BNutrSc/BBus

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent

StatePrerequisites

New South Wales

Assumed knowledge: English (Advanced or Standard) (Band 3) or English as a Second Language (Band 4)

Victoria

Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or 25 in any other English

International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2026 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for the double degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:

  1. 120 cp from the Specified Units from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Bachelor of Business (Part A)
  2. 170 cp from the Specified Units from the Schedule of Offerings of the Bachelor of Nutrition Science units (Part B)
  3. 20 cp from University Core Curriculum Units (Part C)
  4. 10 cp from Community Engagement Units (Part D)

Progression requirements

Students normally complete 100 level units before undertaking related 200 level units, and 200 level units before undertaking related 300 level units.

In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN105Financial Literacy10 CP
  • BUSN114Marketing Essentials10 CP
  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP

    Business Mandatory Unit

  • ITEC100Information Technology in Action10 CP

    Business Mandatory Unit

  • BAFN200Principles of Finance10 CP
  • ECON200Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets10 CP
  • ENTR301Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation10 CP
  • HRMG204Organisational Behaviour10 CP
  • MKTG210Product Marketing and Innovation10 CP
  • LEGL101Introduction to Business Law: Legal Frameworks for Businesses10 CP
  • MGMT304Strategic Management10 CP
  • ITEC307Design Thinking for Business Strategy10 CP

Complete exactly 170 credit points from the following:

  • BIOL125Human Biology 110 CP
  • BIOL126Human Biology 210 CP
  • BIOL234Nutritional Physiology10 CP
  • BMSC209Pathophysiology10 CP
  • CHEM113Essential Ideas in Chemistry10 CP
  • CHEM206Advanced Metabolic Biochemistry10 CP
  • CHEM207Foundations of Biochemistry10 CP
  • PUBH102Foundations of Health Promotion10 CP
  • PUBH103Epidemiology10 CP
  • PUBH202Public Health Research Methods10 CP
  • NUTR101Introduction to Nutrition10 CP
  • NUTR102Culinary Nutrition Science10 CP
  • NUTR202Lifespan Nutrition10 CP
  • NUTR302Diet, Health and Disease10 CP
  • NUTR303Food Science in Practice10 CP
  • NUTR304Food Product Design and Development10 CP
  • NUTR311Food, Society, and the Environment10 CP

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • PHCC106Making Sense: Practical Reasoning for Life and Career10 CP
  • THCC100Revolutionary Values: Christianity in History10 CP
  • THCC101People Matter: Catholic Social Thought10 CP
  • TPCC100Life and Meaning: Imagining Ourselves through Art and Cinema10 CP
  • PHCC201The Origins of the Sciences and Contemporary Challenges10 CP
  • THCC200Justice in the World: Catholic Social Ethics in Global Perspective10 CP
  • THCC202Sacred Land: Australian Indigenous Spiritualities and Catholic Thought10 CP
  • TPCC201Ecology and Justice10 CP
  • TPCC202Conflict, Violence and Peace-making10 CP


Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • NUTR305Community and Public Health Nutrition10 CP
  • BIPX202Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities10 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Specified Units - Nutrition ScienceBIOL125Human Biology 1

    (Inc: BIOD125, BIOL121, BIOL122)

    10 cp
  • Specified Units - Nutrition ScienceNUTR101Introduction to Nutrition

    (Inc: EXSC118, NUTD101, EXSZ118, NUTZ101)

    10 cp
  • Specified Units - BusinessBUSN113Managing People and Organisations

    Must be completed before other business units.

    (Inc: MGMT100, BUSD113)

    10 cp
  • Specified Units - BusinessBUSN114Marketing Essentials10 cp
  • Specified Units - Nutrition ScienceBIOL126Human Biology 2

    (Pre: BIOL125; Inc: BIOL121, BIOL122, BIOL124, BIOL204, BIOD126)

    10 cp
  • Specified Units - Nutrition ScienceNUTR102Culinary Nutrition Science

    (Inc: NUTD102)

    10 cp
  • Specified Units - BusinessBUSN105Financial Literacy10 cp
  • Specified Units - BusinessITEC100Information Technology in Action

    (Inc: ITED100)

    10 cp

Prerequisites (Pre:) are other units that you must have passed before enrolling in the unit. 

Incompatibles (Inc:) are units similar to this unit. If you have previously passed an Incompatible unit, you are not able to enrol in this unit.

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