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Dietetic Internship Courses

Definition of a Credit Hour:  Courses offered through the Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition, the Dietetic Internship Program and the Masters in Clinical Nutrition/Masters in Clinical Dietetics meet/exceed the standard definition of a credit hour for our didactic courses, seminars and conferences and readings courses.  We define one credit hour as providing one hour of direct contact with the instructor per week of the term and, in addition, that students will perform on average at least 2, usually 3, hours of independent work per week outside the classroom.  In this type of course arrangement, 1 credit hour = 1 instructor contact hour + about 3 hours of independent work per week or 1 credit hour = about 4 hours of work per week, on average, total. Students enrolled in the Dietetic Internship also participate in supervised practice through NUTN 504.  Students enroll in 6 credits of NUTN 504 each term during the fall, winter, and spring terms to complete 1200 hours of supervised practice throughout our 10 month Dietetic Internship Program [a requirement for accreditation with the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics].  On average, students complete 32 hours per week of supervised practice that includes direct contact with preceptors and supervised independent work.  In this type of course arrangement 1 credit hour = 5.3 hours of supervised and independent work per week total.

 

DI Courses

Experiential Learning; Fall, Winter and Spring Terms

NUTN 504 Supervised Practice; 6 credits/term; Fall, Winter, and Spring Terms

Didactic Courses, Fall Term

NUTN 510 Principles of Dietetics I, 4 credits

NUTN 513 Applied Dietetics I (Management), 2 credits

Didactic Courses, Winter Term

NUTN 511 Principles of Dietetics II, 4 credits

NUTN 514 Applied Dietetics II (Research), 2 credit

Didactic Courses, Spring Term

NUTN 512 Principles of Dietetics III, 4 credits

NUTN 515 Applied Dietetics III (Case Presentations), 2 credits


DI courses descriptions