Bachelor of Health Science in Nutrition Bioscience

Edith Cowan University

Suited to students who aspire to be employed as a community or corporate nutritionist or in roles which include undertaking nutritional assessment and offering general nutrition advice The major provides students with an understanding of the known nutrients and the nonnutrient substances in food the assessment of nutritional status nutritional needs during the lifecycle community nutrition issues the psychology and sociology of food habits and current controversies in nutrition biochemistry and human physiology Students should select this major if they wish to apply for entry into postgraduate Nutrition and DieteticsLearning OutcomesApply broad discipline knowledge to a range of theoretical and practical biomedical situationsThink critically to analyse interpret and conceptualise complex biomedical problemsThink creatively to anticipate challenges and generate discipline specific solutionsresponsesUse digital technologies and literacies to access evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sourcesCommunicate disciplinary knowledge and values in professional and public contextsDemonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity including Indigenous cultural competenceWork collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social sustainable and ethical valuesDemonstrate autonomy accountability and judgement for own learning and professional practice

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