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Dietetics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences as Cornell University

 

Mission Statement-Dietetics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences as Cornell
The Cornell University Dietetic Program prepares future leaders in evidence-based practice in community, clinical and management settings and in translational research to inform that practice.

Introduction- Dietetics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell
Dietetics at Cornell has had a long and distinguished history, and graduates of the program have gone on to leading positions in the field throughout the country. The Division of Nutritional Sciences of Cornell University has both an undergraduate Didactic Program in Dietetics and a Dietetic Internship. Both programs were granted accreditation through July 2011 from the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education. The Didactic Program provides students with the coursework necessary for application to an accredited Dietetic internship or an Approved Pre-professional Practice (AP4) program. Students successfully completing didactic program requirements at Cornell are issued a Verification Statement. Upon completion of a Dietetic Internship or AP4 program, students are eligible to take the Registration Examination of the Commission on Dietetic Registration, and become a Registered Dietitian (RD).

The Didactic Program in Dietetics at Cornell strives to promote integration of knowledge and theory in nutritional sciences and development of skills necessary for excellence in dietetics practice. Students, alumni and Dietetic Internship Directors consistently rate the knowledge and skills obtained by our graduates as more than satisfactory. Our graduates are well-prepared for evidence-based practice, leadership and graduate study as evidenced by placement rates of our graduates in dietetic internships and/or graduate schools of 95% and better. Furthermore, graduates of the program are highly successful; the passing rate of our graduates taking the Registration Examination for Dietitians for the first time is 95% or higher.

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The following are the minimum course requirements for completing the Commission for Accreditation for Dietetics Minimum Requirement

DNS ADVISING NOTES :

Didactic Program in Dietetics
Minimum Academic Requirements 2007-2008
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
  credits
Inorganic Chemistry
Chem 207-208 (8) or 206-208 (8) or 215-216 (8)		 8 Physical and Biological Science
Organic Chemistry
Chem 257 (3) or Chem 357-358 (6) and Chem 251 (2) or Chem 301 (4)		 5-10  
Microbiology
BioMi 290 General Microbiology (3)		 3  
Biology and Physiology
BioG 101-103 and BioG 102-104 (8) or BioG 105-106 (8) or BioG 109-110 (6)
BioAP 311 (3) (Fall) or NS 341 (4) (Spring)		 9-12  
Biochemistry
BioBM 330 (4) (Fall or Spring) or BioBM 331 (3) (Fall) or NS 320 [4] Fall or BioBM 333 [4] (Summer)		 3-4  
Psychology
HD 115 Human Development: Infancy and Childhood (3) (Fall or Summer) or Psych 101 Introduction to Psychology (3) (Fall)		 3

Behavioral Science
Communication
First year Seminars (6)		 6 Communications Sciences
Statistics
BTRY 301 Statistical Methods I (4) (Fall) or AEM 210 Introductory Statistics (4) (Fall) or PAM 210 Introduction to Statistics [4] (F/S), ST SCI/ILRST 210 [4] (F/S), or ILRST 212 Statistical Reasoning (4) (F/S) or PSYCH 350 Statistics and Research Design (4) (Fall) or MATH 171 Statistical Theory and Application in the Real World (4) (F/S) or SOC 301 Evaluating Statistical Evidence (3) (Spring) 		3-4 Computational Sciences
Nutrition Core
NS 115   Nutrition, Health and Society (3) (Fall)
NS 245   Social Science Perspectives on Food and Nutrition (3) (Fall)
NS 331   Physiological & Biochemical Bases of Human Nutrition (4) (Spring)
NS 332   Methods in Nutritional Sciences (3) (Fall)
NS 345   Nutritional and Physicochemical Aspects of Food (3) (Fall)
16 Professional Sciences

Dietetics Courses
NS 122   Nutrition and the Life Cycle (3) (Spring)  
NS 247   Food For Contemporary Living (2) (Fall & Spring)
Food Service Management (Currently met with HA 106)
NS 425   Nutrition Communications (3) (Spring)
NS 441   Nutrition and Disease (4) (Fall)
NS 442   Implementation of Nutrition Care (3) (Fall)
NS 450   Public Health Nutrition (3) (Spring)
NS 488   Applied Dietetics in Food Service Management (3) (Spring)

*May be acquired before college entrance

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More Information

For more information concerning dietetics as a career, education requirements, and accredited/approved dietetics programs, visit the American Dietetic Association Career page.

Questions?

For information regarding undergraduate Dietetics advising, please contact:

Emily Gier
307 MVR
Phone: (607)255-2638
E-mail: eg47@cornell.edu

or

Gail Canterbury
Program Administrative Assistant
B19 Savage Hall
(607)255-2628
E-mail: gac5@cornell.edu

 

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