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Nutrition Major

Effective from 01-JAN-2019 : Code MABUSJ

This major complements many other disciplines and suited to students who aspire to be employed as a community or corporate nutritionist offering general nutrition advice, for employment in public health and health promotion roles. The major provides practical science-based knowledge about nutrients and the non-nutrient substances in food, the assessment of nutritional status, nutritional needs during the lifecycle, community nutrition issues, the psychology and sociology of food habits, and current controversies in nutrition. Students undertaking this major should undertake a second major in Health Promotion, Addiction Studies or Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H). This major is not suitable for students who wish to be eligible for entry into postgraduate courses in Dietetics. These students should enrol in the specialised Nutrition Bioscience major, which includes additional units in chemistry and human biology.

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This Major can be studied in the following courses:

Mode of Delivery

On Campus at South West (Bunbury), Joondalup

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply broad human nutrition knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical health and nutrition science situations.
  2. Communicate health and nutrition science knowledge and uphold values in a range of community and professional contexts.
  3. Demonstrate autonomy and accountability for own learning and self-reflective professional practice.
  4. Demonstrate global perspectives and diverse cultural competence.
  5. Think creatively to anticipate challenges and generate health and nutrition science solutions.
  6. Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex health and nutrition problems.
  7. Use digital technologies, numeracy and food literacies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources.
  8. Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable and ethical nutritional and health science values.

Membership

Students can apply for membership with Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA). Graduates, who complete this nutrition major within a science degree, are eligible to apply to the Nutrition Society of Australia's Register of Nutritionists.

Related Careers

Community Nutritionist, Corporate Nutritionist, Research Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist, Child Health Nutritionist, Health Promotion Nutritionist, Health Lifestyle Nutritionist, Aged Care Nutritionist

Major Structure

Unit Code Unit Title Credit Points
NUT1121Human Nutrition15
NUT1111Food and Nutrients15
NUT1112Nutrition and Public Health15
NUT2210Nutrition in the Life Cycle15
NUT2220Nutritional Assessment15
Plus 3 units from:
NUT3215 ^Exercise Nutrition15
NUT3231 ^Food Habits and Trends15
NUT3221 ^Community Nutrition15
NUT3241 ^Controversies in Nutrition15

^ Core Option

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

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