Human Ecology Department

Website: suny.oneonta.edu/ms-nutrition-and-dietetics-program-online

Contact: MS-DieteticsProgram@oneonta.edu

Program purposes and outcomes: Graduate students who successfully complete this full-time three-semester online program will earn a M.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics and be eligible to take the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s (CDR) Registration Examination for Dietitians. The M.S.-Nutrition and Dietetics Program (M.S.–N+D Program), which emphasizes community nutrition and a culminating community health intervention project, is a non-thesis Master’s program (36 credits) which includes 1220 hours of supervised experiential learning. The program is designed to provide students with the expected clinical care, food service management, and other skills and competencies that the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has established for entry-level practitioners under ACEND’s Future Education Model Standards for graduate programs hereafter referred to as the ACEND FEM(FG) Standards. Students will gain experience in providing nutrition care and education for individual clients and communities to prevent or treat conditions such as heart disease, cancer and obesity.

Up to 20 graduate students are selected annually. Students of either SUNY Oneonta’s or SUNY Plattsburgh’s undergraduate didactic program in dietetics have the option of participating in a Pre-select Option. Those students wishing to be considered in the Pre-select Option apply in the fall of their senior year. These students are notified of their acceptance in February of their senior year. Students who are not eligible to participate in the Pre-select Option must apply by February 15^th. Specific information regarding application process and materials can be found on the M.S.-Nutrition and Dietetics Program website. Graduate students begin their program in the summer with the start of the first summer session (typically early June). Students are required to attend an on-campus orientation (3 days) just prior to the start of the first summer session. The program is three semesters in length (equivalent to 12 months) and finishes the following spring semester (Mid-May).

The online M.S.–N+D Program permits students to remain in their own communities while completing a graduate program that integrates supervised experiential learning with graduate coursework. Students who apply must provide evidence that they have daily access to a computer, the Internet, and have identified Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist preceptors and health-care and facilities willing to provide a learning environment and preceptors. All required courses will be accessed online through Blackboard, an online learning environment and a course delivery system supported through the Academic Information Technology Services Department.

Additional information about the online M.S.–N+D Program and application materials are available from the Program website.

Programs

Master of Science

Nutrition and Dietetics, M.S.