2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Dietetics (BA/BS)

Dietetics/Pre-Dietetics (four-year program). The Didactic Program in Dietetics prepares students for careers that maximize health through nutrition. The program provides academic preparation for a career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). An RDN provides nutrition care in many settings, such as medical centers, community health programs, schools, athletic teams, and may also work in the foodservice or pharmaceutical industries. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Graduates of the program are required to complete an ACEND-accredited Dietetic Internship post-graduation, and prior to the Registration Examination for Dietitians.

93 credits

Pre-dietetics core, 30 credits

ANAT 201Fundamentals of Human Anatomy

3

CHEM 111General Chemistry 1

4

CHEM 112General Chemistry 2

4

CHEM 230Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

3

CHEM 241Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1: Fundamental Techniques

1

HOSP 110Principles of Food Preparation and Food Science

3

NUTR 101Introduction to Dietetics

1

NUTR 340Principles of Human Nutrition

3

PHYS 215Human Physiology

5

PSYS 100Introduction to Psychological Science

3

Dietetics courses, 63 credits

BIO 113Microbiology for the Health Sciences

5

CHEM 360Essentials of Biochemistry

3

CHEM 361Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory

1

HOSP 147Food Protection

3

HOSP 220Meal Design and Presentation

3

NUR 101Terminology for Health Care Professionals and Consumers

3

NUTR 345Macronutrients

3

NUTR 346Micronutrients and Phytochemicals

3

NUTR 350Technology of Food Science

3

NUTR 363Administration of Food and Nutrition Systems

3

NUTR 365Professional Leadership in Nutrition and Dietetics

3

NUTR 375Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Education

3

NUTR 435Introduction to Research in Nutrition and Dietetics

3

NUTR 446Medical Nutrition Therapy 1

3

NUTR 447Medical Nutrition Therapy 2

3

NUTR 455Lifecycle Nutrition

3

NUTR 456Community Nutrition

3

NUTR 480Global Nutrition

3

PHIL 202Ethics

3

PSYS 241Statistics

3

Nutrition Elective, 3 Credits

NUTR 200Mindful Eating

3

NUTR 102Nutrition Basics for Fitness

1

NUTR 360Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Disease

3

NUTR 444Sports Nutrition and Weight Control

3

NUTR 448Nutrition and Weight Management

3

Total Credit Hours: 93