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Course Requirements to Obtain a DPD* Verification Statement

For Graduate Students Who Hold or Are Pursuing an MS or a PhD Interested in Becoming a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Courses Comments
11:709:201 Culinary Nutrition
11:709:202 Culinary Nutrition, Lab
Students may take an exemption exam administered by the Department; Check with the DPD Director for cost and exam administration dates; this exam may be completed only one timeā€”in the event of failure of the exam, the student must complete the course and lab
11:709:301 Food Safety & Sanitation in Food Service Students may take ServSafe Manager training and exam for certification
11:709:345 Nutrition through the Lifespan  
11:709:448, 449 Food Production & Management w/ Food Service Lab Students may take individual Quantity Food & Management courses
11:709:489 Experimental Foods or
11:709:493/494 Research in Nutrition
Other research experience, e.g., thesis, 16:709:503
11:709:400 Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients Students admitted to the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program may take: 16:709:552 Nutrition: A Biochemical & Physiological Basis
11:709:401 Advanced Nutrition: Energy & Micronutrients Students admitted to the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program may take: 16:709:553 Nutrition: A Biochemical & Physiological Basis
11:709:404 Advanced Nutrition: Clinical Research Practicum May be waived for students entering with a BS in Nutritional Sciences
11:709:441 Community Nutrition Students admitted to the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program should take Health Promotion & Disease Prevention 1 & 2: 16:709:524 and 16:709:526
11:709:442 Nutrition Education & Communication Students admitted to the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program should take: 16:709:524 Health Promotion & Disease Prevention 1
11:709:483 MNT I
11:709:484 Nutrition Therapy Lab
 
11:709:485 MNT II  
1 semester General Chemistry with lab (1 year recommended)  
1 semester Organic Chemistry (1 year recommended)  
1 semester Biochemistry  
1 semester Physiology (1 year recommended)  
1 semester Biology w/lab (1 year recommended)  
1 semester Statistics (300 or 400 level)  
11:709:410 Dietetics in Professional Practice Highly Recommended
11:709:102 Careers in Nutrition Highly Recommended
11:373:341 Management: Human Systems Development or equivalent Highly Recommended
11:709:255 Nutrition and Health Highly Recommended

*Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD)

Many courses have prerequisites (PDF).

NOTE: At the discretion of the DPD Director, students who have completed coursework or alternate learning experiences that satisfy the knowledge aptitudes achieved in these courses may be granted prior approved learning.