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Nutrition plays a powerful role in health and wellbeing.

Learn how to improve the health of individuals and communities with La Trobe's Bachelor of Nutrition Science. Carefully designed to give you a thorough understanding of food and nutrition science, you'll study biosciences, food science, food policy, prevention of chronic disease and illness, food product development and nutritional needs over the lifespan.

You'll have the opportunity to specialize in an area you're passionate about, including sports nutrition, food science and gastronomy, psychology, business entrepreneurship, nutritional research, project management and more. You'll learn in commercial kitchens and modern science labs, and you'll use specialized nutrition software to do dietary analysis.

In your final year, you'll undertake a nutrition research project where you can access La Trobe's Nutrition Clinical Research Lab and explore what a career in nutrition research might be like.

The Bachelor of Nutrition Science is a pathway into La Trobe's Master of Dietetic Practice. Upon completion of your Master's degree, you may be eligible to register as a practicing dietitian.

You'll learn:

Health and nutrition

Understand the major food sources and the functions of macronutrients and micronutrients in health and disease. Learn about nutrition across the lifespan and the principles of energy balance.

Chemistry fundamentals and food chemistry

Get an introduction to the chemistry of the human body. Understand food chemistry and explore the structure and function of food. Learn key methods for analysing nutritional composition and human nutritional science.

Physiology and biochemistry

Learn about systems physiology, including the nervous system, muscle tissue and the cardiovascular system. Understand nutrient metabolism and the function of biological systems at the molecular level.

Nutritional epidemiology

Understand the fundamentals of nutrition research epidemiology. Learn how food and nutrition are linked to disease in communities.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

CAREER OUTCOMES

Graduate with the knowledge and skills to provide evidence-based advice on food and its impacts on health. Nutrition science graduates can find employment in a wide variety of sectors, including population or public health, government bodies, community health, food industry (including food development, technology and analysis), research and media. Possible roles include:

Nutritionist

Provide nutritional counselling and promote nutrition at community-level education.

Food scientist

Apply scientific expertise and technological principles to the development of food products and processes within manufacturing and nutrition research settings.

Nutrition policy adviser

Advise nutrition policy in government departments and non-government organisations, such as national health charities.

Nutrition communicator or health marketing officer

Support the marketing and media of health and wellbeing organisations or hospitals. Write and deliver communications plans.

Nutrition community educator

Promote nutrition. Teach the public how to improve their nutrition and develop healthy eating habits by providing resources and workshops to communities, and working with community groups, government or policy.