Overview
The Master of Science in Dietetics Program (MSD), housed in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont, is a 30-hour graduate credit degree that includes fully online didactic coursework, a graduate capstone project, and supervised practice experience culminating in student eligibility to write the exam for Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
The mission of the MSD is to prepare and educate graduate students who will successfully function as entry-level Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with specialized knowledge of and ability to apply the principles of population health across all community health and nutrition practice settings. Students will also develop competence in evidence-based practice. Students will take graduate level courses throughout the University of Vermont as well as advanced nutrition courses offered in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences. For more information about the program, please visit the MSD website.
For the core MSD courses (NFS 6100, NFS 6110, NFS 6120, NFS 6130), there is a weekly mandatory online synchronous class meeting. During the supervised practice experience semesters, NFS 6110 and NFS 6120 class meetings are held every Monday.
The Master of Science in Dietetics is accredited by:
Accreditation Council for Education and Dietetics (ACEND)
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More information about ACEND and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is available on their websites.
Following completion of the supervised practice experience and all requirements for the MSD, students will be issued a verification statement of completion of the program and will be eligible to write the exam for Registered Exam for Dietitians.