Nutrition Science Major
Code MAAALI
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About this Major
This major is designed to prepare graduates for the rapidly evolving nutrition and health landscape, which requires multi-skilled and agile professionals capable of working across sectors and disciplines.
Graduates will be equipped with the clinical and technical skills to meet, and solve, the current and future nutrition-related health needs of the community. Students will learn about mechanisms and functions of the human body with a focus on the role of nutrition in health.
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MAAALIAvailability & Campus
| Location | Availability |
|---|---|
| Joondalup | |
| Mount Lawley | |
| South West | |
| Online |
Details
Structure
Students will complete eight (8) units.
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad and coherent medical nutrition science knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical contexts.
- Critically analyse, interpret and synthesise medical, nutrition, and health science information.
- Use initiative and independent judgement to anticipate medical nutrition science challenges and generate solutions to problems.
- Use digital and laboratory technologies to access, evaluate and synthesise medical nutrition science information from multiple sources.
- Communicate medical nutrition science knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for diverse cultural, sustainable and social perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competence.
- Work collaboratively with others, showing adaptability, ethical judgement and professionalism in diverse medical science settings.
- Demonstrate responsibility, accountability and autonomy for personal learning and professional scholarship.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
Career opportunities exist for graduates within the diverse field of nutrition which includes settings such as sports, corporate, lifestyle, aged care, and childhood nutrition. Graduates will also be uniquely positioned to apply their skills to the continuously changing, dynamic profession of biomedical science including specialised laboratory technicians and research.
Possible future job titles
Nutrition, Nutritionist, Biochemistry Technician, Laboratory Manager, Laboratory Technician, Medical Researcher, Pharmaceutical Representative
This Major can be studied in the following courses
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