS335

The Politics of Risk

Spring

8

Or other approved subjects

Year 4

BND433

Communication in Health Care Practice

Annual

8

BND434

Dietetics

Autumn

8

BND435

Food Services and Dietetics Management

Autumn

8

BND437

Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics

Spring

24

* Not to be taken if BMS313 is chosen in Year 3

Honours
Students should consult the Department about the requirements for Honours.

Professional Recognition
Graduates are eligible for membership of the Dieticians Association of Australia and professional recognition as a Dietician/Nutritionist.

Other Information
See section on Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Diseases at the end of this chapter.

 
 
 

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