Program Overview

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Programme: Bachelor of Dietetics [BDietetics]

The programme extends over four academic years during which period a student receives practical training as a student dietician at an institution or institutions approved for this purpose by the University.

Programme Information

After admission to the first year of study, each student in Dietetics must register as a student in Dietetics with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Students are required to complete at least four weeks applicable elective training under the supervision of a dietician at an institution approved for this purpose by the University, after the first semester of the third year of study and prior to the commencement of the fourth year of study.

Admission Requirements

• Achievement level: English Home Language or English First Additional Language | Mathematics | Physical Sciences | APS
  • NSC/IEB | NSC/IEB | NSC/IEB
  • 4 | 4 | 4 | 28
• Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
• Applicants currently in Grade 12 must apply with their final Grade 11 (or equivalent) results.
• Applicants who have completed Grade 12 must apply with their final NSC or equivalent qualification results.
• Please note that meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee admission.

Additional Requirements

Also consult General Academic Regulations.

Examinations and Pass Requirements

1. Each paper of the written examination for Medical nutrition therapy as well as the practical examination must be passed individually with a subminimum of 40%.
2. Each paper written for the supplementary examination opportunity in Medical nutrition therapy as well as the practical examination must be passed individually with a subminimum of 50%.

• In accordance with the stipulations of the General Academic Regulations, a year, semester or quarter mark of at least 40% is required for admission to the examination in all undergraduate modules in the University where year, semester and quarter marks apply.
• The final mark for a specific module in Nursing Science, Physiotherapy, Radiography, Occupational Therapy and Human Nutrition is calculated from the examination mark as well as the mark compiled from the evaluation of a student during continuous, objective and controlled assessment opportunities during the course of the quarter/semester/year.

Promotion to Next Study Year

• A student must pass in all the prescribed core modules of a specific year of study to be promoted to a subsequent year of study.
• A student can only be promoted to a subsequent year of study if the student has not failed more than two fundamental modules of seven weeks each per semester or one module of 14 weeks per semester.
• A non-negotiable prerequisite for admission to the final year of study is pass marks in all the core and fundamental modules of the preceding years of study.

Practical/Clinical/Internship Information

• Internship training (second semester of the final year of study)
  • The four compulsory semester modules jointly form the internship training and must be taken simultaneously.

Pass with Distinction

• The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who has obtained at least 75% in the following modules.

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• CMY 117: General chemistry 117
• CMY 127: General chemistry 127
• ELH 121: Academic English for Health Sciences 121
• ELH 122: Academic English for Health Sciences 122
• MLB 111: Molecular and cell biology 111
• UPO 110: Academic orientation 110

Core Modules

• DTT 110: Dietetic profession 110
• DTT 122: Cultural eating patterns 122
• FSG 161: Physiology 161
• FSG 162: Physiology 162
• IHL 120: Integrated healthcare leadership 120

Year 2

Fundamental Modules

• BCM 251: Introduction to proteins and enzymes 251
• BCM 252: Carbohydrate metabolism 252
• BCM 257: Introductory biochemistry 257
• FSG 251: Physiology 251
• FSG 252: Physiology 252

Core Modules

• DTT 223: Nutrition education 223
• HNT 210: Human nutrition 210
• HNT 220: Human nutrition 220
• IHL 210: Integrated healthcare leadership 210
• VDS 231: Basic food preparation and food preparation techniques 231
• VDS 232: Food commodities and preparation 232

Year 3

Fundamental Modules

• FAR 381: Pharmacology 381

Core Modules

• CNT 321: Community nutrition 321
• DTT 310: Dietetic counselling 310
• DTT 320: Clinic and discussion class 320
• IHL 310: Integrated healthcare leadership 310
• MNX 310: Medical nutrition therapy 310
• NTA 313: Nutritional assessment 313
• RHC 300: Research methodology for healthcare sciences 300
• VDB 321: Food service management 321
• VDS 323: Large-scale food production 323

Year 4

Core Modules

• CNT 411: Community nutrition 411
• CNT 480: Internship training in community nutrition 480
• DTT 411: Dietetic profession 411
• DTT 480: Integration in dietetics 480
• FSS 480: Internship training in food service system management 480
• HNT 411: Advanced human nutrition 411
• MNX 411: Medical nutrition therapy 411
• MNX 480: Internship training in medical nutrition therapy 480
• RHC 400: Research in healthcare sciences 400

General Academic Regulations and Student Rules

The General Academic Regulations and General Student Rules apply to all faculties and registered students of the University. On registering for a programme, the student bears the responsibility of ensuring that they familiarise themselves with the General Academic Regulations applicable to their registration, as well as the relevant faculty-specific and programme-specific regulations and information as stipulated in the relevant yearbook.