Dietetics
Dietetics
- Degree
- Master of Science
- Description
- Preparation for working with cutting-edge information in food, nutrition, food service management, and wellness to enhance dietetics practice
- Course Delivery
- Online
- Application Requirements
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- Bachelor’s degree with 3.0 minimum GPA on last 60 credits.
- Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
- OR be Registration-Eligible
- Admission to K-State Graduate School
- Completion Requirements
- 36 credits hours
The master’s degree in Dietetics is a 36-credit online advanced degree program for registered dietitians or individuals who are registration-eligible.
Students will be able to: apply cutting-edge information in food, nutrition, food service management, and wellness to enhance dietetics practice; think independently and critically to evaluate and apply new research concepts and theories to advance the profession of dietetics; understand public policy and current systems of health care delivery with particular reference to the role of the dietitian; and advance the profession of dietetics by contributing to evidence-based practice.
To apply for the program, students must be credentialed as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), or must be Registration-eligible. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or a minimum of 3.0 on the last 60 credit hours of coursework.
Program is offered through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (GPIDEA).
