Bachelor
If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.
Nutritionists focus on issues that affect the whole population. They are employed in a number of industries to analyse food supply government policy and eating behaviours and to develop new ways to promote healthy lifestyle choices and prevent diet-related disease within communities. Nutritionists can apply their expert knowledge to a number of nutrition services but are not qualified to provide medical nutrition therapy to individuals or groups in hospitals or other clinical environments.
Combine professional communication and nutrition studies to promote healthy lifestyle choices and prevent diet-related disease through mass communication.
For more information visit the Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)/Bachelor of Nutrition Science course page.
Graduates often work as professionals in government not for profit organisations educational facilities the food industry health agencies media and communication corporate environments and community groups. They are skilled to work in roles that include health promotion Indigenous health international relief work marketing public relations journalism consulting to industry product and policy development plus many more.
This course can lead to further study or research in nutrition and related areas including dietetics public health education and food entrepreneurship.
Graduates are eligible to apply for membership of the Public Health Association of Australia and the Nutrition Society.