Master of Science-Nutrition with Supervised Practice

This 39-credit graduate degree prepares students for a career as a Registered Dietitian, focusing on the areas of public health/community nutrition or clinical nutrition. The program fulfills the requirements for a master’s degree in nutrition and the supervised practice requirements to sit for the Registered Dietitian Examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The supervised practice includes a minimum of 1000 hours of field experience in community, clinical nutrition, outpatient, food service management, and specialty supervised practice rotations. Upon completion, interns receive a verification statement for the CDR eligibility application to take the Registration Examination for Dietitians.To qualify for admission, students must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree or post-baccalaureate certificate in nutrition and dietetics, 3.0 GPA, GRE score ONLY if GPA is below 3.0, personal statement, two letters of reference (one from a professor/instructor and one from a work/volunteer supervisor), and documentation that the applicant did not match to another dietetic internship through D&D digital with the DICAS application. Interns admitted to the program are expected to follow the specific policies and procedures described in the Coordinated and ISPP Program Student Handbook in addition to the guidelines in this Bulletin. See specific guidelines in the Coordinated and ISPP Programs in Dietetics Handbook on our website.

Dominican University undergraduates and the post-baccalaureate Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) certificate students may apply for admission during the spring of their senior year or their last semester of their program.