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Dietetic Internship

Theresa O'Reilly, MS, RDN
Henderson Hall 146A

Phone: (973) 290-4126
toreilly@steu.edu

Program Courses

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M.S. in Nutrition

Core and Electives (20 credits) for the Entrepreneurial Nutrition Practice Concentration

Fall, Spring, Summer

  • FN620 Child/Adolescent Nutrition (2) (summer between courses and supervised practice)
  • FN625 Health Promotion and Aging (3)
  • FN630 Interventions and Strategies for Weight Management (3)
  • FN650 Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism (3)
  • FN655 Research Methods for Health Professionals (3)
  • FN677 Program Design and Management in Community Nutrition (3) (includes supervised practice hours)
  • FN624 Integrative Nutrition and Health Therapies (3)
  • OR, FN671 Sports Nutrition for Health and Performance (3)

Core and Electives (20 credits) for the Community and Public Health Nutrition Concentration

Spring, Summer, Fall

  • FN620 Child/Adolescent Nutrition (2) (summer between coursework)
  • FN625 Health Promotion and Aging (3)
  • FN626 Intro to Public Health Nutrition (3)
  • FN630 Interventions & Strategies for Weight Management (3)
  • FN650 Advanced Nutrition & Metabolism (3)
  • FN655 Research Methods for Health Professionals (3)
  • FN677 Program Design & Management in Nutrition (3)

These courses are taken prior to supervised practice, on-line and full-time. Preparatory work is also assigned to students prior to supervised practice. It is designed to better prepare students for practice and to provide simulated learning experiences.

Dietetic Internship

Core Courses (14 credits)

  • FN612 Simulated Practice & Experiential Learning in Clinical Nutrition Care (6)
  • FN602 Advanced Experiential Learning in Clinical Nutrition Care (1)
  • FN608 Experiential Learning in Dietetic Management (3)
  • FN613 Simulated and Experiential Learning in Community Nutrition (1)
  • FN606 Professional Communications in Nutrition and Dietetics Practice (3)

Concentration Courses (3 credits)

  • FN604 Experiential Learning in Entrepreneurial Nutrition Practice (3)
  • OR, FN610 Experiential Learning Public Health and Community Nutrition Programming (3)

Capstone Requirement

  • FN 694 Capstone in Supervised Practice in Dietetics (1)

* Eighteen credits from FN612 Simulated Practice and Experiential Learning in Clinical Nutrition Care (6), the concentration (3) as well as FN 694 (1) are accepted from the dietetic internship coursework to complete the M.S. in Nutrition during the second year.