Overview
This unit builds on your prior learning in the areas of nutrition, biochemistry and physiology and applies this in the context of nutritional assessment. In this unit, you will develop an understanding of nutritional assessment, lifespan nutrition and the relationship between nutrition and disease across specific stages of the lifespan. You will also perform nutritional assessment to evaluate nutritional status of individuals.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: Enrolment into CL88 Master of Nutrition and Dietetics OR enrolment with completion of 108 cp into one of CG93 Pre-Dietetics or Clinical Nutrition majors, CM60 Clinical Nutrition Minor or CM61 Bachelor of Nutrition/Master of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Students feedback
Students' appreciated the learning content and the discussions of theoretical concepts in real-life circumstances.
Continue with the discussion of real-life cases and their relevance to the theoretical concepts.