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Dietetics BSFCS


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Overview

Optimum food and nutrient intake plays a critical role in disease prevention and health maintenance. There is an increasing demand for professionals in the field of nutrition and dietetics who can provide quality food and nutrition care services to individuals and groups. The mission of the Didactic Program in Dietetics is to prepare graduates for successful careers in dietetics and encourage graduates to assume leadership roles in their profession and in society via completion of a baccalaureate degree. The dietetics major is a Didactic Program in Dietetics approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Upon completion of the Didactic Program in Dietetics, graduates must complete an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program, such as a dietetic internship, to become eligible to take the registration examination for dietitians to become a registered dietitian nutritionist.

Effective January 1, 2024, the Commission on Dietetic Registration will require a minimum of a master’s degree to be eligible to take the credentialing exam to become a registered dietitian nutritionist. In Georgia, graduates must obtain licensure by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians in order to practice.

Double Dawgs

This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Dietetics BSFCS/Nutritional Sciences MS Dietetics BSFCS/Nutritional Sciences MS(Community Nutrition)(non-thesis) Dietetics BSFCS/Nutritional Sciences MS(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu

Contact

Dr. Emma Laing Clinical Associate Professor emonk@uga.edu Beverly Hull Academic Advisor bev@uga.edu

Four-Year Program of Study

Four-Year Program of Study

The following program of study provides a path for students to complete this degree program in four years.

Fall Year 1
BIOL 1107 
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Principles of Biology I 3
    AND  BIOL 1107L 
Analytical Thinking
Principles of Biology I Laboratory 1
ENGL 1101 
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking
English Composition I 3
FACS 2000  Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences 1
FYOS 1001  First-Year Odyssey Seminar 1
MATH 1113  Precalculus 3
PSYC 1101 
Social Awareness
Elementary Psychology 3
Spring Year 1

Area IV World Languages and Global Culture course

CHEM 1211-1211D  General Chemistry I 3
    AND  CHEM 1211L  General Chemistry Laboratory I 1
ENGL 1102 
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking
English Composition II 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

COMM 1110  Introduction to Public Speaking 3
COMM 1500 
Communication Skills
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

HIST 2111 
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness
American History to 1865 3
HIST 2112 
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking
Social Awareness
American History Since 1865 3
Summer Year 1

N/A

Fall Year 2
CHEM 1212-1212D  General Chemistry II 3
    AND  CHEM 1212L  General Chemistry Laboratory II 1

Major Elective course

NUTR 2100  Fundamentals of Human Nutrition 3

PEDB Course

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

BIOS 2010 
Analytical Thinking
Elementary Biostatistics 4
STAT 2000 
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Introductory Statistics 4
Spring Year 2

Area VI World Languages and Global Culture course

CHEM 2211-2211D 
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
Modern Organic Chemistry I 3
    AND  CHEM 2211L 
Analytical Thinking
Modern Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 1
NUTR 4600/6600  Food and Nutrition Policy 2
POLS 1101 
Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking
American Government 3

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

FHCE 2100  Introduction to Consumer Economics 3
HDFS 2100 
Analytical Thinking
Relationship Development, Maintenance, and Dissolution 3
Summer Year 2

N/A

Fall Year 3

Area VI World Languages and Global Culture course

BCMB 3100 
Analytical Thinking
Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4
CBIO 2200-2200L  Anatomy and Physiology I 4
NUTR 3600  Food Principles 3
    AND  NUTR 3600L  Food Principles Laboratory 1
NUTR 5900  Professional Development in Nutritional Sciences 1
Spring Year 3
CBIO 2210-2210L 
Analytical Thinking
Anatomy and Physiology II 4
NUTR 3100  Macronutrients and Energy Balance 3
NUTR 3610  Quantity Food Production 3
    AND  NUTR 3610L  Quantity Foods Laboratory 1
NUTR 4070/6070  Research Methodology in Human Foods and Nutrition 2
NUTR 4660/6660  Nutrition Education Methods 3
Summer Year 3

N/A

Fall Year 4
NUTR 4100/6100  Micronutrient Nutrition 3
NUTR 4500/6500  Medical Nutrition Therapy I 3
NUTR 4510/6510  Nutrition Related to the Human Life Cycle 3
NUTR 4610/6610  Foodservice Procurement and Financial Management 1
NUTR 4645/6645-4645L/6645L  Functional and Nutritional Properties of Foods 2

Choose 1 course(s) from the following:

MIBO 2500  Microbiology and Health Care 3
MIBO 3500  Introductory Microbiology 3
Spring Year 4

Major Elective course

NUTR 4520/6520  Clinical Nutrition Interventions 2
NUTR 4530/6530  Medical Nutrition Therapy II 4
NUTR 4540/6540  Public Health Nutrition 3
NUTR 4620/6620  Management of Foodservice Organizations 2
Summer Year 4

N/A

University-Wide Requirements

Link: University-wide Requirements

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