Curriculum

Here's what you'll study

The Dietetic Internship–Master of Science (DI–MS) program provides a strong academic foundation in nutrition and dietetics to allow you to meet the challenges of a rapidly developing and changing profession. This two-year, full-time master's program includes 30 credit hours of graduate work, 1,184 hours of supervised practice experience in a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, and a capstone. View the tentative 2023–24 calendar. 

The supervised practice component will prepare you to translate this knowledge into the provision of healthy, attractive food required for health and healing, patient care in the community and tertiary care hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation facilities, workplace wellness, and community nutrition services. 

To be verified to sit for the RD Examination, interns must successfully complete the Dietetic Internship-M.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics Program. Verification requires successful completion of all supervised practice rotations within each practice core culminating in entry-level proficiency as defined within each practice core and satisfactory completion (minimum of B- (80%) in each didactic course required to meet the degree requirements for the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics.

DI–MS Curriculum Year One

Semester 1 (Fall) | 10 credit hours

  • NTRD-N 544 Medical Nutrition Therapy (3 credits) *
  • NTRD-N 563 Research Methods in Nutrition and Dietetics (3 credits) *
  • NTRD-N 567 Management Issues in Dietetics (1 credit) *
  • NTRD-N 590 Dietetic Internship (2 credits)
  • NTRD-N 591 Seminar in Nutrition and Dietetics (1 credit) *

Semester 2 (Spring) | 10 credit hours

  • NTRD-N 544 continues
  • NTRD-N 563 continues
  • NTRD-N 567 continues
  • NTRD-N 590 Dietetic Internship (10 credits)
  • NTRD-N 591 continues

Semester 3 (Summer) | 4 credit hours

  • NTRD-N 590 Dietetic Internship (4 credits)

* Students earning a B or better in the graduate didactic courses are eligible to transfer the credits into the Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics program and potentially into other master’s degree programs.

DI–MS Curriculum Year Two

Semester 4 (Fall) | 9 credit hours

  • BIOC-B 500 Introductory Biochemistry (3 credits)
  • NTRD- N 751 Human Metabolic Nutrition I (3 credits)
  • PBHL-B 561 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credits)

Semester 5 (Spring) | 13 credit hours

  • NTRD- N 752 Human Metabolic Nutrition II (3 credits)
  • Electives (10 credits)

Potential Electives

  • HLSC-H 541 Administration and Supervision of Rehabilitation Organizations (3 credits)
  • HLSC-H 560 Survey of Adaptive Rehabilitation Technology (3 credits)
  • HLSC-H 562 Psychological Aspects of Disability (3 credits)
  • HPER-H 510 Organization and Administration of School Health Programs (3 credits)
  • HPER-P 527 Childhood Motor Development (3 credits)
  • KINE-K 525 Psychological Foundations of Exercise and Sport (3 credits)
  • KINE-K 535 Physiological Basis of Human Performance (3 credits)
  • KINE-P 560 Corporate Fitness and Wellness (3 credits)
  • KINE-K 562 Exercise Prescription in Health and Disease (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 600 Legal and Ethical Issues in Nutrition and Dietetics (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 640 U.S. Public Health Nutrition (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 650 Food Science (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 652 Meal Planning for Culturally Diverse Populations (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 655 U.S. Food Market Place (3 credits
  • NTRD-N 674 Pediatric Nutrition (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 670 Nutrition in Pregnancy (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 750 Vitamins and Minerals (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 753 Nutrition and the Microbiome (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 760 Personalized Adult Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 762 Personalized Adult Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3 credits)
  • NTRD-N 765 Advanced Pediatric Nutrition (3 credits)
  • PBHL-E 765 Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credits)
  • PBHL-H 507 Management of Individual and Group Behavior (3 credits)
  • PBHL-H 508 Managing Health Care Accounting Information for Decision Making (3 credits)
  • PBHL-H 509 Health Services Financial Management (3 credits)
  • PBHL-H 514 Health Economics (3 credits)

Transfer of Graduate Credit or Supervised Practice

For possible credit for supervised practice hours: Contact DI Program Director.