Dietetics

Description

Careers

Graduates of the K-State dietetics program can choose from a broad array of career options.

• Clinical nutrition practice: Provide nutrition assessment and counseling for individuals with diseases requiring dietary modifications in acute long-term care and outpatient settings.
• Community nutrition: Provide nutrition assessment and counseling for community populations and individuals.
• School nutrition services: Direct food service operations and provide nutrition education in schools.
• Mass communications: Write columns or articles on nutrition for magazines or newspapers, or appear on TV and radio to discuss nutrition issues.
• Food production and service systems management: Apply nutrition and business skills in the management of food services in schools, medical centers, corporate dining or other food service establishments.
• Industry positions: Participate in research and development, evaluation or marketing of food products; work in sales for pharmaceutical companies; or advise on nutritional content and labeling of food products.
• Education and research: Conduct research in nutrition, foods or food service management, or teach at universities, medical, dental and nursing schools.
• Private practice: Open your own business. Dietitians in private practice provide consultation services in nutrition and food service management, serve as educational consultants providing lectures and developing educational materials, do freelance writing and consult in sports nutrition.

Degree options:

• Coordinated program in dietetics
• Didactic programs in dietetics

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline May (for Fall intake), October (for Spring intake) Tuition fee

• USD 275 Module (National)
• USD 728 Module (International)

*Tuition fee per credit hour

Start date January,September 2015 Credits 120 credit hours
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• English

Delivery mode On CampusOnline Educational variant Full-time Structure Fully structured Student interaction Online group works/assignments Attendance No Attendance Teacher support Continuous support with feedback on request

Course Content

Foods and human nutrition courses

• Basic Nutrition
• Science of Food
• Human Nutrition
• Clinical Nutrition I and II
• Life Span Nutrition
• Nutritional Assessment
• Nutrient Metabolism
• Public Health Nutrition

Dietetics courses

• Principles of Food Production Management
• Food Production Management
• Environmental Issues
• Careers in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Financial Management in Dietetics
• Counseling Strategies in Dietetics Practice
• Management in Dietetics
• Communication Competencies in Dietetics
• Introduction to Research in Dietetics Practice

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

Application for admission to the coordinated program in dietetics is made during the junior year. Students must meet specific academic and work experience requirements.
Application for admission to the didactic program in dietetics is made three semesters prior to the anticipated date of graduation. Admission to the coordinated or didactic programs requires a B or better grades in all natural science and professional courses and a C or better in all other courses. If a student receives a lower grade than required, the course will have to be retaken.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Alumni Study Travel Fund

  Scholarships for students who are already attending the University of Reading.

• Amsterdam Merit Scholarships

  The University of Amsterdam aims to attract the world’s brightest students to its international classrooms. Outstanding students from outside the European Economic Area can apply for an Amsterdam Merit Scholarship.

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Kansas State University.

Funding

Each year, the department awards multiple scholarships to students in the dietetics program. Criteria for the scholarships vary depending on donor guidelines, but may include specific requirements such as minimum grade point average, work experience in the field or involvement in student activities.

Accreditation

Both the didactic program in dietetics and the coordinated program in dietetics at K-State are accredited by the ACEND.