Bachelor of Nutrition Science

BNutrSc

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

• Blacktown
• Melbourne
• North Sydney

EFTSL value of units : All 10cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a credit point (cp) value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

For the  Bachelor of Nutrition Science without a Major

1. 180 cp from Specified Units List A (Part A)
2. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part D)
3. 40 cp from Minor units (Part E)

OR

40 cp from Elective Units (Part H)

OR

For the Bachelor of Nutrition Science with a Public Health Major:

1. 130 cp from Specified Units List B (Part B);
2. 80 cp from Public Health Major (Part F).
3. 10 cp from Elective Units (Part H)
4. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part D);

OR

For the Bachelor of Nutrition Science with a Culinary Nutrition or Food Science Major:

1. 140 cp from Specified Units List C (Part C);
2. 80 cp from Culinary Nutrition or Food Science Major (Part G).
3. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part D);

Progression requirements

Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the relevant Course Coordinator.

Part A : Specified Units List A

Complete 140 to 180 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL123	Cells and Tissues - the Fabric of Life	10
BIOL124	Human Body in Health and Disease 1	10
BIOL204	Human Body in Health and Disease 2	10
BIOL234	Nutritional Physiology	10
CHEM105	Foundations of Chemistry	10
CHEM112	Organic and Food Chemistry	10
CHEM204	Biochemistry	10
CHEM206	Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry	10
PUBH102	Foundations of Health Promotion	10
PUBH103	Epidemiology	10
PUBH202	Public Health Research Methods	10
NUTR101	Introduction to Nutrition	10
NUTR102	Culinary Nutrition Science	10
NUTR202	Lifespan Nutrition	10
NUTR302	Diet, Health and Disease	10
NUTR303	Food Science in Practice	10
NUTR304	Food Product Design and Development	10
NUTR305	Community and Public Health Nutrition	10

Part B : Specified Units List B

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL123	Cells and Tissues - the Fabric of Life	10
BIOL124	Human Body in Health and Disease 1	10
BIOL204	Human Body in Health and Disease 2	10
BIOL234	Nutritional Physiology	10
CHEM105	Foundations of Chemistry	10
CHEM112	Organic and Food Chemistry	10
CHEM204	Biochemistry	10
CHEM206	Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry	10
NUTR101	Introduction to Nutrition	10
NUTR102	Culinary Nutrition Science	10
NUTR202	Lifespan Nutrition	10
NUTR303	Food Science in Practice	10
NUTR304	Food Product Design and Development	10

Part C : Specified Units List C

Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL123	Cells and Tissues - the Fabric of Life	10
BIOL124	Human Body in Health and Disease 1	10
BIOL204	Human Body in Health and Disease 2	10
BIOL234	Nutritional Physiology	10
CHEM105	Foundations of Chemistry	10
CHEM204	Biochemistry	10
CHEM206	Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry	10
PUBH102	Foundations of Health Promotion	10
PUBH103	Epidemiology	10
PUBH202	Public Health Research Methods	10
NUTR101	Introduction to Nutrition	10
NUTR202	Lifespan Nutrition	10
NUTR302	Diet, Health and Disease	10
NUTR305	Community and Public Health Nutrition	10

Part D : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10

Part E : Minor Units

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EXSC	Exercise Science	40
SPNT	Sports Nutrition	40
INDV	International Development	40

Part F : Public Health Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
PHNE	Public Health	80

Part G : Culinary Nutrition or Food Science Major

Complete exactly 1 of the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
CNTR	Culinary Nutrition	80
FSCI	Food Science	80

Part H : Elective Units

Complete 10 to 40 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
BIOL205	Pharmacology 1	10
BIOL206	Human Genetics	10
BMSC201	Communicating Ideas in Science	10
BMSC207	Microbiology and Immunology	10
HLSC220	Health Care Ethics	10
PSYC100	Foundations of Psychology	10
PSYC101	Applications of Psychology	10
BUSN104	Money Matters	10
BUSN113	Managing People and Organisations	10
BUSN112	Managing Markets	10
NUTR309	Work Placement 1	10	Professional Experience Unit
NUTR310	Work Placement 2	10	Professional Experience Unit

* Students may select elective units drawn from Major and Minor units listed above.

Elective units can also be taken from any other undergraduate program, subject to approval from the Course Coordinator.