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Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition
Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition at Curtin University is a one-year, full-time postgraduate qualification that applies knowledge in key areas of nutrition and integrates research principles into practice. Students learn to appraise data assessing the nutritional health status of individuals, groups and populations, and to collaborate with clients and population groups to improve nutritional status. Graduates typically work in public health nutrition, dietetics-adjacent, and food and nutrition program roles. Indicative international tuition is around 37,400 Australian dollars per year. Courses at Curtin are primarily taught on campus at the Bentley Perth campus.
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Course structure
- 8-unitA 200-credit
- one-year program. Semester 1 core units: Dietetic and Food Service Management
- Dietetic Counselling Theory and Practice
- Pathophysiology for Dietetics
- and Evidence Informed Public Health Practice. Semester 2 core units: Advanced Public Health Nutrition Practice and Dietetic Professional Studies
- plus a 50-credit elective choice that includes Quantitative Methods
- Health System Planning
- and Organisational units
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Admissions
Applicants require a Bachelor's degree in nutrition, food science, health science or a related discipline (or equivalent credit for recognised learning), plus Curtin's general academic entry standards.
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