The programme extends over four academic years during which period a student receives practical training as a student dietician at an institution or institutions approved for this purpose by the University.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 4 years full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- General chemistry
- Physics
- Molecular and cell biology
- Academic literacy
- Computer literacy
- People and their environment
- Food
- Chemistry
- Information literacy
- Dietetic profession
- Cultural eating patterns
- Anatomy of the torso
Second year subjects:
- Introductory and neurophysiology
- Circulatory physiology
- Protein and enzymes
- Carbohydrate metabolism
- Nutrition
- Medical microbiology
- Food
- Human nutrition
- Lung and kidney physiology
- Digestion, endocrinology and reproduction systems
- Lipid and nitrogen metabolism
- Biochemistry in perspective
- Medical microbiology
- Communication
- Dietetic application of communication principles
Third year subjects:
- Developmental physiology
- Immunology
- Culture and healthcare
- Project planning and management
- Pharmacology
- Ethic and law in healthcare
- Nutritional assessment
- Dietetic counselling
- Developmental process
- Food
- Food service management
- Medical nutrition therapy
- Clinic and discussion class
Fourth year of study:
- Community nutrition
- Human nutrition
- Medial nutrition therapy
- Research project
- Dietetics profession
- Practice management
- Food service management
Careers: dietician and nutritionist.
Source: www.up.ac.za