Graduate Certificate of Public Health Nutrition

2013 Deakin University Handbook

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Award granted	Graduate Certificate of Public Health Nutrition
Campus	This course is only offered off campus
Duration	0.5 year full-time or part-time equivalent (Full-time only available to students commencing in Trimester 1)
Deakin course code	H517

Course sub-headings

Course overview

Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Public Health Nutrition provides a practically-oriented, postgraduate-level introduction to public health nutrition covering material from related disciplines such as epidemiology, politics and policy, nutrition promotion and communication to provide you with core competencies to tackle these relevant public health and nutrition issues.

Fees and charges

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Please be aware:

Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services

Course rules

The course consists of four credit points of study comprising one core unit: HSN727Unit description is currently unavailable - 2 credit points and two elective units. The elective units should be chosen from the list included in the course structure.

For students completing both a postgraduate human nutrition course (H511, H616 or H714) and the Graduate Certificate of Public Health Nutrition (H517), a maximum of 2 credit points of credit for prior learning can be shared between both awards.