BACHELOR OF HUMAN NUTRITION
KPT / JPT( N / 726 / 6 / 0096) 4 / 27- MQA / PSA 15176
Are you passionate about the interaction between foods, nutrition and health?
This comprehensive course will train you to become a work-ready and competent nutritionist to educate and promote a balanced diet and overall health and wellness to the public. You’ ll tap into the multi-faceted discipline of human nutrition and gain an appreciation of the broad scope of food in society, in-depth knowledge of nutritional and biomedical science and understand the role of nutrition in health and disease prevention.
Course structure
The course lays a strong scientific and nutrition foundation for you in the first two years. You’ ll cover the scientific basis of nutrient requirements and healthy eating, with significant reference to nutritional physiology, biochemistry and immunology, intertwined with practical elements such as assessing dietary intake, food chemistry and composition, and complex regulatory requirements relating to food and public health nutrition.
In the final year, you’ ll focus your interest on nutrition research and an internship placement.
Internship
At the end of your second and third year, you’ ll go for an 18-week internship where you’ ll gain 720 hours of working-integrated training experience. Placement sites include clinics or hospitals, non-profits, companies in the food industry, sports, fitness and wellness centres, healthcare-related corporate companies, and more.
3 years February and July
RM49,920 Malaysian student
RM58,560 International student 2025 fees per year
CAREER PATHS This course will prepare you to become a work-ready professional nutritionist with a career in health care, food industry, nutrition research, or government and non-government agencies. You can be a:
• nutrition consultant in clinics and hospitals
• nutrition advisor for digital health companies
• nutrition advisor in the sports, fitness and wellness sectors
• functional foods and natural products researcher
• scientific and regulatory affairs consultant
• healthy foods entrepreneur
• nutrition advisor in community and public health organisations
• nutrition advisor in the food or wellness industries
• nutrition research scientist or academic.
WHAT YOUR COURSE WILL LOOK LIKE
YEAR 1 |
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Semester 1 24 Credit points |
NUT1021 Fundamentals of human nutrition |
NUT1022 Fundamentals of biomedical sciences
NUT1023 Nutritional biochemistry and nutrigenomics
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NUT1024 Nutrition, health and behaviour 1 |
Semester 2 24 Credit points |
NUT1025 Food science and analysis |
NUT1026 Nutritional epidemiology |
NUT1028 Nutrition throughout life cycle 1 |
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NUT1029 Assessment of nutritional status 1 |
Summer semester 6 Credit points |
NUT1030 Nutrition and mental health 6 Credit points |
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YEAR 2 |
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Semester 1 24 Credit points |
NUT2022 Food preparation, safety and service 12 Credit points |
NUT2023 Nutrition and chronic diseases 1 6 Credit points |
NUT2029 Nutrition education and counselling or NUT2030 Communication in clinical nutrition 6 Credit points |
Semester 2 24 Credit points |
NUT2020 Nutrition in exercise and sports |
NUT2025 Research methods in nutrition 6 Credit points |
NUT2026 Community nutrition and health promotion 1 12 Credit points |
Summer semester 12 Credit points |
NUT2024 Internship 1 2 12 Credit points |
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YEAR 3 |
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Semester 1 24 Credit points |
Free elective 6 Credit points |
NUT3026 Applied research in nutrition 18 Credit points |
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Semester 2 18 Credit points |
NUT3027 Internship 2 2 18 Credit points |
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Summer semester 6 Credit points |
NUT3024 Contemporary development in nutrition or NUT3025 Food and nutrition policy 6 Credit points |
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Foundation of medical, food and nutritional sciences Nutrition and health Nutrition professional and skills development Research and practice in nutrition Elective unit
1 Contributes towards 280 hours of placement activities within the course. 2 Contributes towards 720 hours of industrial training outside the course.
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