马来西亚博特拉大学

The Nutrition and Community Health program is designed to produce professional graduates with expertise in the area of nutrition and community health. Upon completion of the program, graduates have the ability to plan and implement health and nutrition promotion and intervention programs with the aim of improving quality of life in the country using healthy diet and lifestyle approaches. This is a 4 year program where students are required to take courses carrying a total of 142 credits.

The courses are designed to provide knowledge and practical experience in nutrition and community health as well as nutritional sciences. In addition, to provide practical learning experience, students are required to undergo industrial training in various government and non-government agencies. Graduates of this program work in various settings. In the Government sector, they are employed as community nutritionists or research officers and in the private sector many are trainers, counselors, consultants or managers.

Programme Outcome

• To provide graduates with knowledge, skills, expertise and experience in the area of nutrition and community health
• To produce graduates who are creative and innovative as well as sensitive, responsible and ethical to society, culture and environment
• To produce graduates with skills in management, communication and motivation in order to plan and implement programs to improve nutrition and health status of communities
• To produce graduates who are highly capable of handling good quality research and consultancy at the local and international levels

Career Path

Nutritionists are employed in a variety of settings and organizations that include health care agencies or institutions, ministry, food industry, wellness or weight management centers, pharmacies, fitness centers, dietary supplement industry, institutions of higher education, research laboratories, welfare organizations and media.

They work as:

• Community nutritionists in public sector
• Nutrition advisors in food, health and nutrition related industries
• Trainers and educators in health and nutrition industries as well as non- government agencies
• Lecturers in colleges and universities
• Research and science officers in government and private sectors
• Nutrition consultants with the media