Nutrition and Dietetics
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For more information about the Bachelor of Science / Master of Nutrition and Dietetics course requirements: Link to Faculty of Science handbook.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Nutrition and Dietetics |
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Master of Nutrition and Dietetics |
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| Students complete a prescribed program of 96 credit points, including: | |||
| (a) 48 credit points of first year units of study; and | |||
| (b) 24 credit points being the dietetics training placement; and | |||
| (c) 24 credit points being the Nutrition Research Project. | |||
First Year Core Units |
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| NTDT5503 Dietary Intake and Nutritional Assessment |
6 | C NTDT5602 and NTDT5601 and NTDT5604 |
Semester 1 |
| NTDT5305 Food Service Management |
6 | P NTDT5601 and NTDT5503 and NTDT5604 and NTDT5602 C NTDT5307 and NTDT5608 |
Semester 2 |
| NTDT5307 Medical Nutrition |
12 | P NTDT5503 and NTDT5601 and NTDT5602 and NTDT5604 C NTDT5305 and NTDT5608 |
Semester 2 |
| NTDT5601 Nutritional and Food Science |
6 | C NTDT5602 and NTDT5503 and (NTDT5604 or NTDT5504) |
Semester 1 |
| NTDT5602 Methods in Nutrition Research |
6 | C NTDT5601 and NTDT5503 and (NTDT5504 or NTDT5604) |
Semester 1 |
| NTDT5604 Dietetics Professional Studies |
6 | C NTDT5601 and NTDT5602 and NTDT5503 |
Semester 1 |
| NTDT5608 Community and Public Health Nutrition |
6 | C NTDT5305 and NTDT5307 NTDT5608 is available as an elective to students in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Medicine as well as the Master of Science in Medicine (Metabolic Health). For these students, there are no prerequisites for entry into NTDT5608. |
Semester 2 |
Second Year Core Units |
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| NTDT5310 Nutrition Research Project |
24 | P NTDT5503 and NTDT5601 and NTDT5602 and NTDT5604 and NTDT5305 and NTDT5307 and NTDT5608 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| NTDT5612 Dietetics Training Placement |
24 | P NTDT5601 and NTDT5503 and NTDT5604 and NTDT5602 and NTDT5305 and NTDT5307 and NTDT5608 Department permission required for enrolment. Placements commence in late January or early July. |
Nutrition and Dietetics Placement Session 1 Nutrition and Dietetics Placement Session 2 |