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Nutrition and Chemistry
This 144 credit point program of study fulfils the requirement for a double major in Nutrition and Chemistry. The subjects are mostly selected from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences and the Sciences Schedules.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Domestic school leavers are assumed to have completed at least 2 units of English at HSC level, and 4 units of Science and/or Maths. International students are required to have achieved an IELTS score of 6.5 with at least 6.0 in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Alternative pathways exist for mature age domestic students.
Course Program
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
Year 1 |
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Introduction to Management |
Autumn |
6 | |
Or |
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Population Health - Current Health Issues and Their Determinants |
Autumn |
6 | |
Human Growth, Nutrition and Exercise |
Autumn |
6 | |
Chemistry 1A |
Autumn |
6 | |
Introduction to Behavioural Science |
Autumn |
6 | |
Or |
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Aspects of Australian Society |
Autumn |
6 | |
Or |
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Introduction to Aboriginal Australia |
Autumn |
6 | |
Human Physiology: Principles and Systems |
Spring |
6 | |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
Spring |
6 | |
Chemistry 1B |
Spring |
6 | |
Introduction to the Concepts and Practice of Statistics |
Spring |
6 | |
Year 2 |
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Human Physiology II: Control Mechanisms |
Autumn |
6 | |
Principles of Biochemistry |
Autumn |
6 | |
Inorganic Chemistry II |
Autumn |
6 | |
Organic Chemistry II |
Autumn |
6 | |
Food Chemistry |
Autumn |
6 | |
Current Issues in Food and Nutrition |
Spring |
6 | |
The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism |
Spring |
6 | |
Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change |
Spring |
6 | |
Year 3 |
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Nutrients and Metabolism |
Autumn |
8 | |
Community and Public Health Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | |
Plus a further 8 cp from: | |||
Research in Human Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | |
Anatomy II Regional Anatomy |
Spring |
8 | |
Research Topics |
Spring |
8 | |
Nutrition and Food Innovation B |
Spring |
8 | |
Advanced Topics in Pathophysiology |
Spring |
8 | |
Motor Control and Dysfunction |
Spring |
8 | |
Plus a further 24 cp from: | |||
Instrumental Analysis |
Autumn |
8 | |
Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure |
Spring |
8 | |
Organic Synthesis and Reactivity |
Spring |
8 | |
Environmental Chemistry |
Autumn |
8 | |
Medicinal Chemistry |
Spring |
8 | |
Chemistry Laboratory Project |
Autumn/Spring |
8 | |
Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy |
Autumn |
8 | |
Or other approved subjects |
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Other Information
Students are advised to consult an academic adviser in each discipline about subject selection
