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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 or part-time equivalent |
Total Credit Points: |
192 |
Delivery Mode: |
On-campus |
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. Students who do not have Yr 12 Chemistry are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course offered at UOW in February each year prior to commencing studies.
External transfer into the course after Year 1 is approved only under exceptional circumstances, and where the applicant achieved a high Yr 12 result and subsequently maintained a minimum credit average at university in a science-based degree.
International students are required to have achieved an overall IELTS score of 6.5 in all bands of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Course Requirements
The Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics requires the successful completion of 196 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table below.
Students will need to achieve a minimum of a 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 who fail to achieve this grade will be transferred to the BSc (Nutrition) degree.
This course includes a compulsory clinical placement. In order to attend clinical placements, students must meet NSW Health Department requirements in regard to Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Disease. For further information on Criminal Record Checks and Infectious Diseases please see the Additional Information Section.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points | ||
Year 1 | |||||
CHEM101 |
Chemistry 1A |
Autumn |
6 | ||
PSYC101 Or PSYC121 Or SOC 103 |
Introduction to Behavioural Science Foundations of Psychology A Introduction to Sociology |
Autumn Autumn Autumn |
6 6 6 | ||
SHS 110 |
Human Growth, Nutrition and Exercise |
Autumn |
6 | ||
SHS 111 |
Anatomy and Physiology I |
Autumn |
6 | ||
BIOL103 |
Molecules, Cells and Organisms |
Spring |
6 | ||
CHEM102 |
Chemistry 1B |
Spring |
6 | ||
SHS 112 |
Anatomy and Physiology II |
Spring |
6 | ||
SHS 150 |
Fundamental Concepts in Food and Nutrition |
Spring |
6 | ||
Year 2 | |||||
BIOL213 |
Principles of Biochemistry |
Autumn |
6 | ||
CHEM215 |
Food Chemistry |
Autumn |
6 | ||
SHS 211 |
Human Physiology II: Control Mechanisms |
Autumn |
6 | ||
SHS 231 |
Health Promotion |
Autumn |
6 | ||
STAT251 |
Fundamentals of Biostatistics |
Not offered in 2010 |
6 | ||
BIOL214 |
The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism |
Spring |
6 | ||
SHS 250 |
Measurement and Assessment of Diet and Activity |
Spring |
6 | ||
Plus 6cp chosen from: | |||||
PSYC116 |
Psychology of Physical Activity and Health |
Spring |
6 | ||
PSYC122 |
Foundations of Psychology B |
Spring |
6 | ||
SHS 212 |
Introduction to Pathophysiology |
Spring |
6 | ||
SHS 355 |
Nutrition and Food Innovation II |
Spring |
6 | ||
Or other approved subjects | |||||
Year 3 | |||||
SHS 351 |
Nutrients and Metabolism |
Autumn |
8 | ||
SHS 352 |
Research in Human Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | ||
SHS 353 |
Community and Public Health Nutrition |
Autumn |
8 | ||
DIET450 |
Dietetics 1 |
Spring |
8 | ||
DIET455 |
Research Project in Nutrition and Dietetics |
Spring |
16 | ||
Year 4 | |||||
DIET451 |
Dietetics 2 |
Autumn |
8 | ||
DIET452 |
Communication in Health Care Practice |
Autumn |
8 | ||
DIET456 |
Food Services and Dietetics Management |
Autumn |
8 | ||
DIET454 |
Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics |
Spring |
24 | ||
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.
Further Information
Dr Karen Walton
Course Coordinator
+61 2 4221 5197
karen_walton@uow.edu.au