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Bachelor of Science / Master of Nutrition and Dietetics

Sample enrolment

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 29 November 2023.
View details of the changes below.

Requirements:

  • 240 cp total
  • 144 credit points to qualify for the award of Bachelor of Science as specified in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Science
  • 12 cp of Table A degree core (students may count the units from their majors or minors to fulfill this requirement)
  • 12 cp of 1000-level science elective units of study (excluding units listed in Table A degree core, however students may count the units from their majors and minors to fulfill this requirement)
  • 72 cp Nutrition and Dietetics program with embedded 48 cp Nutrition Science major
  • A minor (36 cp) or second major (48 cp) from Table A or Table S
  • 6 cp of Open Learning Environment units from Table O
    • for students enrolled in the Dalyell stream, a minimum of 12 credit points of Dalyell units of study as specified in Table D
    Electives from
    Table A, Table S, Table O or Table D where appropriate
  • 96 cp for the award of Master of Nutrition and Dietetics

General pathway

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

  Semester Unit of study 1 & credit points Unit of study 2 & credit points Unit of study 3 & credit points Unit of study 4 & credit points Unit of study 5 & credit points Total

Year 1

1

Nutrition Science Major

CHEM1XX1

Chemistry 1A

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

BIOL1XX8

Human Biology

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

1XXX

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

2

Nutrition Science Major

BIOL1XX7

From Molecules to Ecosystems

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

CHEM1XX2

Chemistry 1B

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

1XXX

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

Year 2

1

Nutrition Science Major

BCMB2X01

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

PHSI2X07

Key Concepts in Physiology

OLE

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

2XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Nutrition Science Major

BCMB2X02

Proteins in Cells

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

PHSI2X08

Integrated Physiology

OLE

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

2XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

 

 

 

 

 

1

Nutrition Science Major

NUTM3001

Introductory Nutrition and Metabolism

Nutrition Science Major

FOOD3001

Food Processing and Value Adding

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

3XXX

Table A or S Major 2

3XXX

OR

Elective

1XXX/2XXX/3XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Nutrition Science Major

NUTM3888

Metabolic Cybernetics

Nutrition Science Major Selective

3XXX

Table A or S Major 2/Minor

3XXX

Table A or S Major 2

3XXX

OR

Elective

1XXX/2XXX/3XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4 1

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5503

Dietary Intake and Nutritional Assessment

Master First Year Core

NTDT5601

Nutritional and Food Science

Masters First Year Core

FMHU5001

Methods in Nutrition Research

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5604

Dietetics Professional Studies

   

6

6

6

6

  24
2

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5305

Food Service Management

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5307

Medical Nutrition

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5608

Community and Public Health Nutrition

     

6

12

6

    24
Year 5 1

Masters Second Year Core

NTDT5310

Nutrition Research Project

         

24

        24
2

Masters Second Year Core

NTDT5612

Dietetics Training Placement

         

24

        24

Total credit points:

240

Example pathway - Nutrition and Dietetics program with embedded Nutrition Science Major, Psychological Science Minor

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1 & credit points

Unit of study 2 & credit points

Unit of study 3 & credit points

Unit of study 4 & credit points

Unit of study 5 & credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Nutrition Science Major

CHEM1111

Chemistry 1A*

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

BIOL1008

Human Biology*

Table A Degree Core

MATH1021

Calculus of One Variable

Table A Degree Core

MATH1002

Linear Algebra

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC1001

Psychology 1001

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

2

Nutrition Science Major

BIOL1007

From Molecules to Ecosystems*

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

CHEM1112

Chemistry 1B*

 

Table A Degree Core

MATH1023

Multivariable Calculus and Modelling

Table A Degree Core

MATH1005

Statistical Thinking with Data

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC1002

Psychology 1002

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

Year 2

1

Nutrition Science Major

BCMB2001

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

PHSI2007

Key Concepts in Physiology

OLE units

OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything

AND

OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics

AND

OLET2628 Research Data Management

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC2015

Brain and Behavioural Psychology

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Nutrition Science Major

BCMB2002

Proteins in Cells

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Core

PHSI2008

Integrated Physiology

OLE units

OLET1605 Communication in STEM

OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing

OLET1644 How we make decisions

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC2017 Personality and Social Psychology

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

 

 

 

 

 

1

Nutrition Science Major

NUTM3001

Introductory Nutrition and Metabolism

Nutrition Science Major

FOOD3001

Food Processing and Value Adding

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC3017

Social Psychology

Elective

BIOL2029

Cells

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Nutrition Science Major

NUTM3888

Metabolic Cybernetics

Nutrition Science Major Selective

BCMB3003

Biochemistry of Human Disease

Psychological Science Minor

PSYC3016

Developmental Psychology

Elective

MIMI2002

Microbes, Infection and Immunity

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4 1

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5503

Dietary Intake and Nutritional Assessment

Master First Year Core

NTDT5601

Nutritional and Food Science

Masters First Year Core

FMHU5001

Methods in Nutrition Research

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5604

Dietetics Professional Studies

   

6

6

6

6

  24
2

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5305

Food Service Management

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5307

Medical Nutrition

Masters First Year Core

NTDT5608

Community and Public Health Nutrition

     

6

12

6

    24
Year 5 1

Masters Second Year Core

NTDT5310

Nutrition Research Project

         

24

        24
2

Masters Second Year Core

NTDT5612

Dietetics Training Placement

         

24

        24

Total credit points:

240

* Unit counts towards the degree core requirements of 12 credit points of 1000-level Science Table A units of study.

 

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
27/11/2023 Requirements published as:
12 cp of Open Learning Environment units from Table O or for students enrolled in the Dalyell stream, 6 cp of Open Learning Environment units and 12 cp of Dalyell units as specified in Table D.

Requirements amended to:
6 cp of Open Learning Environment units from Table O

for students enrolled in the Dalyell stream, a minimum of 12 credit points of Dalyell units of study as specified in Table D.