GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Master of Nutrition and Population Health
Deakin University, Melbourne/Geelong, VIC, Australia
About this program
The Master of Nutrition and Population Health at Deakin University builds knowledge and skills to work across clinical, community and policy settings. This multidisciplinary course integrates nutrition science, public health, epidemiology, behavioural science and policy to help students address complex health challenges at individual and population levels. Students explore how nutrition influences health across the lifespan, from biological processes to the social and environmental factors that determine food choice, and develop skills in research design and data analysis. Graduates work in public health nutrition, policy, program and research roles.
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Course structure
- Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit). Year 1: Principles of Nutrition
- Food, Nutrition and Behaviour
- Biochemistry and Physiology for Human Nutrition
- Lifespan Nutrition
- Understanding Human Nutrition Research Studies
- Essentials of Food Science
- Assessment Methods for Nutrition and Physical Activity Research
- International Nutrition
- Research Practice in Human Nutrition Year 2: Diet and Lifestyle Diseases
- Public Health Nutrition
- Nutrition Promotion
- Policy and Practice for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems
- Systems Thinking in Public Health Nutrition
- Obesity Prevention, plus electives
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Admissions
Entry and credit load depend on prior study: a related bachelor's degree, or any bachelor's degree plus two years' relevant work experience, gives 4 credit points of admission credit and a 1.5-year full-time course (12 credit points); other applicants complete the full 2-year, 16-credit-point course
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