Students who graduate from Nutrition and Dietetics will be able to:

1. Develop strong skills and knowledge around the biological and biochemical sciences
2. Develop discipline-specific laboratory and research skills and knowledge
3. Develop skills in critical thinking
4. Develop presentation skills in a research environmentParticipate in multidisciplinary projects
5. Understand nutrient requirements, how nutrients are processed and utilised within the body, across the lifespan
6. Understand nutrient sensing and what happens when things go wrong
7. Understand whole-body aspects of energy utilisation, fat and glycogen storage and their regulation under normal conditions, as well as obesity and diabetes
8. Develop an understanding of energy balance, regulation of metabolic rate, control of food intake, tissue interactions in fuel selection, the role of adipose tissue and transport of fuel molecules from storage organs and into cells
9. Understand how the modern concepts of metabolomics, coupled with molecular biology methods and studies of the structure and function of enzymes, have led to our current understanding of how metabolic processes are normally integrated and how they become deranged in disease states
10. Experience in a wide range of techniques used in modern medical and metabolic biochemistry
11. Broaden the understanding of the impact of food production, technology and processing of food and the impact this has on the food that people eat
12. Strengthen their skills and knowledge in cross disciplinary units on food safety, food science and processing
13. Explore big datasets.