Allied Health Major, B.S. (Nutrition and Foods Concentration)

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College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences

Department of Allied Health Sciences

Nutrition and Foods Concentration

Accredited by:

Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)

120 South Riverside Drive, Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60606-6995

(312) 899-4874

Dietetics professionals apply scientific knowledge and skills to effective nutritional care of patients and clients in clinical and community settings. The dietetics practitioner will be expected to apply critical thinking skills in assessing nutritional status of patients and providing evidenced-based nutrition care and medical nutrition therapy. Skillfulness in implementing nutrition interventions and monitoring the effectiveness of nutrition therapy or counseling is required at all levels of dietetics practice. The interdisciplinary health care team utilizes the skills and knowledge of the well-trained registered dietitian as the expert in planning and implementing nutrition therapy. Dietetics professionals provide nutrition education and counseling to patients and clients, health coaching in out-patient settings, diabetes education and training, monitoring tube feedings or nutrition support for patients in critical care units, management of clinical nutrition departments or health care food service operations.

Upon successful completion of the requirements for the Nutrition and Foods concentration (didactic program in dietetics), students are eligible to apply for dietetic internships where they will perform 1200 hours of supervised practice in a variety of dietetics rotations. Once the supervised practice is successfully completed, the student will be eligible to sit for the Registration Examination for Dietitians (RD exam.) Licensure requirements for registered dietitians vary according to state statutes but all require a passing score on the RD exam. An option for students who delay or choose not to pursue the RD credential is taking the examination to become a dietetic technician immediately upon completion of the requirements for the nutrition and foods concentration and the B.S. degree.

Admission: Students must be admitted both to the university and to the program, requiring separate application processes. Admission to the university does not ensure admission to the program. Applicants must follow the published admission process to be admitted to the nutrition and dietetics program.

General Program Information

To earn a degree from ETSU, there are specific course requirements established by ETSU, by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), by each college, and by each department. All students must meet the degree requirements at each of these levels outlined in the following list:

University-level Degree and Graduation Requirements

Degree and Graduation Requirements
Completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours is required.
CSCI 1100 or the proficiency exam
Proficiency Intensive Course Requirements
California Critical Thinking Skills Test (CCTST) (Senior Exit Exam)
Additional Requirements for Transfer Students
Second Bachelor Degrees
Double Majors/Double Degrees

Total Credit Hours for Degree: 120

TBR General Education Requirements: 41 Credit Hours

Listed below are the categories and courses specified under TBR General Education Requirements. Note that certain courses are required for this degree, specific to this major. Thus, these courses will satisfy both a TBR General Education requirement AND a requirement of this major. (Other majors may require different General Education courses.) Where specific courses are required for this major, only those courses are listed under the category. If there are no specific major requirements for a category, all course options appear.

Communication

9 credits, consisting of 6 credits of written composition and 3 credits of oral communication.

Written Composition

Complete both of the following:

ENGL 1010 - Critical Reading and Expository Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 1020 - Critical Thinking and Argumentation (3 credits)
Students required to complete learning support in writing must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of ENGL 1010 during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading. Students needing learning support in both reading and writing should enroll in ENGL 1010-Lxx immediately upon completing learning support in reading. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport.

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 .

Oral Communication

Complete one of the following:

SPCH 1300 - Introduction to Communication Studies (3 credits)
SPCH 2300 - Public Speaking (3 credits)
SPCH 2320 - Argumentation and Debate (3 credits)

Humanities and Fine Arts

9 credits, consisting of 3 credits of literature, 3 credits of fine arts, and 3 credits of humanities electives.

Literature

Complete one of the following:

ENGL 2030 - Literary Heritage (3 credits)
ENGL 2110 - American Literature I (3 credits)
ENGL 2120 - American Literature II (3 credits)
ENGL 2210 - British Literature I (3 credits)
ENGL 2220 - British Literature II (3 credits)
ENGL 2330 - World Literature (3 credits)
ENGL 2430 - European Literature (3 credits)

Note:

(ENGL 2210 , ENGL 2220 ,or ENGL 2430 suggested.)

Fine Arts

Complete one of the following:

ARTH 2010 - Art History Survey I (3 credits)
ARTH 2020 - Art History Survey II (3 credits)
BLUE 2150 - American Roots Music (3 credits)
DANC 1500 - Dance as a Human Experience (3 credits)
HUMT 2310 - Arts and Ideas I (3 credits)
HUMT 2320 - Arts and Ideas II (3 credits)
MUSC 1030 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
MUSC 1035 - History of Jazz (3 credits)
THEA 1030 - Introduction to the Theatre (3 credits)

Humanities Electives

Complete one of the following:

ENGL 3150 - Literature, Ethics, and Values (3 credits)
ENGL 3280 - Mythology (3 credits)
ENTC 3020 - Technology and Society (3 credits)
HIST 1110 - World History to 1500 (3 credits)
HIST 1120 - World History Since 1500 (3 credits)
PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)
PHIL 2020 - Introduction to Ethics (3 credits)
PHIL 2040 - Philosophy as Conversation (3 credits)
PHIL 2640 - Science and the Modern World (3 credits)
RELI 2210 - Introduction to the Study of World Religions (3 credits)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

6 credits, consisting of the following:

PSYC 1310 - Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
SOCI 1020 - Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)

History

6 credits, consisting of both of the following:

HIST 2010 - The United States to 1877 (3 credits)
HIST 2020 - The United States since 1877 (3 credits)
Note: HIST 2030 History of Tennessee (3 credits) may be substituted for 3 credits of United States History.

Natural Sciences

8 credits, consisting of the following lectures and labs.

HSCI 2010 - Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
HSCI 2011 - Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I (0 credit)
HSCI 2020 - Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)
HSCI 2021 - Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II (0 credit)

Mathematics

Students will enroll in the appropriate general education math course during their first calendar year of enrollment at ETSU. Students required to complete learning support in mathematics must enroll in a learning support-designated section (L01-L99) of MATH 1530 during their first 15 hours at ETSU (not including summer) unless they are also required to complete learning support in reading or writing. Students needing learning support in reading or writing in addition to learning support in math should enroll in MATH 1530-Lxx immediately upon completing their other learning support requirements. Additional information may be found on the University Advisement Center website www.etsu.edu/uac/learningsupport/

MATH 1530 - Probability and Statistics – Noncalculus (3 credits)

Allied Health Core: 25 Credit Hours

The following courses are required in this program of study. Some can also be used to fulfill certain General Education requirements. If students take other general education courses, they must still satisfy these requirements in the major.