1.
Submit application forms. Submit to Hunter Admissions (Undergraduate
Transfer Admission) a Transfer Application and check second-degree
application. You can download the application from their
website or call or email admissions for an application. Please note
that CUNY colleges do not send college catalogues to residents of
NYC. If you would like a catalogue, please visit Admissions.
The Admissions Office is located at the main Hunter College Campus
at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, 2nd Floor, North Building. (212)
772-4490. Admission to the NFS major is for the Fall semester only
though students may begin pursuing science prerequisites any semester.
Students who have not completed all prerequisites should declare General
Studies as their major and NOT Nutiriton. Those who have completed
all prerequisites should declare Nutrition as their major.
2.
Determine which courses you need to take in advance of entering the major.. At this time, jump
to required courses for a moment
and come back. Since you have a BA or BS, you would have found
that you took some of the courses listed below. Email the NFS Faculty Advisor with information on the previously taken required courses to determine if they can be accepted as equivalent (where course taken, course number, name and descrition + syllabus, if available, transcript and/or grade received.) I
3.
Register for the courses. You will get a notice in mail from
Hunter regarding registration. Visit the main page of the UPH
website for the current and following semester UPH course schedule
(www.hunter.cuny.edu/schoolhp/uph). Visit the respective departments
if you must first complete prerequisite courses (Biology, Chemistry,
etc.) As
the science prerequisities courses at Hunter are in high demand, students
may wish to complete them at another 2 or 4 year college. If at a
CUNY campus, view the CUNY website to determine if the course is equivalent
to Hunter's. If outside CUNY, email or send a course description and/or
syllabus to Dr. Navder.
4.
When you are about to finish the prerequisite courses, you should
come to NFS registration sessions. You will be getting
letters informing the sessions via e-mail or postal mail. If
you are in the middle of taking the prerequisite courses, simply ignore
the letters. However, if you are close to finish, come to the
sessions to plan the timeline to take Nutrition and Food courses.
Any relevant courses you previously took will be evaluated at this
time.
5.
Taking Nutrition and Food courses and planning ahead While
you take the Nutrition and Food courses, you should plan ahead for
the Dietetic Internship. Dietetic Internships are competitive,
so it is vital to maintain good GPA. You should also think about
identifying areas of nutrition you would be interested.
Wondering
how long is this going to take? It highly varies depending on
where your undergraduate degree comes from. Assuming you have
not taken any of the prerequisite courses, the entire process could
take anywhere 3 ~ 4 years.
How
about cost? Go to Tuition
and Fee Schedule.
Registered Dietitian
(RD) Program: How To Apply