Didactic Program in Dietetics, BS

About the Program

Nutrition plays a vital role in health and disease. There is growing evidence of the role of diet in the prevention, development, and treatment of major diseases. To maximize one’s health requires that professionals have a strong understanding of nutrition. The Registered Dietitian (RD)/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential is the nationally recognized credential for nutritionists and is required for most employment in the healthcare industry and preferred for many other employment opportunities in foods and nutrition.

To become an RD you must complete a four-year academic program, a supervised practice experience, and then pass a national registration examination for dietitians (RD exam). Scores on the national RD exam by Purdue graduates are consistently above the national average. Purdue offers two programs in dietetics. For more information about Dietetics and related programs, please visit http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/fn/undergraduate/majors/dietetics.html.

Summary of Program Requirements

The Summary of Program Requirements for is Didactic Program in Dietetics (2015-16)  a comprehensive list of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. Unlike the full Detailed Program Requirements listed below, complete lists of selectives for any given category are not shown. These summaries are intended to be printer-friendly and less expansive in detail.

Detailed Program Requirements

Please see below for detailed program requirements and possible selective fulfillments.

NUTR SCI-BS
DIDA
120 credits

Didactic Program in Dietetics Core (University Foundational Learning Outcomes) (6 credits)

Other Required Courses (1 credit)

• NUTR 10500 - Nutrition In The 21st Century

Major Requirements (100 -108 credits)

• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry or
• CHM 33300 - Principles Of Biochemistry

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• BCHM 30900 - Biochemistry Laboratory
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II

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• BIOL 20300 - Human Anatomy And Physiology or
• BIOL 30100 - Human Design: Anatomy And Physiology

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• BIOL 20400 - Human Anatomy And Physiology or
• BIOL 30200 - Human Design: Anatomy And Physiology

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• BIOL 22100 - Introduction To Microbiology

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• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course] or
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]

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• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course] or
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry [Fulfills 1 Science Core Course]

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• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry or

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• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry and
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication [Fulfills Oral Communication Core]

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• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
• AGEC 21700 - Economics

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication] or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition [Fulfills Written Communication]

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• HTM 31100 - Procurement Management For Foodservice

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• MA 15300 - Algebra And Trigonometry I [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core] or
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I [Fulfills Quantitative Reasoning Core]

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• NUTR 10600 - The Profession Of Dietetics
• NUTR 12500 - Food Safety Certification
• NUTR 20500 - Food Science I
• NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition
• NUTR 33000 - Diet Selection And Planning
• NUTR 33200 - Nutrition Counseling

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• NUTR 35000 - Practicum In Dietetics or
• HTM 29101 - Quantity Food Production And Service Laboratory

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• NUTR 36500 - Physiology And Nutrition During The Life Cycle
• NUTR 41100 - Dietetics Career Planning
• NUTR 42400 - Communication Techniques In Foods And Nutrition
• NUTR 43000 - Public Health Nutrition
• NUTR 43600 - Nutritional Assessment
• NUTR 43700 - Macronutrient Metabolism In Human Health And Disease
• NUTR 43800 - Micronutrient And Phytochemical Metabolism In Human Health And Disease
• NUTR 44200 - Foodservice Systems Management

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• NUTR 45300 - Food Chemistry or
• FS 45300 - Food Chemistry

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• NUTR 48000 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I
• NUTR 48100 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• OLS 25200 - Human Relations In Organizations or
• HTM 31200 - Human Resources Management For The Service Industries

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• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core] or
• SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology [Fulfills Behavior/Social Science Core]

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• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods [Fulfills Information Literacy Core]

Electives 5-13 credits

120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree

University Foundational Learning Outcomes List

https://www.purdue.edu/provost/initiatives/curriculum/course.html

Program Requirements

120 Semester hours

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish