The Dietitian Nutritionist Program, housed within the Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition, is a graduate degree program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) as a Future Education Model Graduate Degree Program (FEM). The program is a competency-based educational program that integrates experiential learning with didactic coursework to enable students to demonstrate the higher level of competence that will be needed for future practice as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
Students entering as a junior or with a baccalaureate degree that is not from a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) will complete 93-95 credits during this three-year program.
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) graduates will complete Year 2 & Year 3 of the program fulfilling a 60-credit course of study.
Curriculum themes cover a variety of topics including:
- Medical nutrition therapy
- Nutrition assessment and counseling
- Professional trends and issues
- Food service management
- Nutrition research
Curriculum
Students entering as a junior will complete 156 credits and students entering with a baccalaureate degree that is not from a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) will complete 93-95 credits during this three-year program. Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) graduates will complete Year 2 & Year 3 of the program fulfilling a 60-credit course of study.
First Year
Fall Term
Spring Term
- NUTR 1605 - PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION EDUCATION
- NUTR 1604 - FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT WITH LAB
- NUTR 1614 - NUTRITION CRITICAL THINKING OR - FOOD AND CULTURE (If not taken previously)
- NUTR 1610 - FOOD APPLICATION
- NUTR 1613 - FOOD APPLICATION LAB
- NUTR 1625 - NUTRITION THERAPY
- *Students must maintain a 3.0 minimum GPA to matriculate from Year 1 to Year 2 of the program.
Second Year
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) graduates will enter the Dietitian Nutritionist Program here.
Fall Term
Spring Term
- HRS 2612 - ADVANCED MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY 2
- HRS 2625 - COUNSELING METHODS
- HRS 2646 - INTRODUCTION TO FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION WITH LAB
- NUR 2034 - ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
- HRS 2655 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND APPLIED STATISTICS
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Undergraduate students will receive a BS in Nutrition Science after successful completion of the Year 2.
Students will receive a Master of Science degree at the completion of Year 3.
*Plan of study may vary following acceptance into Limited Capacity Specialty Rotations.
*Each course is offered only once during the academic year, therefore, any departure from completing a course in its planned sequence (for example: failure, for any reason, to satisfactorily complete a required course; an unresolved "G" or "Incomplete" grade) will result in a one year delay in completing the course, the remaining program requirements, and the year of graduation.
The Dietitian Nutritionist Program is accredited by the commission of Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) the accrediting agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (A.N.D.), 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190, Chicago, IL, 60606-6995, 312/899-5400. https://www.eatright.org/