Course code: 3404 + Course abbreviation: BNutrDietet + Total credit points required: 192 + 4 years full-time
On-campus (Clayton)
On successful completion of this course, students will have gained knowledge, understanding and practical experience in the following areas:
VCE units 3 and 4 with a study score of at least 25 in each of English (any) and Chemistry (or equivalent Year 12 subjects).
Application
for entry to the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics is through the Victoria
Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC), 40 Park Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
3205, Australia, telephone 1300 364 133, website
http://www.vtac.edu.au.
All applicants are also required to complete a Monash University Nutrition and
Dietetics application form, available from
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/vtac, or in hard copy from the Nutrition
and Dietetics Unit, level 5, block E, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road,
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia, after 1 June 2004. The completed form must
be returned to the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit by 12 November 2004. All
current Year 12 first-year entry application forms must be returned by 4
January 2005.
Selection will be made on the basis of ENTER and the Monash Nutrition and Dietetics application form. Applicants should consult the latest VTAC guide for further details.
Students who have not achieved their entrance qualifications in Victoria must hold qualifications which, in the faculty's opinion, are equivalent to those held by local candidates. The qualifications must include the same prerequisite subjects as those for local candidates outlined above. Such applicants must demonstrate at least the same level of academic merit as that which is required for local applicants.
Applicants
presenting with either partially complete or completed tertiary qualifications
will be considered for entry to the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics course.
In considering such applications, the selection committee will take account an
applicant's entire academic record. Applicants applying for advanced standing
must clearly demonstrate to the selection committee that the content of their
previous studies is at least equivalent to the Monash Bachelor of Nutrition and
Dietetics course components for which they are seeking exemption. Application
for entry to the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics is through the Victorian
Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) - see above for contact details.
All applicants are also required to complete a Nutrition and Dietetics
application form, available from the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, level 5,
block E, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168,
Australia, after 1 June 2004. The completed form must be returned to the
Nutrition and Dietetics Unit by 12 November 2004.
Current Monash University students applying for a transfer to the Monash
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics course must complete a Monash University
internal transfer application form available at
http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/ssd/studrels/studentforms/, as well as the
'Nutrition and Dietetics application' form (available at
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/vtac). The completed forms must be
returned to the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit by 12 November 2004. A VTAC
application is not necessary. All short-listed non-school-leaver applicants,
including Monash transfer applicants, may be required to attend an interview in
December.
Approximately
10 places will be available for suitably qualified graduates for third-year
entry in 2005. Selection by the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit of the Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences will depend on academic record, graduate
entry application form and possible interview. Successful applicants will be
required to attend a transition course prior to the commencement of first
semester. This is compulsory and no credits for any previous study will be
given.
Application for graduate entry into third year is directly through the
Nutrition and Dietetics Unit. Forms are available from the Nutrition and
Dietetics Unit, level 5, block E, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road,
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia, after June 2004. The completed form must be
returned to the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit by 12 November 2004.
Places
are available in the first year of the Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
course for international students. These students come from overseas to study
in Australia under student visas and return overseas upon completion of their
degree.
Selection of international students is determined on the basis of each
applicant's academic qualifications.
Prospective applicants should be aware that the fee charged for the course will
be set annually, taking into account inflation and other factors.
Applicants should check the Monash University International
Undergraduate Course Guide or visit
http://www.monash.edu.au/intoff. This guide contains information
regarding Australian Government requirements and conditions for study in
Australia, living costs, course fees, health insurance, working while studying,
working rights for husbands and wives, and schooling for children.
Information about visa applications can be obtained from
http://www.immi.gov.au and
http://www.dfat.gav.au/missions.
Applications for student visas will be assessed according to an applicant's
assessment level. Assessment level is determined by the passport held and the
education sector for which applicants are seeking a student visa
(http://www.immi.gov.au/students). The education sector code for this
course is 037825J.
For more information, see http://www.monash.edu.au/intoff/AGOV.html.
In
order to meet health requirements for working in the wards of teaching
hospitals and for protection of other students and themselves, students in the
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics need to comply with certain precautionary
procedures. These consist of confidential tests for immune status (including
blood tests and skin tests), receiving vaccines and having x-rays where the
evidence indicates these are appropriate and there are not specific
contraindications in individual cases.
This policy is in accordance with the National Health and Medical Research
Council advice that educational institutions training students in health
sciences should ensure that such students are protected as far as possible by
vaccination against risks of infection.
The faculty recommends that all students accept responsibility for having
up-to-date immunisations before commencing the course. Recommended
immunisations include diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella,
tuberculosis and hepatitis B.
Prospective students should note that on enrolment, students are provided with
detailed written information and, as appropriate, counselling about the effect
that HIV or hepatitis B infection may have on the ability of health care
workers to practise their profession. Additional information is provided to
students in their third year when they are in contact with patients as part of
their clinical studies.
Organisations that host clinical placements require students to have obtained a police check regarding their suitability to undertake such placements. All enrolled and prospective students are advised that they will be required to obtain and pay for a police check prior to undertaking the clinical placements in their course.
The curriculum has been carefully designed to integrate a thorough theoretical background with hands-on clinical experience. The first two years of the course draw on the expertise of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to provide a solid understanding of the science of dietetics, as well as examining the broader societal aspects of food, and include core units from the Bachelor of Biomedical Science (BBiomedSc). The second two years take place primarily in the clinical setting and provide experience in practical dietetic skills, nutrition management of illnesses, food service operation and management, health care systems, public health and nutritional program planning. In addition, issues relating to rural health, primary care and community health will be explored.
Nutrition
and Dietetics Unit
Department of Medicine
Level 5, Block E
Monash
Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9594 5510
Email: nutrition.dietetics@med.monash.edu.au
Web: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nutrition-dietetics
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