Nutrition and dietetics professionals are well equipped to enter the health and wellness field. Managing the delivery of food and providing healthy eating guidance to health professionals, athletes, private practice clients, chefs, food service managers, food scientists, and consumers of all ages is the essence of the dietetics field, offering challenges for students to prepare themselves for varied and exciting career opportunities.
The Nutrition and Dietetics Program is within the Division of Health Professions and is designed for the student seeking a career as a nutritionist or registered dietitian (RD). The program includes management, food, and clinical course work that is accredited as a Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD), and by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, phone 312.899.5400. Students earning credits toward a dietetics degree may apply for associate membership in the American Dietetic Association.
The registered dietitian (RD) credential is recognized nationally, enabling graduates to practice the art and science of the nutrition care process throughout the United States. Graduates are providing food and nutrition services in private practice settings, health care institutions such as teaching hospitals and extended-care facilities, community nutrition sites, child care centers, school lunch programs, corporate food companies, physicians’ offices, and specialized programs for eating behavior and weight management.
Students who have earned a bachelor’s or graduate degree in another discipline may apply credits toward a nutrition and dietetics degree or be eligible to receive a verification statement authorizing their entry into a supervised practice program, such as an accredited dietetic internship program, once they have completed the required dietetics courses. A minimum of seven to ten didactic program courses must be taken at the University of New Haven for a student to receive a verification statement from the director of the program.
The undergraduate nutrition and dietetics program is also associated with the master of science program in human nutrition, enabling qualified students to complete graduate study concurrently with the undergraduate program.
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