Dietetics
Interested in a dietetics degree?
Dietetics is the study of food and nutrition in relation to preventing and treating disease and maintaining and promoting good health. It is a people-oriented and science-focused field.
Studying dietetics is the first step toward earning the registered dietitian professional credential. Many dietitians work in clinical health care settings such as hospitals and extended-care facilities. If this sounds good to you, a dietetics degree could be a very rewarding path.
This undergraduate program in dietetics is approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Uncommon Pursuits.
Graduates with a dietetics degree become experts in nutritional assessment and care and in food-service management systems. They help change people's lives based on the food they eat.Alumni work at:
- Aramark
- Gannett
- Metro Health
- Northwest Community Healthcare
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Whole Foods Market
- William Barr Associates
Alumni work as:
- Clinical nutrition practitioners
- Corporate wellness/health promoter/advisers
- Food service consultants
- Food service managers
- Private practice/nutritional counselors
- Registered dieticians
- Educators
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