Dietetics: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Dietetics in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 1200 College Algebra (3 cr)
• DIET 1500 Introduction to Nutrition (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 15 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• FDSC 1500 Introduction to Food Science (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 17 credits

• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• FDSC 2100 Food Chemistry (4 cr)
• DIET 2200 Food Science (4 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 15 credits

• FDSC 2300 Food Microbiology (4 cr)
• DIET 2500 Nutrition Through the Lifespan (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 14 credits

• FDSC 2500 Food Processing (4 cr)
• DIET 3100 Nutrition Assessment (3 cr)
• FDSC 3100 Food Analysis (4 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 16 credits

• DIET 3300 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (4 cr)
• FDSC 3300 Sensory Evaluation (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• DIET 3500 Community Nutrition (3 cr)
• FDSC 3500 Food Safety and Quality Systems (3 cr)
• DIET 3700 Food Service Systems Management (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 13 credits

• FDSC 3700 Product Development (3 cr)
• DIET 4100 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (4 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)