Program Requirements & Schedules

DIET 6033 Advanced Administrative Dietetics – 3 credit hours

6033. Advanced Administrative Dietetics.

Equips students with leadership and management skills needed to establish and maintain effective food and nutrition programs. Winter Term.

DIET 6003 Advanced Community Nutrition – 3 credit hours
DIET 6013 Nutrition and Dietetics Research – 3 credit hours
DIET 6053 Supervised Practice II – 3 credit hours
DIET 6103 Eating Disorders – 3 credit hours

6003. Advanced Community Nutrition.

Provides an understanding of the methods, strategies, and evaluation of nutrition and diet counseling with consideration of learning styles. Integration of scientific principles of nutrition and food science into the use of foods and nutrients in disease prevention and treatment in accordance with competencies for the entry-level dietitian. Spring Term 2.

6013. Nutrition and Dietetics Research.

Research in nutrition and dietetics to reflect content, application to practice, and study parameters and design. Students will read current research, write critiques, and make presentations for discussion. Spring Term 2.

6053. Supervised Practice II.

The second semester of supervised learning experience in clinical, community and administrative dietetics designed to meet specific objectives and achieve identified clinical, community and administrative nutrition competencies. Experiences scheduled in a variety of health care settings. Spring.

6103. Eating Disorders.

Eating behaviors vary widely across individuals, but only the extremes of these behaviors are considered pathological. This course provides an opportunity for students to attain a theoretical overview of eating and weight-related disorders, including anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, obesity, and dieting. The course will discuss theories and current literature on the causes, diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment of eating and weight-related disorders. Spring Term 1.

DIET 6083 Diabetes, Obesity and Weight Management – 3 credit hours

6083. Diabetes, Obesity and Weight Management.

Prevalence of overweight/obesity in different socio-economic and populations groups, global perspectives, and epidemiology. In-depth study of diabetes, including prevalence, classification, risk factors, pathophysiology, therapy, management, and prevention. May Term.