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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 |
Public Health Nutrition | Autumn | 6 | |
Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance | Autumn | 6 | |
Nutrition Promotion | Spring | 6 | |
Food and Nutrition Policy | Spring | 6 |
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: ssc@uow.edu.au