Human Nutrition major

50 points

Level 3: compulsory

• NUTR30002 Monitoring Food and Nutrition Intake
• NUTR30003 Lifestage Nutrition
• NUTR30004 Advanced Topics in Nutrition
• NUTR30005 Nutritional Biochemistry and Genomics

Level 1 and 2: take these first

• FOOD20003 Intro to Food Science & Human Nutrition
• NUTR20001 Food Nutrition and Health

Where it can lead

What the Handbook says Human Nutrition leads to, with official job information from the Australian Government's Your Career site.

• Dietitian (Needs a further qualification) · Official job info: Dietitian · Which subjects matter for a dietitian?
• Secondary school teacher (Needs a further qualification) · Official job info: Secondary School Teacher · Which subjects matter for a secondary school teacher?

Industries

food industry, government regulatory authorities, nutrition research, health-related fields

Further study

• higher degrees in nutrition research

From the Handbook · checked 2026-10-23

From the 2026 University of Melbourne Handbook. Check it before you enrol.