Before taking the Dietetics option, students must first complete the Pre-Dietetics option.
Dietetics Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission to the Dietetics (Didactic Program in Dietetics, or DPD) option, a student must complete 45 credits with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75, and a with a grade of C– or better in specified course work. The list of designated courses is available in the Office of Academic Advising and Student Services in Milam 116 and in the Pre-Dietetics link above.
BA 351. Managing Organizations (4)
BB 350. Elementary Biochemistry (4)
CH 332. Organic Chemistry (4)
or CH 335, CH 336. Organic Chemistry (3,3)
COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
or COMM 114. *Argument and Critical Discourse (3)
EXSS 324. Exercise Physiology (4)
H 320. *Introduction to Human Disease (3)
NUTR 235. Science of Foods (5)
NUTR 311. Foodservice Production and Purchasing (4)
NUTR 319. Promoting Food and Nutrition (3)
NUTR 325. Nutrition Through the Life Cycle (3)
NUTR 340. Principles in Nutrient Metabolism (3)
NUTR 407. Seminar (2)
NUTR 417, NUTR 418. Human Nutrition Science (4,4)
NUTR 419. Human Nutrition Laboratory (3) [WIC status dropped winter 2010]
NUTR 420. Medical Nutrition Therapy (5)
NUTR 423. Community Nutrition (4)
NUTR 439. ^Communications in Dietetics (3) )
NUTR 446. Foodservice Organizations (4)
NUTR 447. Management of Food Systems Lab (3)
PSY 202. *General Psychology (3)
ST 351. Intro to Statistical Methods (4)
Z 331, 332, Z 333. Human Anatomy and Physiology (3,3,3)
Z 341, 342, Z 343. Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab (2,2,2)
Electives
Sufficient (together with baccalaureate and nutrition and food management cores) to ensure 180 total credits (60 must be upper division).
Footnotes:
* Baccalaureate Core Course
^ Writing Intensive Course