Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics

Description

The Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics aims to prepare graduates with the professional and personal qualities required for future dietetic practice in a variety of workplace settings. The course integrates academic teaching and learning with clinical, population health, food service, research and management experience and is undertaken in both academic and professional practice placement settings.

On completion of this course, students will be expected to demonstrate the generic attributes of a Monash graduate and graduates will be "equipped to live, learn, work and contribute globally" (Monash Directions 2025).

The objectives of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics have been classified according to the four themes of the course:

Theme 1: Personal Development and Professional Practice
Theme 2: Determinants and Influences of Public Health and Nutrition
Theme 3: Nutrition Fundamentals of Health and Disease
Theme 4: Food: from science to systems
Applied and practical learning experiences will transverse all themes to support the integrated approach to the teaching and learning of the Nutrition and Dietetics course.

The development of skills and knowledge in research relevant and/or applied to nutrition and dietetic practice will underpin each of the four core themes of the program.

Requirements

Minimum entrance requirements
Equivalent Australian Year 12.

VCE prerequisites
Units 3 and 4-a study score of at least 35 in English (ESL) or 30 in any other English and a study score of at least 30 in chemistry.

International Baccalaureate subject prerequisites
•A score of at least 5 in English SL or 4 in English HL or 6 in English B SL or 5 in English B HL, and
•A score of at least 5 in chemistry SL or 4 in chemistry HL.
Special application requirements
Local students NOT applying directly from completing VCE,(eg: graduates, TAFE, other university) applicants must complete and submit a Monash Supplementary Information Form online, see the VTAC admissions webpage http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/admissions/vtac by the date specified on the form. Applicants will be ranked for interview according to their ENTER (or equivalent) and Grade Point Average (GPA), as well as their responses to the supplementary form, and will be notified, if required, to attend an interview in December by telephone or email.

Current Monash students applying for a course transfer to this course need to complete a Course Transfer Application and the Monash Supplementary Information Form. Refer to http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nutrition-dietetics/entry/index.html.

All international students studying Year 12 and IB in Australia, DO NOT need to complete a Monash Supplementary Information Form. They should apply through VTAC as a school leaver. Other international applicants are not required to complete the supplementary form.

Non School Leaver International students are NOT required to attend an interview EXCEPT for Graduate Entry applicants applying to gain a place from Year 3 of the Nutrition and Dietetics Course at Monash.

ALL APPLICANTS must notify the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics by email nutrition.dietetics@monash.edu of any changes to their address or telephone details subsequent to submission of the supplementary form."

Notes

Monash graduates work in health-care services, government sector, teaching, research, work-place health promotion, product development, marketing and promotion, food services management and nutrition care.

In some cases postgraduate study may strengthen these career prospects.