Foods and Nutrition
Program Overview
The Foods and Nutrition Program encourages students to adopt an integrated, holistic approach to understanding the food and nutritional needs of individuals, through a rigorous course of study that provides a strong foundation in the sciences and liberal arts. Emphasis on personal enrichment with leadership, social responsibility, service and ethics within a diverse society is central to the Program's mission.
Opportunities for Program Graduates
The professional field of foods, nutrition and dietetics is a dynamic career choice in today's health and consumer-oriented society. This field offers the potential for a wide variety of employment options within the food industry, communications and health-related fields.
Our graduates have developed successful careers in healthcare and the pharmaceutical industry, the food industry as regulatory affairs specialists or as supermarket specialists, in communications as food writers, in education, community and public health agencies, and in the areas of nutrition counseling, corporate wellness, personal health, lifestyle motivation, and fitness.
Many graduates complete their program requirements to become Registered Dietitians/Nutritionists. As RD/RDNs they are highly trained and qualified to offer specialized, in-depth medical nutrition and preventive nutritional care to patients and clients. For more information on careers in dietetics please see the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website at www.eatright.org.
Course offerings may be subject to revision based on course changes offered by other disciplines.
Statement of Accreditation Status
The B.S. in Foods and Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics concentration and the Dietetic Internship Program are currently granted continued accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and are accredited through 2024.
ACEND is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. This recognition affirms that ACEND meets national standards and is a reliable authority on the quality of nutrition and dietetics education programs. ACEND can be contacted at 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606 or www.eatright.org.