Postgraduate Diploma Home Study

Explore the building blocks of nutrition, including macronutrients and micronutrients, and understand the essentials of a balanced diet. You'll learn about dietary guidelines, how to read food labels for nutritional analysis, and the relationship between nutrition and the immune system.

Discover cooking methods that retain nutrients, make healthy ingredient substitutions, and enhance flavor without excess sodium and sugar. You'll gain skills in planning balanced meals and ensuring safe food handling and storage.

Learn about dietary restrictions and the basics of vegetarian, vegan, low-carb, and low-fat diets. You'll explore gluten-free and allergy-friendly cooking, and how to design meals for specific health conditions.

Examine nutritional practices across cultures, the art of fusion cooking for nutritional enhancement, and the adaptation of traditional foods and recipes for modern health. You'll also delve into global nutrition challenges.

Develop skills in teaching nutritional concepts, creating educational materials, and enhancing public speaking and presentation abilities. You'll learn counseling skills for dietary changes and how to develop community nutrition programs.

Dive into the biochemistry of foods, nutrigenomics, and personalized nutrition. This module covers advanced dietary planning, chronic diseases and nutrition therapy, and the role of supplements and functional foods.

Explore molecular gastronomy in health cooking, fermentation and gut health, plant-based innovations, and food technology for healthier cooking. You'll also learn about sustainable cooking practices.

Understand the nutritional needs during different life stages: pregnancy, lactation, childhood, adolescence, sports, fitness, aging, and mental health. You'll learn how nutrition varies and is critical through each stage.

Master advanced counseling techniques and nutritional assessment and planning. Study case studies in dietetic management, managing dietary changes in groups, and ethical issues in dietetics.

Learn about research design and methodology, statistical analysis in nutrition research, and current trends. You'll conduct a research project and gain skills in writing and publishing research.

Delve into clinical assessment, diagnostic techniques, and medical nutrition therapy. This module focuses on dietetics in hospital settings, nutritional support for critical care, and diet and chronic disease management.

Understand national and global food policies, food security, sustainability, nutrition education, and public health campaigns. You'll also learn about policy making for healthier food environments.

Customize diets for specific health conditions, integrate holistic nutrition approaches, and understand nutritional psychology and eating behaviors. This module includes advanced menu planning and case studies in therapeutic nutrition.

Develop leadership and management skills, entrepreneurship in nutrition and culinary arts, strategic planning, networking, and professional development. You'll also learn about advocacy and community leadership.

Stay ahead with emerging trends in food and nutrition, nutritional genomics, innovations in food technology, and the future of personalized nutrition. This module integrates culinary arts and science.