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Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition
Testamur Title of Degree: |
Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition |
Abbreviation: |
GCertPHN |
My University: |
Public Health, Nutrition |
Duration: |
1 year part-time |
Total Credit Points: |
24 |
Delivery Mode: |
Flexible* |
Starting Session(s): |
Autumn, Spring |
Location: |
Wollongong Campus |
UOW Course Code: |
1184 |
CRICOS Code: |
N/A |
*Please note the subjects are delivered on campus via block delivery. Please see course requirements for more details.
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition enables graduates to analyse factors affecting the food and nutrition system; advise on and negotiate effective and feasible food and nutrition policy; implement and evaluate evidence-based public health food and nutrition strategies; and systematically monitor the food and nutrition system. These skills are of central importance in preventive health strategies. Food and nutrition analyses focus on the links between food production and food choice with the ecological sustainability crisis, the nutrition impacts of rising levels of social inequity and food as a core to our social and cultural identities.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Entry to the Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition requires a three year undergraduate Bachelor degree (or equivalent) from a recognised tertiary institution. Normally applicants require an undergraduate program in nutrition to be considered eligible to apply. An applicant holding other acceptable qualifications may be admitted to this course on a case-by-case basis.
Course Requirements
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition requires the successful completion of 24 credit points of subjects in accordance with the course structure and recommended subject progression table below.
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Session |
Credit Points |
SHS 936 |
Public Health Nutrition |
Autumn |
6 |
SHS 938 |
Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance |
Autumn |
6 |
SHS 937 |
Nutrition Promotion |
Spring |
6 |
SHS 939 |
Food and Nutrition Policy |
Spring |
6 |
Credit Arrangements and Articulation with other UOW Courses
The Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition articulates with the Master of Public Health. All subjects successfully completed in the Graduate Certificate in Public Health Nutrition will count as credit towards the Master of Public Health upon successful transfer provided that students choose the Speciality Stream: Public Health Nutrition within the Master of Public Health.