Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Commerce

2023 Deakin University Handbook

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Year

2023 course information

Award granted

Bachelor of Nutrition Science/Bachelor of Commerce

Course Map

This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 1 2023.

This course map is for new students commencing from Trimester 2 2023.

Course maps for commencement in previous years are available on the Course Maps webpage or please contact a Student Adviser in Student Central.

Campus
  • Burwood (Melbourne) campus
  • Waurn Ponds (Geelong) campus- with Burwood intensives and possible inter-campus travel.
OnlineNo
Duration4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code095522K Burwood (Melbourne)
Deakin course codeD301
Approval status

This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition

The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 7.

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Build your foundation knowledge in nutrition science and learn how nutrition affects population health, disease and ageing, and gain a deep 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. 

Hands-on experience in our state-of-the-art food sensory labs will ensure you 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 will gain expertise and insight into the overall impact of food on health and wellbeing, and graduate ready for a successful career in the Healthcare and Social Assistance 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
  • human resource management
  • management
  • management information systems
  • marketing

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 the opportunity to 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.

*Australian Government, Department of Health: www.health.gov.au/health-topics/food-and-nutrition/about   

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 both EQUIS and EPAS accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and AACSB accredited. Deakin’s Bachelor of Commerce is also the only Australian university with all three accreditations, meaning you are graduating with a degree that is of a global standard.

Our courses are developed and reviewed with industry and professional input.

Students who complete the accounting major are eligible to apply for:

Students who complete the marketing major are eligible for a one-year credit reduction from the five years needed to become a Certified Practicing Marketer by the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI).

Commerce graduates may also be eligible to apply for membership to these key professional bodies (depending on units taken):

Students should consult with a Student Adviser to identify any additional requirements for membership for each professional body, and also consult with the professional body.

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. More information available at Disability support services.

Mandatory student checks

Working with Children Check

Applicants will be required to hold a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) for the relevant state prior to undertaking placements as part of this course. Further information and guidance will be provided to students when they enrol into their placement unit.

Police Record Check

Applicants will be required to hold a valid National Police Record Check for placements as part of this course. Further information and guidance will be provided to students when they enrol into their placement unit.

Pathways

This course can be a pathway to:


Alternative exits

Bachelor of Nutrition Science (H315)
Bachelor of Commerce (M300)

Fees and charges

Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

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 attain 32 credit points. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point. In order to gain 32 credit points you will need to study 32 units (AKA 'subjects') over your entire degree. Most students choose to study 4 units per trimester, and usually undertake two trimesters each year.

The course comprises 32 credit points. 16 credit points are Nutrition Science units, and 16 credit points are Commerce units, which includes the completion of a prescribed Commerce major sequence from one of the following options: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Human Resource Management, Management, Management Information Systems and Marketing, which must include the following:

  • 16 core credit points studied within the Faculty of Business and Law that must include the 8 Bachelor of Commerce core units: MAA103, MAE101, MAF101, MLC101, MMK101, MMM132, MIS171 and MWL101, plus one Commerce major that consists of 8 credit points
  • Completion of HSN010 Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety and SLE010 Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program prior to your first laboratory based unit in this course.

All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete HAI010 Academic Integrity in their first trimester of study (0 credit point compulsory unit).

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Major sequences

Refer to the details of each major sequence for availability.

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Human Resource Management

Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Course structure

Burwood offering

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.

All Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus enrolled students are required to attend seminars and practical laboratory classes (if any) at the Melbourne Burwood Campus for the units marked (#) below.

Burwood students will need to enrol into the Burwood unit offerings.
Geelong students can choose one from the below two options:
A. Online unit offering: Attend two x 2 day intensive practical classes (one day for HSN104 and one day for HSN106). These intensive practical sessions are typically conducted on a Saturday or Sunday at Burwood (Melbourne) Campus.
B. Burwood unit offering: attend four practical classes at Burwood. Geelong students who choose to enrol into Burwood offering can only do so if there is capacity and via manual enrolment.

Year 1 - Trimester 1

HAI010Academic Integrity (0 credit points)

SLE010Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program (0 credit points)

HSN101Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health

SLE133Chemistry in Our World

MAA103Accounting for Decision Making

MAF101Fundamentals of Finance

Year 1 - Trimester 2

HSN010Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety (0 credit points)

HBS109Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

HSN106Food Fundamentals (#)

MAE101Economic Principles

MLC101Law for Commerce

Year 2 - Trimester 1

HSN105Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

HSN211Nutritional Physiology

MMK101Marketing Fundamentals

MMM132Management

Year 2 - Trimester 2

HSN104The Science of Food (#)

HSN107Physiology of Human Growth and Development

MIS171Business Analytics

MWL101Professional Insight

Year 3 - Trimester 1

HSN223Sensory Evaluation of Food

HSN301Diet and Disease

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence

Year 3 - Trimester 2

HSN202Lifespan Nutrition

HSN311Food and Nutrition Practicum

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence

Year 4 - Trimester 1

HSN309Food Policy and Regulation (#)

HSN319Consumer and Sensory Innovation of Food

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence

Year 4 - Trimester 2

HSN302Population Nutrition

HSN305Assessing Food Intake and Activity

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence

Waurn Ponds campus

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 consult your course enrolment officer.

Please refer to the unit guides for campus locations and enrolment modes *,**,#

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.

Please contact a Student Adviser for specific course planning advice 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

HAI010Academic Integrity (0 credit points)

SLE010Laboratory and Fieldwork Safety Induction Program (0 credit points)

HSN101Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health

SLE133Chemistry in Our World

MAA103Accounting for Decision Making **

MAE101Economic Principles **

Year 1 - Trimester 2

HSN010Food and Nutrition Laboratory Safety (0 credit points)

HBS109Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

HSN106Food Fundamentals *

MAF101Fundamentals of Finance **

MLC101Law for Commerce **

Year 2 - Trimester 1

HSN105Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems

HSN211Nutritional Physiology

MMK101Marketing Fundamentals **

MMM132Management **

Year 2 - Trimester 2

HSN104The Science of Food *

HSN107Physiology of Human Growth and Development

MIS171Business Analytics **

MWL101Professional Insight **

Year 3 - Trimester 1

HSN223Sensory Evaluation of Food #

HSN301Diet and Disease

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence**

Year 3 - Trimester 2

HSN202Lifespan Nutrition

HSN311Food and Nutrition Practicum

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence**

Year 4 - Trimester 1

HSN309Food Policy and Regulation

HSN319Consumer and Sensory Innovation of Food #

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence**

Year 4 - Trimester 2

HSN302Population Nutrition

HSN305Assessing Food Intake and Activity

Plus two units from one Commerce major sequence**

* Units are offered for Geelong students as either online or at Burwood (Melbourne) please read unit descriptions for details.

** Units may not be offered at Waurn Ponds campus and could involve inter-campus travel or online enrolment.

# Units are currently offered at Burwood (Melbourne) however future offerings will be available for Geelong students as either online or at Burwood (Melbourne).

Business majors

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Human Resource Management

Management

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Work experience

You will enhance your employment prospects by consolidating your knowledge and skills through realistic field experience in HSN311 Food Science and Nutrition Practicum in your third year.


Other course information

Course duration - additional information

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.