Post-Baccalaureate in Dietetics, UCRT

Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.

Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 3.00
Total Hours: 36 

Prerequisites and equivalents
Prerequisites may be completed as part of a bachelor’s degree or completed prior to matriculating into the post-baccalaureate certificate program.
Principles of Biology, General Chemistry 1, General Chemistry 2, Survey of Organic Chemistry, Survey of Biochemistry, Physiology, Introduction to Psychology, Elementary Statistics, Principles of Nutrition, Nutrition Evidence-Based Practice 1, Food and Environment, Nutrition across the Lifespan
Core Courses
NSCI 2011Applied Principles of Human Nutrition1
NSCI 3133Science of Food Preparation3
NSCI 3312Nutrition Care Process and Assessment2
NSCI 3813Nutrition Counseling3
NSCI 3993Culinary Principles in Nutrition3
NSCI 4123Human Nutrition and Metabolism I3
NSCI 4143Human Nutrition and Metabolism II3
NSCI 4331Quantity Food Production Practicum1
NSCI 4573Management in Dietetics3
NSCI 4632Community Nutrition I2
NSCI 4633Community Nutrition II3
NSCI 4850Special Unit Studies in Nutritional Sciences1
NSCI 4854Medical Nutrition Therapy I4
NSCI 4864Medical Nutrition Therapy II4
Total Hours36

This degree program meets the knowledge requirements for the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, 312/899-0040, Ext. 5400.