Department Information

and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within

Dietetics and Nutrition

 

 

General Description of the Department

The Department of Dietetics and Nutrition is dedicated to advancing the profession by providing our students with a dietetics and nutrition scientific and applied knowledge base in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.

Our goal is to train dietetic professionals who will promote nutrition as a critical part of disease treatment and prevention and integrate nutrition services into clinical, home and community-based health and social networks.

 

Degrees offered

The Dietetics and Nutrition Department offers these programs:

BS in Dietetics and Nutrition

MS in Dietetics and Nutrition

MPH with a concentration in Community Nutrition

Ph.D. in Dietetics and Nutrition

 

Terminal Degree2 for each discipline taught in Dietetics and Nutrition

Ph.D. in Dietetics/Dietitian

 

Related Disciplines3

Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist (51.3102) - all courses

Environmental Health (51.2202) - all courses

Food Science (01.1001) - all courses

Human Nutrition (19.0504) - all courses

International Public Health/International Health (51.2210) - all courses

Nutrition Sciences (30.1901) - all courses

Public Health (51.2201) - all courses

 

Related Disciplines3 for specific courses

Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology (26.0406) - HUN 5246, 6248, 6285, 6286, 6287, 6307,

      6327, 6335, 6355

Molecular Biology (26.0204) - HUN 6248, 6285, 6286, 6287, 6307, 6327, 6335, 6355

 

Other Teaching Qualifications (Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the programs in Dietetics and Nutrition)

Consideration of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly applicable to the course being taught. Special consideration will be given to maintenance of professional licensure and the continuing education courses necessary to maintain that license.  

 

 1

Whenever instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s).  Such credentialing is based on the proposed instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates, or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors, awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies, skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University.  These must be clearly tied to the specific courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. 

The Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members) or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some instructors where their accomplishments warrant this:

Active Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent Clearance in the Discipline

 

 2

The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

 

 

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For each discipline, all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline (include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate level

 

 

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(1)The appropriate academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in the program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current as of 3/11/11