Nutrition and Dietetics (BS)

Program Educational Goals

The program will prepare students who will:

1. Demonstrate proficiency of nutrient metabolism and the scientific basis of nutrient requirements throughout the life cycle.
2. Apply management theories to the development of programs or services.
3. Evaluate a budget/financial management plan and interpret financial data.
4. Develop a greater awareness and understanding of how discrimination, structural bias, and social inequities have developed over time to create the health disparities seen today, and describe how these may be overcome to achieve health equity.
5. Describe the governance of nutrition and dietetics practice, such as the Scope of Practice for the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Code of Ethics for the Profession of Nutrition and Dietetics.
6. Perform self-assessment that includes awareness in terms of learning and leadership styles and cultural orientation and develop goals for self-improvement.
7. Demonstrate competence in the practice of the nutrition care process, including principles and methods of assessment, diagnosis, interventions, monitoring and evaluation that are evidence based and demonstrate integrated knowledge of metabolism, nutrient functions, food sources, physiologic systems and disease.
8. Demonstrate the ability to identify, critically evaluate, and synthesize, peer-reviewed nutrition related research.
9. Demonstrate counseling and education methods to facilitate behavior change and enhance wellness for diverse individuals and groups.