Bachelor - Health Science (Clinical Nutrition)
- 3 years
- Duration
- 25,600 AUD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Multiple Locations / Australia
- Location
- Torrens University Australia
- School
Program description
A Bachelor of Health Science (Clinical Nutrition) degree examines the effects of nutritional, dietary, and lifestyle determinants on health, as well as how therapeutic nutritional intervention might improve wellness. This bachelor's degree provides hands-on experience at the student-led Practice Wellbeing Centre, where public patients are treated under the supervision of qualified nutritionists. A nutrition degree will prepare you to begin clinical nutrition practise in the community with confidence.
This course will teach you the fundamentals of health science, such as human biology, physiology, and pathology, as well as the fundamentals of research and evidence-based practise. You'll learn how to use food and other nutritional factors to increase wellness at the individual, community, and population levels. You will acquire hands-on experience treating public patients in our custom-built student-led clinic, The Practice Wellbeing Centre, under the supervision of qualified nutritionists. Work-Integrated Learning and clinical practicum experience are integrated into theory areas and are imbedded throughout the course.
Program structure
Year 1
- Biological Foundations
- Understanding Health
- Human Nutrition 1
- Human Structure & Physiology 1
- Food Science, Systems and Policy
- Human Nutrition 2
- Human Structure & Physiology 2
- Evidence-based Practice
Year 2
- Human Systems and Pathophysiology 1
- Human Biochemistry
- Pre-Clinical Studies 1
- Human Systems and Pathophysiology 2
- Nutritional Biochemistry and Human Metabolism
- Nutritional Therapeutics 1
- Clinical Assessment
- Pre-Clinical Studies 2
Year 3
- Lifespan Nutrition
- Nutritional Therapeutics 2
- Food as Medicine
- Integrated Pharmacology
- Dietary Counselling and Planning
- Entrepreneurship, Professionalism and Business Skills in Health
- Functional Nutritional Medicine
Elective subjects
Choose two elective subjects from below in year three
- Health Promotion
- Diet and Disease
- Special Populations Project
- Public Health Nutrition
- Chemistry for the Health Professions
- First Peoples Cultures, History and Health
- Nutrition Assessment
- Health Education and Communication
- Critical Literature Review
- Healthcare in the Digital World
- Complementary Medicine Foundations
- Exercise and Sports Nutrition
Price
Main fees
Standartd subject fees - 3,200 AUD
Indicative annual fees - 25,600 AUD
Indicative total course tuition fees - 76,800 AUD
Additional fees and charges
- Testamur Replacement fee - 55 AUD
- Academic Transcript Replacement Fee - 15 AUD
- Student ID Card Replacement Fee - 15 AUD
- Late Payment Fee - 100 AUD
- Graduation Ticket - 180 AUD
- Photocopying fee - 8 - 40 cents
- Printing Fee - 8 - 40 cents
- Textbooks Varies across each unit of study
Requirements for applicants
Admission criteria
- Australian Year 12 or equivalent
English Language Proficiency
- IELTS (or equivalent) score of 6.0 minimum (Academic Module) or above, with no skills band less than 5.5
About the university
Torrens University, based on the work of predecessors, has become Australia's premier international university and vocational certified training organization. To provide a new, contemporary, and globally aware approach to higher education, we have partnered with illustrious institutions.
We deliver our programs both online and on our campuses, and we offer a wide variety of undergraduate, graduate, higher degree by research, and specialized degree programs.
Collaborations with businesses, academic institutions, sports teams, governmental agencies, and NGOs all bolster our efforts and increase their reach and impact.
There are two of our campuses in Sydney, four in Melbourne, one in Adelaide, two in Brisbane, one in the Blue Mountains, one on the Gold Coast, one in Auckland, and one in China.
All of our institutions are guided by the vision and principles that serve as their foundation.
Faculties
All of our departments are committed to providing their students with as many real-world learning experiences as possible so that they can enter the workforce as prepared as possible upon graduation.
We have such facultis as:
- Design
- Health
- Business
- Hospitality
- Technology
