Dietetics (BSHS)

The curriculum, along with local and international experiential learning opportunities, supports you in developing the knowledge and skills required for early selection into UD's Master of Dietetics and Nutrition and Premier Dietetic Internship program. You can complete all of the components required to sit for the RDN credentialing exam within 5.5 years of starting your freshman year at UD (vs. traditional 6-7 years). The dietetics graduate and internship success rate at UD is 100%.

Experiential Learning opportunities

Food Lab

The ProduceOne Food & Nutrition Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility where University of Dayton dietetics students have hands-on learning experiences with food and cooking. This space, located on the fifth floor of Fitz Hall, offers multiple opportunities for you to develop key skills for your future profession in dietetics. There are four cooking stations in the lab (three at the back of the lab, plus one large station at the front of the lab). Stations include an oven, microwave, stand mixer, fridge, sink, cookware and food prep tools. One station is dedicated gluten-free for participants with allergies. Tables and chairs in the center of the lab offer a space for classroom instruction.

Community and Sustainability

Interested in farm-to-table initiatives? Through a partnership with East End Community Services and UD's Hanley Sustainability Institute, dietetics students can explore and discern their call to serve in this area. You'll support a number of initiatives, including developing nutrition education at local schools, garden-to-table nutrition education curriculum for a summer camp and cooking demos with a mobile food pantry program.

Gem City Market Nutrition Education Programming

You'll have several opportunities to provide nutrition education and demonstrate culinary skills to support community members across the University of Dayton and Miami Valley Community. You'll develop and implement nutrition education through cooking demos and providing nutrition education programming to communities.

Sport Nutrition and Wellness Program

With the supervision of the dietetics faculty (registered and licensed dietitian nutritionists), you'll develop skills in nutrition assessment and create nutrition education and counseling for student-athletes.

Integrative Culinary Medicine

During your senior year, you'll work alongside medical residents to develop culinary skills and evidenced-based nutrition messaging for use in both a clinical and community setting.

Interprofessional Education Collaborations

Seniors, along with students in UD's Dietetics (MDN) program, participate in interprofessional education simulations twice a year. At these IPE events, students studying nursing, dietetics, pharmacy, medicine, social work, counseling and physical therapy at local colleges and universities collaborate to solve simulated patient cases.

Study Abroad

Summer study abroad programs in locations such as Chile, Italy, Greece, Portugal and Spain offer opportunities to explore the food and diet of other cultures through the lens of a dietitian.

Network with Program Partners

Students can work with their faculty mentor to get connected with one or more of the program's partners/collaborators to continue their journey in exploring the profession of dietetics:

• Boonshoft School of Medicine (Wright State University) Interprofessional Education
• Dayton Children's Hospital
• Dayton Community Nutrition Consortium
• East End Community Services
• Florida Gators Sport Nutrition Program (University of Florida)
• Grandview Foundation & Grandview Hospital Residency Program (Kettering Health Network)
• Homefull Farms
• Miami Valley Interprofessional Education
• Premier Health
• UD Dining Services
• UD Hanley Sustainability Institute
• UD Women's Volleyball

Program Accreditation

The UD Dietetics program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190, Chicago, IL 60606-6695; 800-877-1600, ext. 5400). Reaccreditation was granted in 2022.

Take the Next Step

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Vision

Our dietetic students will thrive in an integrative and interdisciplinary academic environment where experiential-learning, professionalism, leadership, and evidence-based practice are at the forefront of student learning and development.

Mission

To prepare competent, collaborative and compassionate students for supervised practice leading to eligibility for the CDR credentialing exam and careers in nutrition and dietetics.

Goals and Objectives

Goal 1

Program graduates will be distinctive graduates who are competent for supervised practice leading to eligibility for the CDR credentialing exam to become registered dietitian nutritionists.

• At least 80% of students complete program requirements within three years (150% of planned program length). (RE 2.1.c.1.a)
• At least 80% of program graduates apply for admission to a supervised practice program prior to or within 12 months of graduation. (RE 2.1.c.1.b.1)
• Of program graduates who apply to a supervised practice program, at least 85 percent are admitted within 12 months of graduation. (RE 2.1.c.1.b.2)
• The program's one-year pass rate (graduates who pass the registration exam within one year of first attempt) on the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists is at least 80%. (RE 2.1.c.1.c)
• 85% of alumni returned surveys will identify they "strongly agree/agree" on a post internship survey that they were prepared to successfully complete the internship.
• 85% of returned surveys from DI Directors will answer "strongly agree" or "agree" to the preparedness indicator.

Goal 2

Program graduates will engage as collaborative and compassionate professionals

• 85% of returned surveys from DI Directors will answer "strongly agree" or "agree" to the collaborative indicator.
• 85% of returned surveys from DI Directors will answer "strongly agree" or "agree" to the compassionate indicator.

Program outcomes data are available upon request.

Additional Health and Sport Science Programs

• Health Science: Exercise and Movement Science (BSHS)
• Health Science: Integrative Physiology (BSHS)
• Health Science: Occupational and Behavioral Studies (BSHS)
• Nursing (BSN)
• Sport Management (BSSW)
• Sport Communication (Undergraduate Certificate)
• Wellbeing Education (Undergraduate Certificate)
• Dietetics and Nutrition (MDN)
• Advanced Dietetics and Nutrition Practice (Graduate Certificate)

Related Programs

• Health Communication (Minor)
• Social Work (Minor)
• Sociology (Minor)
• Ethics and Leadership (Undergraduate Certificate)
• Nonprofit and Community Leadership (Graduate Certificate)

At the University of Dayton, applying is free and test scores are optional. When you apply, you'll automatically be considered for a merit scholarship.

Learn about our admission process, then apply using UD's application or the Common App.

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To help you cover your costs, a variety of scholarships, grants, loans and part-time work study are available. The University also accepts transfer credits and credit by exam for undergraduates, giving you more flexibility to add a double major or minor or participate in a transformational experience like study abroad or co-op.