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Master of Sports Nutrition by Research

ProviderUniversity of the Sunshine Coast
Course code: SIA-200608UniversityStudy area: Society and CultureCourse data availableData JSON

Course overview

Use your knowledge to drive peak performance. In this program you will develop the necessary research skills to work within a broad sports population that strives for peak fitness and elite athletic performance. In this program you will develop high level critical thinking, independent research capabilities, and organisational skills to help you work in either clinical or research settings in the future. You will choose a research topic in which application of the principles of nutrition will have a positive outcome on health, wellbeing and physical performance. You will explore research topics already undertaken including: supplementation practices of elite Australian swimmers, validity of field-based indices of sweat composition, and factors influencing food choices of triathletes.

Entry requirements

Postgraduate and higher courses usually use academic prerequisites, degree equivalence and English-language requirements.

Postgraduate entry

No structured standard entry requirements are available yet; confirm against the latest course requirements.

English requirement
IELTS Academic 6, no band below 5.5

If your current English result is below direct entry, consider the university-recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package; successful completion at the required level can usually satisfy English entry without another English test.

Course curriculum

Course structure, credit points and subject sequence

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