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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

NUTR6002 (v.1) Advanced Nutrition Topics

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 310091 (v.2) Advanced Nutrition Topics 681 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     Admission into 314807 (v.1) Master of Dietetics or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into MG-DIETS (v.1) Master of Dietetics or any previous version
AND
    314796 (v.1) Dietetic and Food Service Management 581 or any previous version
    OR
    NUTR5000 (v.1) Dietetic and Food Service Management or any previous version
AND
    314797 (v.1) Pathophysiology for Dietetics 581 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS5009 (v.1) Pathophysiology for Dietetics or any previous version
AND
    309099 (v.2) Dietetic Counselling 581 or any previous version
    OR
    PSYC5000 (v.1) Dietetic Counselling or any previous version
AND
    314799 (v.1) Dietetic Research Methods 581 or any previous version
    OR
    NUTR5001 (v.1) Dietetic Research Methods or any previous version
AND
    314801 (v.1) Advanced Public Health Nutrition Practice 582 or any previous version
    OR
    NUTR5003 (v.1) Advanced Public Health Nutrition Practice or any previous version
AND
    13179 (v.3) Research Project 650 or any previous version
    OR
    HEAL6028 (v.1) Health Sciences Research Project or any previous version
AND
    314800 (v.1) Dietetic Professional Studies 582 or any previous version
    OR
    NUTR5002 (v.1) Dietetic Professional Studies or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Exploration of current nutritional issues associated with the clinical setting; metabolic responses to trauma with chronic diseases: diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Students are required to prepare and present a seminar selected from a range of topics which relate a disease or condition with diet or nutrient status. The student is required to assess and rank the level of evidence for the relationship.
Field of Education: 069901 Nutrition and Dietetics
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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