Master of Science in Dietetics requirements

Coordinated Program in Dietetics (CPD)

Students applying to the Coordinated Program in Dietetics/Master of Science in Dietetics degree must have completed a bachelor's degree by Jun. 1 of the year of application.

• Prerequisite courses

  All grades of "D" for prerequisite courses must be repeated. See CPD prerequisite courses below.

  For applicants who have a bachelor's degree, any remaining prerequisite courses do not need to be completed to apply by the April 1 deadline; you may be enrolled in some of the courses at the time of application, and you have the spring/summer semester to complete the remaining courses before the fall semester when the program begins. However, the more of these courses that are completed at the time of application, the more competitive your application will be.

  Transferring courses?

  If you want to check for equivalent courses at another college or university, you can visit the transfer credit search engine. You can also contact our NFS graduate advisor or an advisor at the school where you plan to complete the prerequisite courses.

  CPD prerequisite courses

  Course #	Title	Credits
  BIO 2870	Anatomy/Physiology	5
  BIO 2270 & 2271	Principles of Microbiology & Lab	3 + 2
  CHM 1100 & 1130	General Chemistry I & Lab	4 + 1
  CHM 1140 & 1150	General Chemistry II & Lab	4 + 1
  CHM 1240	Organic Chemistry I	4
  STA 1020	Statistics	3
  PSY 1020	Psychology	3
  ANT 1100 or SOC 1010	Anthropology or Sociology	3
  MGT 2530	Management	3
  NFS 2130 & 2140	Food Science & Lab	3 + 1
  NFS 3230	Human Nutrition	3
  NFS 2220	Human Nutrition Lab	1
  NFS 4230	Macronutrient Metabolism	3
  NFS 4231	Human Nutrition: Micronutrients	3

  To find out when specific courses will be offered on our schedule of classes, and to see our academic calendars visit our

  Office of the Registrar

  To see a sample schedule for the CPD, look for the Overview of Courses in the Professional Program in our handbook.

  CPD Handbook

• Program courses

  Upon acceptance into the Coordinated Program in Dietetics, students will follow the two-year course sequence below for a total of 34 credits. Students in the CPD must maintain an overall University GPA of 3.0 or better, and a B or better in all supervised practice and didactic courses. For more information on program retention and policies, please see our CPD Handbook .

  CPD program courses

  First semester (year one, fall)

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 5100	Nutrition Care Process I	2
  NFS 5220	Community Nutrition	2
  NFS 5350	Management of Food Service Systems	4
  NFS 5510	Supervised Practice 1	1

  Second semester (year one, winter)

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 5120	Nutrition Care Process II	2
  NFS 5250	Nutrition and Disease	4
  NFS 5520	Supervised Practice 2	1

  Third semester (year two, fall)

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 5200	Advanced Dietetics	3
  NFS 7060	Research Problems	2
  NFS 7240	Nutritional Epidemiology	3
  NFS 5530	Supervised Practice 3	1

  Fourth semester (year two, winter)

  Course #	Title	Credits
  NFS 5360	Management of Nutrition Care Services	3
  NFS 6860	Controversial Issues in Dietetics	2
  NFS 7800	Master's Capstone in Dietetics	3
  NFS 5540	Supervised Practice 4	1

   

• International students

  Students with a transcript from another country (including Canada) must obtain a course-by-course transcript evaluation from an independent agency that validates academic degrees. Students applying to an ACEND-accredited program must have a degree that is equivalent to a bachelor's or master's degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university.

  Only reports from foreign degree evaluation agencies will be accepted when applying to the CPD at WSU.

• Graduate and program completion requirements

  Criteria for program completion are:

  1. Successful completion of all prerequisites (courses must have been completed within five years of application to the program based on time-sensitive course work).
  2. Completion of the requirements for a master's degree. For students receiving a degree outside the U.S., a course-by-course equivalency statement from an approved agency must be included with the application packet (see International Students above).
  3. Achievement of knowledge and performance competency requirements specified by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) at satisfactory or better.
  4. Attainment of at least the minimum in grade point average, coursework grades, supervised practice evaluation scores, and assignments. Complete criteria can be found in our CPD Handbook under Retention, Disciplinary Policies and Procedures.
  5. Successful completion of all CPD courses including 1032 hours of supervised practice:
     1. It is the student's responsibility to be sure they have successfully completed all program and course requirements.
     2. It is the student's responsibility to ensure they are enrolled at WSU in the correct designation (graduate), and that they are satisfying all the program courses during their time at WSU.
  6. The program must be completed within three years of the fall semester of the year of program entrance. If the time period is longer, the student will need to repeat program courses (and possibly specific prerequisite courses) at the discretion of the CPD faculty, based on their assessment of student learning.

  See the full requirements for Master of Science in Dietetics.