Overview

Our Bachelor of Health Science leads to a range of rewarding jobs in the fast-growing health industry. 

You’ll prepare for a real career with cutting-edge, industry-relevant tech in our campus labs, or lay the foundation for specialised postgraduate study.  

Select a major that aligns with your interests and aspirations and study for a career that champions good health for all.

Your major

If you've put dietitian or nutritionist on your career menu, major in nutrition and graduate as a nutritionist or continue to a Master of Dietetics.

In this hands-on, lab-based major you’ll learn how food affects the world today, exploring areas such as contemporary lifestyle-diseases; food security and sustainability; metabolic and biochemical functions; biological, psychological and cultural factors impacting our food choices; nutrition across lifespans; and digital health.

Your industry experience

Build up your CV with real industry experience while you study through our Work Integrated Learning program, a guaranteed part of all our bachelor degrees. In this degree, depending on your major, the Health Science Project (HEA30001) or the Psychology Project (PSY30003) gives you the opportunity to explore a student-led project with potential links into the industry.

Skills you’ll learn

• Dietary assessment of food
• Lab-based skills in nutrition
• Translating nutritional scientific evidence
• Communicating scientific information
• Advocacy of nutrition issues

Your career opportunities

• Nutritionist
• Nutrition analyst
• Nutrition teacher
• Nutrition researcher
• Public health worker
• Health program developer
• Digital content developer