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US6726002 - Bachelor in Nutrition with Honours

  • OVERVIEW

    The main purpose of the programme is to impart knowledge in general nutrition with the focus on human nutrition and community nutrition that are relevant to the Malaysian context. It aims to produce versatile graduates to fulfil the needs of the discipline, the healthcare profession and the future job market. The programme employs a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning, and the school consists of academically qualified people in the fields of nutrition, dietetics, food science, basic sciences, medicine, social sciences, management, and community services. Students are exposed to various aspects of foods, nutrient requirements, dietary intake, assessment of nutritional status, healthy eating and lifelong nutrition. Students will also experience laboratory work in food preparation and food analysis and at the same time, they will be carrying out fieldwork to evaluate nutrition and health status in the community. The final year students will conduct a research project and write a dissertation. The mode of teaching and learning includes lectures, practical, fieldwork, seminars, self-study, e-learning and individual supervision.

    Lectures will be mainly delivered in English

    This programme requires candidate to attend an interview

    School of Health Sciences
    Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia,
    16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
    https://ppsk.usm.my/ 

    Duration : 4 Years / 8 Semester
    Medium Instruction : English Language
    Semester Offered : Semester 1 (October)

  • REQUIREMENTS

    • General

      MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
      MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

      ACADEMIC

      • Completed 12 years of Primary and High School Education and
      • Obtained High School Certificate (eg. A‐Level, HSC, SMU, & Matayom Suksa 6 (Thailand), International Baccalaureate ) or
      • Diploma in related field

      ENGLISH

      • IELTS/IELTS Online minimum Band 5.0 or
      • TOEFL iBT minimum score of 40 or
      • TOEFL Essentials Online minimum score of 7.5 or
      • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) minimum score of 154 or
      • Cambridge English: Linguaskill Online minimum score of 154 or
      • PTE Academic / PTE Academic (Online) minimum score of 47 or
      • ELS Certified Intensive English Programme Level (CIEP Level) 107 or
      • Malaysian University English Test minimum Band 3.5
      • Candidate from an institution in which the medium of instruction is English

      Without any of the above English proficiency certificates, accepted students will be issued with a conditional offer letter to fulfill the English language requirements.

      INTERVIEW

      Candidates must undergo an interview session before being accepted by the respective faculty.

    • Special

      HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATES DIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS
      HIGH SCHOOL CERTIFICATES :

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.75

      And

      Minimum grade C in any 2 subjects below:

      • Biology
      • Chemistry
      • Physics / Mathematics

      Note: Grading system is referred to each country academics qualifications
      DIPLOMA / A-LEVEL, IB, AUSMAT,SAM & OTHERS:

      Obtained Diploma in Health Sciences with minimum CGPA of 2.75

      And

      Provided the course is not less than 5 semesters or 2 ½ years in the same accredited institution.

      And

      Obtained High School Certificate Level or its equivalent with minimum entry qualification of CGPA 2.00 and minimum grade C in 2    subjects below:

      • Biology
      • Chemistry
      • Physics / Mathematics

      ‘A’ LEVEL CANDIDATES

      (AQA, Brunei, Cambridge, Edexcel, London, Maldives)

      • ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level result slip and certificates
      • Passed ‘A’ Level with minimum score of 10 and minimum grade C in 2 subjects below:
      • Biology
      • Chemistry
      • Physics / Mathematics

      AUSTRALIAN HIGH SCHOOL CANDIDATES

      • South Australian Matriculation (SAM) / Victorian Certificate of Education, Australia Year 12 or Australian Matriculation (AUSMAT)

      With minimum aggregate of 45 and minimum grade C in 2 subjects below:

      • Biology
      • Chemistry
      • Physics / Mathematics

      INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) DIPLOMA CANDIDATES

      • Passed IB diploma with a minimum 24 points and
      • Obtained minimum score of 4 in High Level (HL) in 2 subjects below:

        - Biology; and
        - Chemistry; and
        - Physics or Mathematics.

  • FEES

    • TYPE of feesAmount (USD)
      TYPE of fees: Total Tuition Fees
      Amount (USD):

      17,000.00
      TYPE of fees: Per semester
      Amount (USD):

      2,125.00
      TYPE of fees: Per year
      Amount (USD):

      4,250.00
      TYPE of fees: Recurrent Fee (Payable every semester)
      Amount (USD):

      95.00
      TYPE of fees: Non-Recurrent Fee (Payable upon registration)
      Amount (USD):

      1,325.00
      TYPE of fees: ** Fees are subject to change

  • LIST OF COURSE

    • Semester 1

      • Malay Language IV
      • Integrity and Anti-Corruption
      • Fundamental of Health Informatics
      • Human Anatomy and Physiology
      • Principles of Nutrition
      • Food Science
      • Elective course

      Semester 2

      • Core Entrepreneurship
      • General English 1
      • Psychology and Behavioural Science
      • Principles of Food Preparation
      • Food Analysis
      • Nutritional Immunology
      • Epidemiology

      • Semester 1

        • Philosophy and Current Issues
        • General English 2
        • Health and Society
        • Nutritional Biochemistry
        • Nutrition for Health and Fitness
        • Nutrition in the Life Cycle
        • Nutritional Anthropology

        Semester 2

        • Appreciation of Ethics and Civilisations
        • Nutrition and Disease
        • Assessment of Nutritional Status
        • Community Nutrition and Dietetics
        • Principles of Medical Nutrition Therapy I
        • Elective course 

      • Semester 1

        • Co-curriculum
        • Biostatistics
        • Research Methodology
        • Food Safety and Microbiology
        • Nutrition Education and Promotion
        • Nutrition and Genetics
        • Elective course 

        Semester 2

        • Nutrition Research Project I
        • Food Service Management
        • Dietetics Counselling and Communication
        • Elective course 

      • Semester 1

        • Contemporary Issues in Nutrition
        • Nutrition Policy and Food Security
        • Nutrition Research Project II

        Semester 2

        • Nutrition Industrial Training

    • CAREER PROSPECTS

      Position

      • Nutritionist
      • Science officer
      • Research officer
      • Food quality control, food service and promotion officer
      • Nutrition consultant

       Related Industries

      • Health
      • Food
      • Food manufacturing and Quality Control
      • Testing laboratories
      • Government agencies
      • Education

    Undergraduate

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    Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
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