Program Overview

Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Business Administration

The Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Business Administration is a double degree program that combines the study of nutrition science with business administration. This program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of nutrition science and business administration.

Credit Points and Duration

The program consists of 320 credit points and can be completed in 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved Locations

The program is approved to be delivered at the Melbourne and North Sydney campuses.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the program, applicants must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:

• English (Advanced or Standard) (Band 3) or English as a Second Language (Band 4) in New South Wales
• Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or 25 in any other English in Victoria

International students must also meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Completion Requirements

To qualify for the double degrees, students must complete 320 credit points consisting of:

1. 120 credit points from the Specified Units from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Bachelor of Business Administration
2. 170 credit points from the Specified Units from the Schedule of Offerings of the Bachelor of Nutrition Science units
3. 20 credit points from University Core Curriculum Units
4. 10 credit points from Community Engagement Units

Progression Requirements

Students normally complete 100 level units before undertaking related 200 level units, and 200 level units before undertaking related 300 level units.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

The program consists of the following units:

Part A: Specified Units - Business Administration

• BAFN200 Principles of Finance
• BUSN104 Money Matters
• BUSN112 Managing Markets
• BUSN113 Managing People and Organisations
• ECON200 Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets
• ENTR301 Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• HRMG204 Organisational Behaviour
• ITEC100 Information Technology in Action
• ITEC200 Data and Information Management
• ITEC201 Fundamentals of Information Technology
• MKTG207 Marketing Toolkit
• BIPX301 Professional Experience

Part B: Specified Units - Nutrition Science

• BIOL125 Human Biology 1
• BIOL126 Human Biology 2
• BIOL234 Nutritional Physiology
• BMSC209 Pathophysiology
• CHEM105 Foundations of Chemistry
• CHEM112 Organic and Food Chemistry
• CHEM204 Biochemistry
• CHEM206 Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry
• PUBH102 Foundations of Health Promotion
• PUBH103 Epidemiology
• PUBH202 Public Health Research Methods
• NUTR101 Introduction to Nutrition
• NUTR102 Culinary Nutrition Science
• NUTR202 Lifespan Nutrition
• NUTR302 Diet, Health and Disease
• NUTR303 Food Science in Practice
• NUTR304 Food Product Design and Development

Part C: Core Curriculum Units

• UNCC100 Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society
• PHCC102 Being Human
• PHCC104 Ethics and the Good Life
• UNCC300 Justice and Change in a Global World
• PHCC320 The Just Society

Part D: Community Engagement Unit

• NUTR305 Community and Public Health Nutrition
• BIPX202 Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities

Course Map

The course map outlines the recommended sequence of units for each semester. Students commencing in Semester 1 or Semester 2 can follow the course map to ensure they complete the required units in the correct order.

Prerequisites and Incompatibles

Prerequisites are units that must be completed before enrolling in another unit. Incompatibles are units that are similar to another unit, and students who have previously passed an Incompatible unit are not able to enrol in the similar unit.