塔斯马尼亚大学

A nutritionist has the expertise to provide a range of evidence-based nutrition services related to nutrition, public health nutrition, policy and research, and community health.

The Bachelor of Nutrition Science will provide innovative and entrepreneurial ideas on how to develop a career in nutrition and how to create your own opportunities within your community from local, national and global perspectives.

Learn to create, plan and communicate high quality healthcare and health research and learn about the psychology behind health and lifestyle choices of communities that impact their connection to food. You will also learn about the security and access to food, and the social responsibility of a nutritionist.

This course also provides clear career pathways for graduates seeking employment or postgraduate study in the area of Nutrition and Dietetics to deliver a high-quality health service in a variety of settings.

New Course Majors from 2021.

Dietetic Pathway

This pathway will allow you to study units which align to the prerequisite requirements for application to postgraduate programs including a Master of Dietetics or a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics in Australia. If you are interested in working with individuals or larger populations, this major will help you understand why and how the foods we eat impact on our health and wellbeing.

Public Health Nutrition

The focus of this major is on the prevention of diet-related disease and the promotion of optimal nutrition and health in populations.

Functional Foods and Health

Functional foods are foods and beverages with ingredients that have evidence for providing beneficial effects on human health.

Learning Outcomes

Exhibit depth and breadth of health science knowledge and skills by:

Demonstrating knowledge and skills across the range of foundational disciplinary and cross-disciplinary curriculum areas;

Demonstrating well-developed knowledge and skills through a specialized elective stream in health and lifestyle or bioscience.

Demonstrate a critical understanding of health science by:

Analyzing aspects of health and explaining why these current aspects of health are contestable and open to research and further enquiry;

Creating, planning, and justifying high quality healthcare and health research supported by well-developed reasoning.