Plans of Study
Plans of study may vary due to limited capacity in 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.
Year 1
Fall Term
- Introduction to Research
- Nutrient Metabolism
- Introduction to Dietetics
- Nutrition Assessment
- Life Cycle Nutrition
- Human Physiology
Spring Term
- Food Service Management with Lab
- Principles of Nutrition Education
- Nutrition Critical Thinking OR Food and Culture (if not taken previously)
- Food Application Lab
- Nutrition Therapy
Students must maintain a 3.0 minimum GPA to matriculate from Year 1 to Year 2 of the program.
Year 2
Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) graduates will enter the Dietitian Nutritionist Program here.
Fall Term
- Pathophysiology Across the Life Span
- Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy 1
- Nutrition Focused Physical Examination with Lab
- Evidence-based Professionalism in Dietetics
- Elective, 3 credits – Must be advisor approved
Spring Term
- Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy 2
- Counseling Methods
- Introduction to Functional Nutrition with Lab
- Research Methodology and Applied Statistics
- Elective, 3 credits – Must be advisor approved
Students must maintain a 3.0 minimum GPA to continue to Year 3 of the program.
Accelerated MS students will receive a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition Science after successful completion of Year 2.
Year 3
Fall Term
- Capstone Project
- Practicum in Dietetics 1
- Experiential Practice 1*
Spring Term
- Capstone Project
- Experiential Practice 2
- Practicum in Dietetics 2
- Experiential Practice 3
All successful students will receive a Master of Science degree at the completion of Year 3.
*As a professional program, the schedule for each of the Supervised Experiential Learning (SEL) courses does not adhere to the University Academic Calendar. The SEL courses are scheduled in the fall and spring terms of the program.
