This class provides lecture and laboratory experience in anthropometric, biochemical, and dietary nutrition assessment techniques of individuals and populations. Students will utilize the human performance lab, simulation lab, medical laboratory science lab, and computer lab to augment hybrid lecture and discussion. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
Winter 2026 - Hybrid
This course provides hands-on experiential learning in a variety of food service delivery systems. Students will rotate through several different food systems during this class including acute care, long-term care, schools, or community feeding programs. Each placement will address specifically assigned competencies.
Winter 2026 - Online
This course provides experiential learning in a variety of community settings such as gleaning and food recycling, community health centers, food hubs and pantries, WIC, health departments, and other community programs with a nutrition component.
Winter 2026 - Online Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
This course will apply the nutrition care process to a variety of disease states including pathology of the neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hormonal, and renal systems. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
This course will apply the nutrition care process to a variety of disease states including pathology of the liver, pancreas, and the immune system, terminally ill, artificial feeding across the lifespan, inheritable diseases and epigenetics, burns and wounds, obesity, and special needs of the acute and chronically ill pediatric patient. Prerequisites: Admission to the clinical dietetics program and CD 600.
Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
This course provides hands-on experiential learning in a variety of chronic and acute settings. Students will complete competency standards in large/regional medical centers, community hospitals, dialysis centers, cardiac rehabilitation/heart centers, and skilled nursing facilities.
This course provides hands-on experiential learning that focuses on program planning, implementation, and assessment of diverse age groups and disease states in the community setting. Sixty hours of the 120 total hours of supervised practice rotation may be taken outside of the U.S.
This course provides hands-on experiential learning in a variety of acute and chronic settings. Students will complete competency standards in large/regional medical centers, community hospitals, long-term care centers, pediatric hospitals, and dialysis units.
Winter 2026 - Hybrid Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
This course provides in-depth experiential learning in a selected area of clinical dietetics and will provide students with an opportunity to implement a group or individual research project. This 120-hour rotation requires prior approval and may be taken outside of the U.S.
This course will provide an intensive and comprehensive review of didactic material covered in the program. This course is established to meet the mission of the program in preparing students to be master's prepared registered dietitians/nutritionists. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
This class provides an overview of research methods for undertaking research and program evaluation within food and nutrition organizations and systems. Students will acquire competencies in evaluating the scientific and clinical merit of published research, identify gaps in reviewed literature, and use the literature review in crafting a research question. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
Group research projects will be performed under the supervision of a faculty member and an approved mentor. A literature review, HSIRB determination, paper, and poster presentation are required. Students enroll in the one-credit course for three consecutive semesters for a total of three credits of CD 693 over three semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the clinical dietetics program, CD 690 (may be taken concurrently), and completion of the Responsible Conduct of Research Training within the last three years.
Original research in an area of clinical dietetics. Work will be performed under the supervision of the graduate committee chair and/or mentor. A written thesis or publication and a public oral presentation are required. Credits one to six with at least six credits required. Prerequisites: Admission to the clinical dietetics program, CD 690, and completion of the Responsible Conduct of Research Training within the last three years.
Winter 2026 - Online Spring/Summer 2026 - Online
