FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN NATURAL HEALTH
This course is excellent for people looking to enter into a career in Natural Therapies or have a passion for Alternative and Complementary Medicine. This course can be done as is or as a foundation course to upgrade to the advanced diplomas offered by Health Schools Australia. If you decide to do the Foundation diploma by itself you will be awarded the Foundation Diploma by ACS Distance Education and the course will be internationally accredited by IARC. You have the option of being awarded the Foundation Diploma through our UK School which is a recognised training centre by the UK government. This can also be used to gain credits for the Premed Diploma offered by Warnborough College in UK and Ireland.
Duration: 1000 hours
Course Structure
The Foundation Diploma consists of 10 modules:
- Anatomy & Physiology I
- Nutrition I
- Nutrition II
- Nutrition III
- Biochemistry I
- Biochemistry II
- Biochemistry III
- Biology (Cell Biology)
- Introduction to Psychology
- Counselling Skills I
Outlines of all these modules can be found in individual module listings on this site.
The foundation diploma in Natural Health is specially designed for people seeking a career as a Natural Therapist, Nutritionist or Nutrition and Health counsellor, or Wellness Counsellor.
This provides a foundation for seeking the first level of employment and a basis for further studies to progress in your career and expand employment opportunities.
Under arrangements with Health Schools Australia (in Australia) and Warnborough College (in Ireland and the UK), studies in this course can provide advance standing in higher studies via those institutions.
Health Schools Australia
Students who undertake this course have the option to upgrade to Advanced Diploma in Naturopathy, Complementary Medicine (Functional Nutrition), Advanced Diploma in Western Herbal Medicine, Complementary Medicine (Sports Therapy), Complementary Medicine (Remedial Therapies), Complementary Medicine (Wellness Consultancy) with Health Schools Australia who is the leading provider in complementary medicine courses and is accredited by Australian Traditional Medicine Society (A.T.M.S.)
Warnborough College
Modules undertaken here can provide credit in a Pre Medicine Diploma through Warnborough. Warnborough has flow on arrangements that allow their graduates to move into Medical studies at certain universities approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) elsewhere in the world.