Overview
Nutrition plays an integral part in public health. Challenges like, growing obesity, diet-related diseases, non-availability of clean drinking water, healthy food and inequalities in provision of health services have led to a growing demand for trained public health nutritionists. This program will give the students, specialist scientific knowledge and practical skills needed to meet the contemporary challenges. Training in statistics, epidemiology, research methods, nutritional assessment, health promotion and prevention will enhance their professional skills, employability and development as a public health professional.
Objective
This program intends to enable students to:
- Understand the role of nutrition in the etiology, prevention and management of community health issues.
- Be able to critically appraise food and nutrition policies, direct and indirect interventions implemented to address public health & nutrition concerns.
- Have ability to apply methods used for acquiring and interpreting nutritional, biological and epidemiological information.
- Have improved ability to analyze, synthesize and summarize information critically.
- Have improved ability to recognize the moral, ethical and social implications of scientific investigations and human interventions.
- To monitor trends and issues in the discipline of nutrition and translate this information into curriculum and training programs.
- To engage the Faculty members and Professionals in continued education and professional development programs by conducting workshops, conferences and seminars
Roadmap
student must study 38 Credit Hours (8 courses and 1 thesis). Some courses are compulsory to meet the requirement of your degree while others are optional to cater to student’s individual interest.
38
The following courses will be covered in this program of study.
1st Semester | ||
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Code | Course Title | CH |
PHNRM-711 | Research Methods I | 3 |
PHNRM-712 | Bio-Statistics | 3 |
PHNRM-713 | Community Nutrition & Interventions | 3 |
PHNRM-714 | Nutrition Health Prevention | 3 |
2nd Semester | ||
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Code | Course Title | CH |
PHNRM-721 | Research Methods II | 3 |
PHNRM-722 | Public Health Nutrition | 3 |
PHNRM-723 | Nutrition Education & Counseling | 3 |
3rd Semester | ||
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Code | Course Title | CH |
PHNRM-811 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
PHNRM-812 | Nutrition Epidemiology | 3 |
PHNRM-813 | Evidence Based Practice | 3 |
4th Semester | ||
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Code | Course Title | CH |
PHNSM-821 | Seminars | 2 |
PHNRP-822 | Research Project/Dissertation | 6 |
Eligibility Criteria
For all programs in Health and Life Sciences
- Eligibility Criteria:
- 60% marks F.Sc. (Pre-medical)/A level or equivalent.
Assessment
- A semester is a sixteen weeks of continuous studies.
- As per HEC requirement, fifty minutes of class lecture or 100 minutes of supervised lab work done during sixteen weeks of a semester is called a credit hour.
- Grade Point Average (GPA) is a number that indicates a student’s average grade.
GPA
GRADE
GPA 4.0
A
GPA 3.0
B
GPA 2.0
C
GPA 1.0
D
- Cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is the overall GPA earned by the student during the entire tenure of studies. Bachelors (Hons) students are required to obtain a CGPA of 2.0 to graduate.
- The total number of 40 to 42 courses with a total of 132 credit hours are required to complete a 4-year Bachelor degree program. Additionally, 6 to 12 credit hours of project work is required.
- Students have to repeat courses with lower GPA to reach a CGPA of 2.0.
- There are two exams conducted during each semester: mid-term and final-term.
EXAM
PERCENTAGE(%)
Mid-Term
20%
Final-Term
40%
Class Attendance
10%
Assignment,Quizzes
30%
- No supplementary tests are conducted. Students failing in a subject are required to repeat the entire course.
- Students found guilty of cheating are fined Rs. 10,000 and are required to repeat the course.
- Student can freeze their semesters by submitting an application to the Director of Student Affairs. A maximum of three semesters can be frozen.
- Students must report back within the given time failing which their admission will be cancelled.
- The fee to freeze a semester is Rs. 2,500.
- Fee deposited for a particular semester cannot be ‘carry-forward’ for another semester even if the student opts to use the freeze option.
GPA | GRADE |
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GPA 4.0 | A |
GPA 3.0 | B |
GPA 2.0 | C |
GPA 1.0 | D |
EXAM | PERCENTAGE(%) |
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Mid-Term | 20% |
Final-Term | 40% |
Class Attendance | 10% |
Assignment,Quizzes | 30% |
Fee Structure
Doctor of Nutrition Sciences70,000700,000
FACULTY OF LIFE & HEALTH SCIENCES | |||
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Undergraduate Programs | Semester Fee | Annual Fee | Total Fee |
Doctor of Physiotherapy | 80,000 | 160,000 | 800,000 |
BS in Food & Nutrition | 60,000 | 120,000 | 480,000 |
Graduate Programs | |||
MS/MPhil Physiotherapy | 80,000 | 160,000 | 320,000 |
MPhil Nutrition & Dietetics | 70,000 | 140,000 | 280,000 |
MPhil philosophy in Public Health Nutrition | 70,000 | 140,000 | 280,000 |
Admission Fee | |
Admission Fee (One time Charges at the time of admission) | 25000 (For all degree programs) |
Note:
1. Fee for the first semester is payable at the time of admission.
2. Fee for subsequent semesters is payable on first Saturday of December and May.
3. Separate per course fee is charged for Summer Semester that is payable at the time of enrolment.
4. Fee bills are distributed to students in classes and are also available at the accounts office. They can also be printed from the Student portal when the fee becomes due.
5. It is the responsibility of the student to submit the fees before the last date.
6. After due date fine will be charged for late payments
7. Students failing to clear the fee within two weeks past the due date will be denied entry into the campus.
8. Students will not to be allowed to sit in the exam if their dues are not clear
Employment Scope
- Public Health Nutritionists work in public and private settings as:
- Jobs directly related to your degree include:
- Public Health Nutrition Consultants
- Community Nutritionist
- Nutrition Project Coordinator
- Health Officers
- Public Health Safety Officer
- Research & Academia
- International Organizations (U.N, NGO’s)