Overview

This Food Science and Nutrition course at Charles Sturt University will develop your ability to analyse nutrition, food product development, consumption trends, factors influencing attitudes to food and health, food supply, food policy and ecological issues associated with food. Delve into the social, cultural, technical, environmental, economic and political factors influencing food habits, diet and lifestyle. When applying, you’ll choose a dedicated stream of study from exercise science, community nutrition, transition to dietetics or food innovation and marketing.

You'll develop your knowledge, understanding and skills in appropriate aspects of food and nutrition and its scientific basis to enable you to work in multidisciplinary teams in a range of health and industry settings. To ensure you’re experienced in using the equipment and techniques found in the workplace, our facilities include food science laboratories, a commercial food preparation laboratory.

Career opportunities

Drive innovation and change in food product development and community health by using your skills to analyse emerging technologies and how social constructs impact upon nutrition in various communities.
Develop tailored programs at the population level to support a variety of groups to optimise their health and wellbeing.
Promote the importance of healthy eating habits and nutrition in programs across schools and communities. Evaluate food services, guide food program delivery and develop education projects and resources.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Human Nutrition

Food and Health

Nutritional Physiology

Medicinal and Indigenous Foods

Food Microbiology

Food and Nutritional Chemistry

Food Processing and Preservation

Food Product Development

Food Intake Analysis and Meals Planning

Community and Public Health

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-03-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-02-14 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2025-07-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-05-01 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2025-06-27 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2026-03-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-10-25 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

128 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Nutrition & Dietetics Food Science View 6 other Bachelors in Food Science in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

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A completed High School Certificate with an ATAR of 65 (including adjustment factors) or equivalent, OR

A completed Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) with an equivalent ranking to the currently listed ATAR, OR

A completed AQF Certificate III or higher level qualification, OR

50% completion of an AQF Diploma level qualification, OR

A completed Tertiary Preparation Course from an Australian University or an accredited provider demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies, OR

Successful completion of two University level subjects (AQF level Associate Degree or higher) demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies, OR

Work experience, within the same industry as the course profile, of no less than two years.

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Tuition Fee

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National

11232 AUD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 11232 AUD per year during 36 months.

Domestic Part-time - $5,616 Commonwealth Supported Place
International Part-time - TBA

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Scholarships Information

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