Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, B.S. / Nutrition and Dietetics, M.S.

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About the Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics Accelerated Program

The Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s in Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics provides qualified TTU students a cost-effective, timely pathway to earn both degrees. Students get an early start on graduate work by taking three graduate courses (9 SCH) in their senior year in place of undergraduate guided electives to complete the B.S. degree. These graduate courses will count as electives for the graduate degree. They then complete the remaining graduate courses the following year to earn the online, practice-based M.S. (non-thesis, 30 SCH), designed for students working toward a future as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. Admission to the accelerated pathway and approval of the shared courses are required; all other university and Graduate School policies apply.

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

HUSC 1100 - Introduction to Human Sciences 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 1201 - Introduction to Dietetics 2 Semester Credit Hours (Fall only)
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
AND
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 13

Spring

ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1320 - College Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 1410 - Science of Nutrition 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
AND
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Second Year

Fall

NS 2310 - The Science of Food 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
NS 3355 - Culinary Medicine 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 2380 - Cultural Aspects of Food 3 Semester Credit Hours *
CARS 2300 - Communication, Civility, and Ethics 3 Semester Credit Hours
ZOOL 2404 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 Semester Credit Hours (It is highly recommended that students enroll in the the face to face (not the online) section of ZOOL 2404.)
CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
AND
CHEM 3105 - Experimental Organic Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring

NS 3310 - Introduction to Medical Nutrition Therapy 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 3340 - Nutrition in the Lifecycle 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 3302 - Survey of Biochemistry 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 4220 - Medical Terminology 2 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2300 - Statistical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)

Total: 14

Summer

POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 4230 - Pharmacology 2 Semester Credit Hours
Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 11

Third Year

Fall

NS 4340 - Medical Nutritional Therapy I 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
AND
NS 4130 - Field Work in Food and Nutrition 1 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 4360 - Introduction to Nutrition Research 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 4320 - Nutritional Biochemistry 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 4470 - Institutional Food Service Systems 4 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply; Fall only)
NS 4315 - Professional Issues in Dietetics 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply; Fall only)

Total: 17

Spring

NS 4311 - Dietetic Counseling Strategies 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply; Spring only)
NS 4341 - Medical Nutritional Therapy II 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
NS 4330 - Community Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours (Concurrent enrollment is required. Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)
AND
NS 4130 - Field Work in Food and Nutrition 1 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours (suggest MCOM 2330 Media Literacy) *
NS 4370 - Institutional Food Service Management 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.) (Spring only)

Total: 16

Summer

FDSC 3303 - Food Sanitation 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours (suggest MCOM 2301 Visual Storytelling) *
NS 4350 - Nutrition: Fact or Fiction? 3 Semester Credit Hours (Prerequisites or restrictions apply.)

Total: 9

Fourth Year

Fall

Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours (counts toward Undergrad Guided Electives)
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours (counts toward Undergrad Guided Electives)
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 9

Spring

Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Elective 3 Semsster Credit Hours
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 9

Summer

NS 5601 - Internship in Dietetics 6 Semester Credit Hours (only required for Dietetic Internship Program)
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6-12

Fifth Year

Fall

NS 5601 - Internship in Dietetics 6 Semester Credit Hours (only required for Dietetic Internship Program)
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours (NS 5313 for TTU DI)
Graduate Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 6-12

Total: 144-156

* Choose from the university core curriculum requirements .

Graduate Elective Coursework

NS 5333 - Leadership, Management, and Entrepreneurship 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5335 - Issues in Sports Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5336 - Nutrition in Women’s Health 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5337 - Nutrition Support 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5338 - Bariatric Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5339 - Nutrition and Eating Disorders 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5340 - Pediatric Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5341 - Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5343 - Diabetes and Nutrition Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5344 - Nutrition and Geriatrics 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5345 - Nutrition and Sustainability of Global Food Supplies 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5349 - Nutrition and Kidney Disease 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5355 - Culinary Medicine 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6318 - Maternal and Child Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6325 - Nutrition, Exercise, and Sport 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6330 - Nutritional Supplements and Ergogenic Aids 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6335 - Motivating Health Behavior: Coaching Theory and Application 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6365 - Obesity Management for the Clinical Practitioner 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6375 - Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease 3 Semester Credit Hours