Overview

This unit exposes students to real-world nutrition problems and allows them to develop and refine their problem-solving, critical analysis, collaboration, and communication skills to be work-ready. Students will work collaboratively in teams on industry-linked projects, applying the discipline-specific knowledge acquired throughout their degree.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Apply nutrition knowledge to a real-world scenario.
  • Critically examine a real-world nutrition problem.
  • Design reasoned and justified responses to a nutrition problem using an evidence-informed approach.
  • Communicate the proposed design to a range of audiences and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate professionalism skills and behaviours to effectively collaborate in a team setting.

Teaching methods

All applicable locations

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
Online Lecture 12 12 weeks 1 Asynchronous
On-campus Workshop 24 12 weeks 2  
Specified Activities Various 72 12 weeks 6 Work towards group project
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 42 12 weeks 3.5 Work towards individual assignment and other independent learning.
Various online activities (readings, videos, HP5)
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 12.5  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Assignment 1 Individual  35% 2,5
Oral Presentation Group  25% 1,2,3,4,5
Project Report Group  40% 1,2,3,4,5

Content

  • Principles to work effectively in a team
  • Project management
  • Problem-solving
  • Effective use of nutrition information and data
  • Innovation in nutrition
  • Graduate Attribute 1 (Communication 1 - Verbal Communication)
  • Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
  • Graduate Attribute 3 (Teamwork 1 - Collaboration and negotiation)
  • Graduate Attribute 4 (Teamwork 2 - Teamwork roles and processes)
  • Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
  • Graduate Attribute 6 (Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.