Program Overview

Create a rewarding career in Australia's fastest-growing sector by changing the lives of individual people and whole populations with La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Examine the way our minds, society, environment and political structures affects the health of individuals, families and communities at local, national and international levels. Broaden your expertise with a choice of nine majors and the option of second majors and minors in health sciences or a range of other disciplines.

By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Sciences, you will:

• Build your skills in scientific thinking, lab and fieldwork, problem solving, collaboration, professional conduct and scientific communication
• Study how it suits you with options to study on campus or online, as well as Diploma and Associate Degree early exit options
• Choose from majors in allied health, digital health, environmental health, food and nutrition, health promotion, health, wellbeing and performance, psychological science, public health, and rehabilitation counselling
• Graduate ready to make real impact on health policy and practice in areas such as digital health, environmental health, nutrition or health promotion – or, depending on your choice of major, gain a pathway into postgraduate allied health and other health degrees, including audiology, physiotherapy, speech pathology and occupational therapy.

Major: Food and nutrition

The major in Food and Nutrition provides an understanding of the role diet plays in health maintenance and illness prevention. Critical analysis of the sociocultural factors that influence food intake and impact food security in changing and complex food, health, environmental and economic systems are also explored. Students will develop a deep understanding of nutrition across different life stages and will be able to perform nutrition assessment in a culturally safe manner.