营养科学学士

该计划将使毕业生成为营养学家。营养学家帮助向公众宣传营养科学，并向社区提供有关健康饮食的食物选择建议。因此，营养方面的研究包括食物的营养价值，人体在不同发育阶段所需的营养素以及营养素和饮食在促进健康和预防疾病中的作用。营养与澳大利亚的国家健康重点紧密相关，例如肥胖，糖尿病，心血管疾病，其中许多可通过健康的生活方式来预防。ACU的计划将专注于一般医疗保健，慢性病管理，土著健康以及该行业其他新兴领域，并将吸引对营养职业感兴趣的任何人，包括公共和私营行业的营养学家，医院和公共卫生部门，健康和远程医疗，营养交流，
As a nutritionist you will create opportunities for people to learn about food and nutrition, design food products to support a healthy diet, influence food systems to foster sustainability, and advocate for a safe and equitable food supply across the globe. You will understand the science behind food and nutrition including human physiology and biochemistry, and food and culinary nutrition science. The focus on the role of food and nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention for individuals, communities and populations, particularly in at-risk groups, will prepare you for work in the emerging areas of the industry.<br><br>In order to practice as a Dietitian - that is to work clinically with patients with conditions ranging from eating or gastrointestinal disorders to allergies, providing nutritional advice to help them manage their conditions - nutritionists and those with a Bachelor of Nutrition need to study an accredited specialist qualification in Dietetics or Dietetic Practice which is the application of the science of food and nutrition across a range of domains to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and populations. Such courses combine theory and practice placement across dietetic practice areas including food and nutrition counselling with individuals, food and nutrition education and capacity building with groups, public health nutrition, food production and provision to individuals, communities and populations, entrepreneurial dietetic practice and management, and research. ACU's Master of Dietetic Practice is a 2-year full-time program in which students will undertake more than 130 days of placement.