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Registered Dietitian (RD) Program: Required Courses

The courses you need to fulfill the requirements for the American Dietetic Association Didactic Program in Dietetics are indicated below. Completion of these courses (or their equivalent at an accredited college or university) and a baccalaureate degree are required for you to be eligible for admission into a Dietetic Internship Program leading to the Registered Dietitian (RD) credential. Students receive credits toward courses that they have taken in prior.

Sciences and Mathematics

Course # Course Name
Credits
BIOL 120 Anat. & Physiol. I with Lab
4.5
BIOL 122 Anat. & Physiol. II with Lab
4.5
CHEM 100 General Chemistry Lecture
3
CHEM 101 General Chemistry Lab
1.5
CHEM 120 Organic Chemistry Lecture
3
CHEM 121 Organic Chemistry Laboratory
1.5
BIOL 230 Microbiology Lecture and Laboratory
3
BIOL 280 Biochemistry Lecture
3
STAT 113 Elementary Probability and Statistics
3

Nutrition (44 Credits)

Course # Course Name
Credits
NFS 131 Food Science I
3
NFS 141 Nutrition I
3
NFS 330 Food Science II Lab
1
NFS 331 Food Science II Lecture
3
NFS 333 Nutrition Education
3
NFS 335 Institutional Management
3
NFS 341 Advanced Nutrition I
3
NFS 342 Nutrition and Human Development
3
NFS 343 Medical Nutrition Therapy I
3
NFS 402 Research Seminar in Nutrition and Food Science
3
NFS 435 Food Service Systems
3
NFS 441 Community Nutrition
3
NFS 442 Medical Nutrition Therapy II
3
NFS 443 Practicum in Nutrition
3
NFS 444 Advanced Nutrition II Lecture
3
NFS 445 Advanced Nutrition II Laboratory
1
  TOTAL
44

English Composition (3 credits)

Course # Course Name
Credits
ENGL 120 Expository Writing
3
  TOTAL
3
 

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