Postgraduate Courses
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Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition

Testamur Title of Degree:

Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition

Abbreviation:

GCertPHN

UOW Course Code:

1184

CRICOS Code:

N/A

Study Area / Discipline, My University Key Words :

Health, Medicine,Health Management, Health Sciences, Indigenous Health, Nutrition/Dietetics, Public Health

Total Credit Points:

24

Duration:

1 year part-time

Home Faculty:

Social Sciences

Delivery Session(s):

Autumn, Spring

Delivery Mode:

Flexible

Delivery Campus:

Wollongong

Additional Information:

Course Finder

Course Description

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition enables graduates to analyse factors affecting the food and nutrition system; advise on and negotiate effective and feasible food and nutrition policy; implement and evaluate evidence-based public health food and nutrition strategies; and systematically monitor the food and nutrition system. These skills are of central importance in preventive health strategies. Food and nutrition analyses focus on the links between food production and food choice with the ecological sustainability crisis, the nutrition impacts of rising levels of social inequity and food as a core to our social and cultural identities. 

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder. 

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition articulates with the Master of Public Health. All subjects successfully completed in the Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition will count as credit towards the Master of Public Health upon successful transfer provided that students choose the Speciality Stream: Public Health Nutrition within the Master of Public Health.
 

Course Structure

The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition requires the successful completion of 24 credit points of subjects in accordance with the course structure and recommended subject progression table below.

Subject Code

Subject Name

Session

Credit Points

SHS 936

Public Health Nutrition

Autumn

6

SHS 938

Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance

Autumn

6

SHS 937

Nutrition Promotion

Spring

6

SHS 939

Food and Nutrition Policy

Spring

6

Other Information

Further information is available at: 
UOW Course Finder
Email: ssc@uow.edu.au

Last reviewed: 28 August, 2018