Nutrition and Dietetics
Master
Overview
About this course
Our two-year course builds on major concepts from the study of human biochemistry and physiology to discuss the roles of nutrients, nutritional contents of food and diet in health and disease. It covers all the content and skills needed for you to become a career-ready professional.
Who is it for?
Designed for science graduates, our Master of Nutrition and Dietetics is a gateway to a dietetics career, offering hands-on nutrition training and a pathway to leading-edge dietetic and nutrition research and practice.
Structure
What you’ll study
Our Master of Nutrition and Dietetics is a postgraduate professional coursework degree to prepare students to work in all the major areas of nutrition and dietetics. It builds on major concepts from the study of human biochemistry, physiology, nutrition science and other biosciences.
Our course will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in public health nutrition and health promotion, individual patient case management, food service management, and research and evaluation.
You will complete a prescribed program of core units in your first year covering topics such as nutritional and behavioural sciences, communication, counselling and education skills, dietary assessment, medical nutrition therapy and the role of diet in health and disease.
In your second year you will complete a training placement comprising 20 weeks of individual case management, community and food service placement training.
Additionally, you will undertake a semester of nutrition research, which may include a small survey, laboratory work, hospital project, secondary data analysis, or a literature review.
Costs
Tuition
HK$285,341.11
(international)
Funding
Admissions
Qualifications
Admission to the degree requires a Bachelor of Science degree with a credit average.
The applicant must also have successfully completed the following prerequisite units of study within the last 10 years:
- 12 credit points of junior chemistry, or equivalent; and
- 12 credit points of junior human biology, or equivalent; and
- 12 credit points of intermediate or senior Biochemistry and/or Molecular Biology, or equivalent; and
- 12 credit points of intermediate or senior Human Physiology, or equivalent; and
- 6 credit points of intermediate or senior Nutrition Science, or equivalent; and
- 6 credit points of intermediate or senior Food Science, or equivalent.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
Language requirements
IELTS
7.0
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 7.0 in each band
TOEFL
96
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 23 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 25 in Writing
PTE
68
A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 68 in each band