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Master of Dietetics

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Master of Dietetics
MDietet

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Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Master of Dietetics (4712DI)
Distance Education Wagga Wagga

Normal course duration

Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions)

Admission criteria


Standard CSU Admission criteria apply.

Credit


No special arrangements apply.

Graduation requirement

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

Course structure

The course consists of the following 8 core subjects:

HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
NUT502 Food Service and Management in Dietetic Practice (16)
NUT503 Introduction to Clinical Dietetic Practice
NUT504 Dietetic Counselling & Education Practice
NUT505 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 1
NUT506 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 2 (16)
NUT507 Applied Professional Dietetic Practice (16)
NUT508 Public Health Nutrition Practice
NUT509 Purlic Health Nutrition Theory

+ Residential School

Please note that the following subjects may have a residential school component.

NUT501 Community And Public Health Nutrition
NUT502 Food Service And Management In Dietetic Practice
NUT503 Introduction to Clinical Dietetics
NUT504 Dietetic Counselling and Education Practice
NUT505 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 1
NUT506 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 2
NUT509 Community And Public Health Nutrition Theory

+ Workplace Learning

Please note that the following subjects have a Workplace Learning component.

NUT502 Food Service And Management In Dietetic Practice
NUT506 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 2

Enrolment pattern

Part-time Distance Education

Session 1 (60)
NUT509 Public Health Nurtition Theory
NUT504 Dietetic Counselling & Education Practice

Session 2 (90)
NUT502 Food Service and Management in Dietetic Practice (16) (without the 2 week clinical food service placement)

Session 3 (30)
NUT503 Introduction to Clinical Dietetic Practice
NUT508 Public Health Nutrition Practice

Session 4 (60)
NUT505 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 1 (plus 2 week clinical food service placement from NUT502
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Sciences A

Session 5 (90)
NUT506 Applied Clinical Dietetic Practice 2 (16)

Session 6 (30)
NUT507 Applied Professional Dietetic Practice (16)

Professional recognition

In order to be employed as Dietitians within the health system, graduates require to be members of the Dietitians Association of Australia. Such membership is dependent on the course being accredited by the DAA; such accreditation is currently being pursued

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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