Sample Didactic Program in Dietetics and Master of Dietetics and Nutrition Curriculum
DPD Sample Plan
DPD Year 1
Autumn
Data Analysis (3 credit hours)
MATH 1148 (4 credit hours)
ENGLISH 1110.01 (3 credit hours)
Art/Global Studies (3 credit hours)
EHE 1100 (1 credit hours)
Total: 14 credit hours
Spring
Literature/Global Studies (3 credit hours)
CHEM 1210 (5 credit hours)
MATH 1149 (3 credit hours)
BIOLOGY 1113 (4 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 2295* (1 credit hours)
Total: 16 credit hours
DPD Year 2
Autumn
CHEM 1220 (5 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 2450* (1 credit hours)
PSYCH 1100 (3 credit hours)
BIOPHRM 3311* (3 credit hours)
MICROBIO 4000 (4 credit hours)
Total: 16 credit hours
Spring
HUMN NTR 2310 (3 credit hours)
Second Writing (3 credit hours)
ANATOMY 2300.04 (4 credit hours)
BIOPHRM 3312* (3 credit hours)
Cultures & Ideas/Hist (3 credit hours)
Total: 16 credit hours
DPD Year 3
Autumn
HUMN NTR 2314* (3 credit hours)
EEOB 2520 (3 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 3704* (2 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 3506 (3 credit hours)
Historical Study (3 credit hours)
Total: 14 credit hours
Spring
HUMN NTR 4609 (3 credit hours)
CSHSPMG 3700 (3 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 3313* (2 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 3415* (2 credit hours)
HUMN NTR 4504* (3 credit hours)
HTHRHSC 2500 (3 credit hours)
Total: 16 credit hours
DPD Year 4
Autumn
HUMN NTR 5611*^ (3 credit hour)
MED DIET 4900*^ (3 credit hour)
HUMN NTR 4610 (3 credit hour)
HUMN NTR 4596* (1 credit hour)
HUMN NTR 5622* (1 credit hour)
ECON 2001.01 (3 credit hour)
Total: 14 credit hours
Spring
HUMN NTR 5612*^ (3 credit hour)
SOCIOL 1101 (3 credit hour)
CSHSPMG 3720 (3 credit hour)
CSHSPMG 3730 (1 credit hour)
POLITSC 1100 (3 credit hour)
Elective (1) (0-1 credit hour)
Total: 14
*Course offered only once per year
^Courses contributing Prior Learning credit towards 4 semester MDN plan
4 Semester MDN Sample Plan with DPD Prior Learning Credit – Autumn Entry
(MDN degree includes 51 Credits + 9 Prior Learning Credits=60 Cr)
MDN Year 1
Autumn
Supervised Practice Hours
MDN 6050 MNT/NCP Lab I (2 credit hours)
MDN 6001 Communication strategies, methods & technology I (1 credit hours)
MDN 6300 Nutrition Education and Counseling (3 credit hours)
MDN 6900 Practice Based Research in Dietetics and Nutrition (3 credit hours)
Elective Cognate course (3 credit hours)
MDN Didactic Courses
MDN 6889 Supervised Practice I: Food Service Management (3 credit hours)
Total: 15 credit hours
Spring
Supervised Practice Hours
MDN 6150 MNT/NCP Lab II (2 credit hours)
MDN 6002 Communication strategies, methods & technology II (1 credit hours)
MDN 6500 Community Nutrition (3 credit hours)
MDN 6350 Advanced Nutrition Education and Counseling 2 (2 credit hours)
MDN 6800 Nutrition Entrepreneurship, Management & Leadership (3 credit hours)
MDN 6950 Evidence Based Analysis (3 credit hours)
MDN Didactic Courses
MDN 6589 Supervised Practice 2: Community (1.5 credit hours)
Total: 15.5 credit hours
Summer
Supervised Practice Hours
MDN 6200 MNT III (3 credit hours)
MDN 6250 NCP Lab III (1 credit hours)
MDN Didactic Courses
MDN 6089 Supervised Practice 3: Outpatient (1.5 credit hours)
MDN 6089 Supervised practice 7: Outpatient (1 credit hours)
MDN 6189 Supervised practice 6: Acute Care (1 credit hours)
MDN 6189 Supervised practice 8: Acute Care (1 credit hours)
Total: 8.5 credit hours
MDN Year 2
Autumn
Supervised Practice Hours
MDN 7999 Capstone/Graduate Project (2 credit hours)
MDN didactic Courses
MDN 6589 Supervised practice 4: Community (2 credit hours)
MDN 6089 Supervised practice 5: Outpatient (2 credit hours)
MDN 6489 Supervised practice 9: Culminating (3 credit hours)
Total: 9 credit hours