Total Semester Hours to Degree: 120 semester hours
The Nutrition & Dietetics program provides students exceptional and innovative educational programming which prepares students for multiple career pathways in both dietetics and community nutrition education. The BS Nutrition is designed to be a stand-alone BS program with a Community Nutrition focus, as well as the gateway program for the MS Nutrition & Dietetics Coordinated Program.
Admission to the Coordinated Program in Nutrition & Dietetics:
Effective January 2024, students who wish to become a Registered and/or Licensed Dietetic Nutritionist are required to complete their Dietetic Internship within the context of an ACEND-accredited Master’s degree program. Applications to the EIU Coordinated Program in Nutrition & Dietetics are accepted in spring of junior year for admission in the fall of the senior year. Students accepted into the Coordinated Program will complete their remaining undergraduate courses along with 18 credits of graduate course work during their senior year; the 18 credits of graduate work will also count toward completion of their undergraduate degree. Upon completion of all coursework, students will be issued a verification statement which permits them to enroll in their mandatory 1000 clock hour Dietetic Internship. For more information about the graduate level components of MS Nutrition & Dietetics Coordinated Program, please see the current EIU Graduate Catalog.
Students who do not wish to participate in the Coordinated Program will complete the remaining requirements for the BS Nutrition during their 4th year.
