This course will emphasize emerging professional practice issues in clinical dietetics. It will provide the application of ethical practice, critical thinking, and advocacy to current practice dilemmas. The course will stress the responsibilities of dietetic professionals and describe their interaction in an interdisciplinary health care delivery system. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
Fall 2026 - Hybrid
This thematic course will focus on social determinants and environment of health, health policies and politics in the United States, and the organization, regulation, and financing of health services as it relates to the practice of clinical dietetics. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
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 Winter 2027 - Hybrid
This course provides content related to the operation and management of therapeutic food service systems. Experiential and didactic learning will equip the student to better understand the role of palatable food production and service in clinical dietetics. Topics include basic management principles, food regulations, menu analysis, and sensory testing. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
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 Fall 2026 - Hybrid
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 Summer 2026 - Hybrid Winter 2027 - Online
This course is designed to explore the relationships that exist between race, ethnicity, and culture as they pertain to environmental and food justice, and the critical role of the food and nutrition professional in mitigating these issues. Prerequisite: Admission to the clinical dietetics program.
Fall 2026 - Online
This course will provide a science-based application of learning, motivation, and behavioral change theories as they pertain to informal education, counseling, and coaching for the dietetic preprofessional. A variety of communication strategies will be implemented to facilitate healthy nutrition and behavior change. Prerequisite: Admission to clinical dietetics program.
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.
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.
Winter 2026 - Hybrid Fall 2026 - Hybrid Winter 2027 - Online
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 Summer 2026 - Hybrid Winter 2027 - Online
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.
Winter 2026 - Online Summer 2026 - Hybrid
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.
Winter 2026 - Online Winter 2027 - Online
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.
Winter 2026 - Hybrid Summer 2026 - Hybrid Fall 2026 - Online Winter 2027 - Hybrid
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 Summer 2026 - Online Fall 2026 - Online Winter 2027 - Online
