Admissions requirements for the DPD certificate:
- Minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0
- Pre-requisite courses of General Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory I & II and Organic Chemistry Lecture and Laboratory I.
All students must maintain a 3.0/4.0 GPA to obtain the DPD Verification Statement Policy upon completion of the certificate program.
Certificate students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, including FSHN 340, FSHN 420, FSHN 429, and FSHN 459. The DPD Director will evaluate transfer courses on a case-by-case basis. Students in the DPD Certificate Program can take the FSHN 101 and FSHN 150 Proficiency Exams. Courses at the 400 or 500 level may be counted towards a MS degree.
Pre-requisites
- CHEM 102 General Chemistry I
- CHEM 103 General Chemistry Lab I
- CHEM 104 General Chemistry II
- CHEM 105 General Chemistry Lab II
- CHEM 232 Elementary Organic Chemistry
- CHEM 233 Elementary Organic Chemistry Lab I
Coursework
- MCB 100 Introductory Microbiology
- MCB 101 Introductory Microbiology Laboratory
- MCB 244 or FSHN 250 or FSHN 595, Human Anatomy & Physiology I or Nutritional Physiology I or Concepts in Nutritional Physiology I
- MCB 246 or FSHN 251 or FSHN 595, Human Anatomy & Physiology II or Nutritional Physiology II or Concepts in Nutritional Physiology II
- CHLH 250 Health Care Systems
- FSHN 101 The Science of Food and How it Relates to You (Proficiency Exam option)
- FSHN 150 Introduction to Dietetics (Proficiency Exam option)
- FSHN 220 or FSHN 595, Principles of Nutrition or Nutrition for Food Scientists
- FSHN 232 Science of Food Preparation
- FSHN 249 Food Service Sanitation
- FSHN 322 Nutrition and the Lifecycle
- FSHN 329 Communication in Nutrition
- FSHN 340 Food Production and Service
- FSHN 345 Strategic Operations Management
- FSHN 349 Food Service Sanitation
- FSHN 420 Nutritional Aspects of Disease
- FSHN 426 Nutritional Biochemistry
- FSHN 427 Nutritional Biochemistry II
- FSHN 428 Community Nutrition
- FSHN 429 Nutrition Assessment and Therapy
- FSHN 450 Dietetics Professional Issues
- FSHN 459 Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment
- Dietetics Concentration Elective: Choose one course from the following departments related to dietetics: CHLH, FSHN, HDFS, KIN 300-499, ETMA 311, or BIOC 455