Students completing this program meet or exceed the minimum academic requirements of the American Dietetic Association (ADA).  They will be prepared to work as entry-level dietitians after successfully completing an accredited internship and the national credentialing examination for Registered Dietitians.

Accreditation Status

The Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) at Winthrop University is currently accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association, 120 South Riverside Drive, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606, (312)-899-0040, ext. 5400.  The Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education is the American Dietetic Association's accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for careers as registered dietitians or dietetics technicians.  CADE exists to serve the public by establishing and enforcing eligibility requirements and accreditation standards that ensure the quality and continued improvement of nutrition and dietetics education programs.  Programs meeting those standards are accredited by CADE. CADE is recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). This affirms that CADE meets national standards and is a reliable authority on the quality of nutrition and dietetics education programs.

ADA Didactic Program in Dietetics verification from Winthrop University requires completion of the B.S. degree in Human Nutrition with a minimum grade of C and a grade point average greater than or equal to 2.5 in all NUTR courses.

Courses of Study

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Major Requirements - 73 semester hours

Major Courses

   NUTR 221  Human Nutrition (3)

   NUTR 226  Orientation to Dietetics (1)

   NUTR 227  Medical Terminology (1)  

   NUTR 231  Food Composition (3)

   NUTR 232  Food Composition Laboratory (1)     

   NUTR 340-A or -C Cooperative Education (1)   

   NUTR 370  Cultural Foods (3)

   NUTR 371  Foodservice Systems (3)

   NUTR 421  Nutrition through the Life Span (3)

   NUTR 427  Principles of Clinical Nutrition (3)

   NUTR 471  Institutional Foodservice Procurement and Production (3)

   NUTR 480  Dietetics Management (3)   

   NUTR 521  Nutrition and Metabolism (3)

   NUTR 522  Community Nutrition (3)

   NUTR 523  Food Science Principles (3)

   NUTR 524  Sensory and Objective Evaluation of Foods (1)

   NUTR 527  Medical Nutrition Therapy (3)

   NUTR 534  Seminar in Human Nutrition (3)

   ACCT 280  Accounting Information for Business Decisions I (3)   

   BIOL  308   Human Physiology (4)

   BIOL  310   Microbiology  (4)

   CHEM 105  General Chemistry I (3)

   CHEM 106  General Chemistry II (3)

   CHEM 107  General Chemistry Laboratory (1) *taken concurrently with CHEM 105

   CHEM 108  General Chemistry Laboratory (1) *taken concurrently with CHEM 106

   CHEM 310  Organic Chemistry I (3)

   CHEM 311  Organic Laboratory I (1) *taken concurrently with CHEM 310

   CHEM 521  Nutritional Biochemistry (3)

   SPCH 201  Public Speaking (3)

   PSYC 206  Developmental Psychology (3) *PSYC 101 is prerequisite

General Education Requirements - 42-47 semester hours

   ACAD 101 (0-1) - required for first time freshmen only

Critical Writing and Critical Thinking

   WRIT  101  Composition (3)

   CRTW 201  Critical Reading, Thinking , and Writing (3)

Quantitative Skills

   CTQR 150 or MATH 105 or Math 201 or a MATH course with MATH 201 as a prerequisite - Quantitative       Methods in Critical Thinking (3) or Calculus for the Managerial and Life Sciences (3) or Calculus I (3)

Logic/Language/Semiotics

   Foreign Language (102-level proficiency) (3-4)

   MATH 141  Finite Probability and Statistics (3)

Oral Communication - met in major

Technology

   CSCI 101 or 110  Introduction to Computers and Information Processing (3) or Introduction to Computers      and programming (3)

Skills for Common Experience and Thinking Across the Disciplines

   HMXP 102 The Human Experience: Who Am I? (3)

   Global Perspectives - See approved list

   Historical Perspectives - See approved list

Developing Critical Skills and Applying them to Disciplines

Natural Science - met in major

Social Science

   SOCL 101, 201 or ANTH 201 Social Problems and Social Policy (3), Principles of Sociology, or Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

   ECON 215 Principles of Microeconomics (3) 

   PSYC 101  General Psychology (3)

Humanities and Art - select at least two courses from two different subject areas.  See approved list.

Intensive Writing - met in major

Constitution Requirement - See approved list; may be met by another requirement

Foreign Language Requirement* - 0-4 semester hours

Electives - 0-6 Hours

Total Semester Hours - 124-127 hours

*Students completing the required program in BS Human Nutrition must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at or above the second semester college level.  This requirement may be met by a satisfactory score on a recognized proficiency examination or by passing any foreign language course numbered 102 or any course with 102 as a prerequisite.  A maximum of 3 semester hours may be applied to the Logic/Language/Semiotics Area.

The Winthrop University 2007-2008 Online Undergraduate Catalog also lists the BS Human Nutrition Didactic Program in Dietetics Option degree requirements.  Descriptions of the courses listed above can be also be found in the Undergraduate Catalog.                                                                                   revised 2008