Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Commerce
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Bachelor of Nutrition Science / Bachelor of Commerce |
| Deakin course code | D301 |
| Course version | 2 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health |
| Course Information | For students who commenced from 2018 to 2021 |
| Campus | Campus of offer for students who commenced prior to 2022
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| Duration | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS code | 095522K Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7 |
Offered to continuing students only. Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course, course map and enrolment information.
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Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Pathways
- Alternative exits
- Course learning outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Details of major sequences
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Build your foundation knowledge in nutrition science and understanding of the commercial forces that guide Australia's $20 billion food industry. With Deakin's Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Commerce, you will graduate with highly transferable skills that allow you to work in either field, or where nutrition and business connect.
Gain an understanding of how nutrition affects population health, disease and ageing. You will graduate with practical skills that prepare you for employment in the thriving health and food industries, with the advanced knowledge to provide evidence-based nutrition advice throughout community settings. Your commerce degree equips you with versatile skills that ensure you are ready for the commercial roles of the future. You will work with real commercial clients on industry projects and learn from today's business leaders.
Why not combine your passion for food and nutrition with business skills that prepare you for a career in the food industry?
While studying nutrition sciences, you’ll gain expertise and insight into the overall impact of food on health and wellbeing, and graduate ready for a successful career in the health and human services sector – the largest and fastest growing employment sector in Australia.
Your commerce degree will equip you with highly transferable skills that ensure you graduate ready to confidently advise in roles across business and government. By choosing to complete a business major, you will gain insight into how a specialised area of commerce affects the nutrition industry. The majors available in the commerce stream of this degree include:
- accounting
- economics
- finance
- food and agribusiness
- human resource management
- management
- management information systems
- marketing
The core units within this combined degree prepare you for a range of careers, including:
- business analytics
- disease prevention
- economics
- finance
- food habits
- food sustainability
- food science
- lifespan nutrition
- management
- marketing
- nutritional physiology
- sustainable food systems.
Both the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and Deakin Business School house state-of-the-art facilities to expose you to industry-standard environments while you study. Put theories to the test in our food sensory labs and develop your skills in business focused learning spaces.
Broaden your cultural understanding of nutrition and commerce by taking your studies overseas. You can take the opportunity to take a study tour or study abroad for a trimester. International study provides invaluable experience that prepares you to transition from course to career within Australia and around the globe.
Indicative student workload
As a student in the Faculty of Health you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and on-line interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
Professional recognition
This qualification allows you to receive recognition from both nutrition and business professional bodies.
Enrolled students and graduates may apply for membership of the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA). Graduates may apply for registration which will ensure you’re recognised as a qualified nutrition professional in the field.
Deakin’s Bachelor of Commerce is internationally recognised and EPAS accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). We are also the only Australian university with this accreditation, meaning you are graduating with a degree that is of a global standard.
Career opportunities
This combined course will give you a competitive edge when it comes to employment. You will not only have the understanding of how nutrition affects our population, but the business skills to critically analyse its relationship to commerce. Find yourself in roles including:
- brand/product management
- consumer education
- consumer research
- food composition
- food policy
- food regulation
- management
- marketing and media
- quality assurance
- wholesale and retail.
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Pathways
This course can be a pathway to:
- H418 Bachelor of Nutrition Science (Honours)
- H714 Master of Human Nutrition
- H748 Master of Nutrition and Population Health
Alternative exits
| Bachelor of Commerce (M300) | |
| Bachelor of Nutrition Science (H315) | |
| Diploma of Business Studies (M201) |
Course learning outcomes
See course entry for Bachelor of Nutrition Science (H315) or Bachelor of Commerce (M300).
Course rules
To complete the Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Commerce students must pass 32 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- HAI010 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- HSN010 Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety (0-credit-point unit) and SLE010 Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program (0-credit-point unit) prior to your first laboratory based unit in this course
- 16 credit points from H315 Bachelor of Nutrition Science
- 16 credit points of core units
- 16 credit points from M300 Bachelor of Commerce
- 8 credit points of core units
- 1 commerce major that consists of 8 credit points
- a maximum of 12 credit points at level 1
- a minimum of 10 credit points at level 3 or above
- course requirements for both the Bachelor of Nutrition Science and Bachelor of Commerce must be satisfied
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Course structure
Core units
Course structure applies for students who commenced in 2022 onwards. Students who commenced prior to 2022 should refer to previous online Handbooks or contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.
Please refer to the Course Map page for course map information.
Please contact a Student Adviser for specific course planning by submitting an enquiry.
Completion of HSN010 Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety and SLE010 Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program prior to your first laboratory- based units in this course.
Students may be able to complete their course in three years by undertaking units in Trimester 3, subject to availability of units in Trimester 3. Please refer to the Course Map page for course map information. The course maps will guide the units you need to enrol in each trimester.
Year 1 - Trimester 1
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points) replaces HAI010 |
| SLE010 | Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program (0 credit points) |
| HSN101 | Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health |
| SLE133 | Chemistry in Our World |
| MAA103 | Accounting for Decision Making |
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
Year 1 - Trimester 2
| HSN010 | Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety (0 credit points) |
| HBS109 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology |
| HSN106 | Food Fundamentals (#) |
| MAE101 | Economic Principles |
| MLC101 | Law for Commerce |
Year 2 - Trimester 1
| HSN105 | Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems |
| HSN211 | Nutritional Physiology |
| MMK101 | Marketing Fundamentals |
| MMM132 | Management |
Year 2 - Trimester 2
| HSN104 | The Science of Food (#) |
| HSN107 | Physiology of Human Growth and Development |
| MIS171 | Business Analytics |
| MWL101 | Professional Insight |
Year 3 - Trimester 1
| HSN223 | Sensory Evaluation of Food |
| HSN301 | Diet and Disease |
Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence
Year 3 - Trimester 2
| HSN202 | Lifespan Nutrition |
| HSN210 | Nutrition and Food Promotion |
Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence
Year 4 - Trimester 1
| HSN309 | Food Policy and Regulation (#) |
| HSN319 | Consumer and Sensory Innovation of Food |
Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence
Year 4 - Trimester 2
| HSN302 | Population Nutrition |
| HSN305 | Assessing Food Intake and Activity |
Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence
HAI010 Academic Integrity (no longer available for enrolment replacement unit DAI001)
Details of major sequences
Business majors
Management Information Systems
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year and your study load. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website or our handy Fee estimator to help estimate your tuition fees.