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Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics |
Abbreviation: |
BNutrDiet |
Home Faculty: |
Health and Behavioural Sciences |
Duration: |
4 years full-time |
Total Credit Points: |
192 cp |
Delivery Mode: |
Face-to-Face |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn |
Location: |
Wollongong |
UOW Course Code: |
865 |
UAC Code: |
757647 |
CRICOS Code: |
026811F |
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 first 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.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
Year 1 | |||
Introduction to Management and Employment Relations |
Autumn |
6 | |
Chemistry 1A |
Autumn |
6 | |
Human Growth, Nutrition and Exercise |
Autumn |
6 | |
Human Physiology I: Principles and Systems |
Spring |
6 | |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
Spring |
6 | |
Chemistry 1B |
Spring |
6 | |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics |
Spring |
6 | |
Plus a further 6 cp from |
|||
Introduction to Behavioural Science |
Autumn |
6 | |
Or |
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Aspects of Australian Society |
Autumn |
6 | |
Year 2 | |||
Human Physiology II: Control Mechanisms |
Autumn |
6 | |
Principles of Biochemistry |
Autumn |
6 | |
Food Chemistry |
Autumn |
6 | |
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles |
Autumn |
6 | |
Current Issues in Food and Nutrition |
Spring |
6 | |
The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism |
Spring |
6 | |
Measurement and Assessment of Diet and Activity |
Spring |
6 | |
Plus a further 6 cp from: | |||
Introduction to Pathophysiology |
Spring |
6 | |
Nutrition and Food Innovation A |
Spring |
6 | |
Health Policy* |
Spring |
6 | |
Epidemiology* |
Spring |
6 | |
Management of Change |
Spring |
6 | |
Human Resource Management |
Spring |
6 | |
Or other approved subjects | |||
Year 3 | |||
Nutrients and Metabolism |
Autumn |
8 | |
Community and Public Health Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | |
Research in Human Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | |
Research Topics in Nutrition and Dietetics |
Spring |
16 | |
Plus a further 8 cp from: | |||
Advanced Topics in Pathophysiology |
Spring |
8 | |
Nutrition and Food Innovation B* |
Spring |
8 | |
Aboriginal Health Issues |
Spring |
8 | |
The Politics of Risk |
Spring |
8 | |
Or other approved subjects | |||
Year 4 | |||
Communication in Health Care Practice |
Autumn |
8 | |
Dietetics |
Autumn |
8 | |
Food Services and Dietetics Management |
Autumn |
8 | |
Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics |
Spring |
24 | |
* Not to be taken if BMS313 is chosen in Year 3
Honours
Students should consult the School of Health Sciences about the requirements for Honours.
Professional Recognition
Graduates are eligible for membership of the Dietitians Association of Australia, and professional recognition as a Dietitian/Nutritionist.
Other Information
See section on Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Diseases in the Additional Information Section.
