The Clinical Nutrition MS program is an innovative and integrated graduate program designed to prepare students to become competent, entry-level registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), capable of impacting global and local communities. Through educational excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical thinking, students will improve the health of populations, communities, and individuals.
This ACEND-accredited program combines rigorous coursework to complete an MS in clinical nutrition with on-site experiential learning. Gain hands-on experience through 1:1 rotations in community nutrition management, nutrition research, and medical nutrition therapy practice. This training equips graduates with the skills to excel in their field and pass the national Registration Examination for Dietitians.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLO):
1) Apply foundational sciences to food and nutrition knowledge to meet the needs of individuals, groups, and organizations.
2) Apply and integrates client/patient-centered principles and competent nutrition and dietetics practice to ensure positive outcomes.
3) Apply food systems principles and management skills to ensure safe and efficient delivery of food and water.
4) Apply community and population nutrition health theories when providing support to community or population nutrition programs.
5) Demonstrate leadership, business and management principles to guide practice and achieve operational goals.
6) Integrate evidence-informed practice, research principles and critical thinking into practice.
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