Harness the power of food to improve the health of others.
Harness the power of food to improve the health of others.
Our hands-on program is designed to get you involved with food, understand the science behind food and the way the human body uses it. You’ll be surrounded by supportive, qualified Accredited Practising Dietitians with plenty of practical industry experience to share with you. Practical experience is woven throughout our degree with opportunities to experience real-life work environments, learn about nutrition in the specialised teaching kitchen, and role play clinical consultations in the hospital ward environment. In your fourth year, get hands-on experience in a variety of fields and complete a minimum of 100 days of work placement. You’ll get to work with a real client and give them a nutrition assessment. You’ll also have opportunities to gain experience in community nutrition, public health nutrition, and food service systems. After you complete two years of full-time study, choose to take an embedded honours stream to focus on a research area of interest. This is an accredited program through the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), and on graduation you’ll be eligible to join the Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) program.
Post-admission requirements
Before undertaking Work Integrated Learning placement students must obtain a Blue card, complete a National Criminal History check and a QLD Health orientation package and may be required to complete first aid and CPR training. Students must also provide evidence of Hepatitis B immunisation, and evidence of vaccination for the diseases measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and pertussis— refer to Program Requirements. Students will be required to undertake some placements outside the Sunshine Coast region in metropolitan and regional/rural centres. Expenses for these and other placement requirements are to be incurred by the student. Placements in fourth year are undertaken on a full-time basis.
Career opportunities
Clinical dietitian, private practice, community nutrition, public health nutrition, food service management, nutrition consultancy, research, education, sports nutrition.
Membership
Dietitians Association of Australia. Graduates are also eligible for enrolment in the Accredited Practising Dietitian Program of the Dietitians Association of Australia.
Accreditation
The Bachelor of Dietetics is fully accredited with the Dietitians Association of Australia.
Program structure
Introductory courses (8) 96 units
COR109 Introduction to Mathematics
LFS100 Calculus and AlgebraΔ
LFS112 Discrete Mathematics
NUT102 Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
NUT110 Numerical Analysis
PUB112 Environmental Modelling
SCI105 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
SCI110 An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
Developing and Graduate courses (17) 192 units
LFS201 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
LFS202 Communication and Thought
LFS251 Physical Geography and Mapping
LFS303 Planning and Environmental Law
NUT201 Regions, Change and Sustainability
NUT202 Landscapes, Place and People
NUT205 Urbanism and Urban Design
NUT212 Regional Infrastructure Planning
NUT232 Participation and Conflict Resolution
NUT301 Communication and Thought
NUT302 Cell Biology
NUT306 Human Physiology(6 units)
NUT312 Food in Society
NUT400 Introduction to Dietetics
NUT351 Public Health Foundations
NUT361 Chemistry
PLUS select 1 course from:
NUT308 Science Research Methods(6 units)
NUT309 Systemic Physiology I(6 units)
PLUS one (1) of the following pathways:
Pass-Level Pathway courses (6) 96 units
NUT401 Systemic Physiology II(24 units)
NUT402 Biochemistry(24 units) Δ
NUT403 PathophysiologyΔ
NUT404 Food StudiesΔ
NUT405 Nutrition Assessment
PUB361 Public Health Nutrition
Honours Pathway courses (6) 96 units
NUT333 Principles of Nutrition
NUT402 Nutritional Biochemistry(24 units) Δ
NUT403 Advanced Public Health NutritionΔ
NUT404 Medical Nutrition Therapy 2Δ
NUT405 Nutrition Communication
NUT410 Food Service Systems(24 units)
Δ refer to Program notes
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.