Foods and Nutrition
Department Overview
The Saint Elizabeth University (SEU) Department of Foods and Nutrition 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 department and the missions of its programs.
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 health care 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 become registered dietitians (RDs) or registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs). 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.