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 clinical placement within the context of an ACEND-accredited Master's degree program.
EIU Nutrition & Dietetics provides students with two(2) accelerated direct admit pathways to the MSND: CP:
Accelerated Program: Students apply for admission after completing 60 credits of coursework. Students who meet admission guidelines are eligible to complete up to 12 credits of graduate coursework during their junior and senior years; these graduate credits will count toward completion of both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
3+2 program: Applications are accepted each spring for admission to the Fall cohort. Students are encouraged to apply in spring of their junior year to maximize the financial and time savings benefit of the 3+2 program. Students who meet admission guidelines will complete their remaining undergraduate coursework along with 18 credits of graduate coursework during their senior year; the 18 credits of graduate work will count toward completion of both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Upon completion of all coursework, students will be issued a verification statement which permits them to enroll in their mandatory 1000 clock hour clinical placement.
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 either of the accelerated direct admit programs will complete the remaining requirements for the BS Nutrition during their 4th year. These students are eligible to apply to the MSND:CP graduate program through the normal Graduate School application process.
Required Core Courses: 85 hours (includes 23 s.h. of coursework which double counts as General Education)
BIO 1001
Biological Principles and Issues. (3 credits)
BIO 1004
Practical Microbiology. (3 credits)
BIO 2210
Anatomy and Physiology I. (4 credits)
BIO 2220
Anatomy and Physiology II. (4 credits)
BUS 3010
Principles of Management. (3 credits)
CHM 1310
General Chemistry I. (3 credits)
CHM 1315
General Chemistry Laboratory I. (1 credits)
CHM 1410
General Chemistry II. (3 credits)
CHM 1415
General Chemistry Laboratory II. (1 credits)
CHM 2430
Survey of Organic Chemistry. (3 credits)
CHM 3300
Survey of Biochemistry. (3 credits)
GEO 2000
Food and Agriculture. (3 credits)
MAT 2250
Elementary Statistics. (4 credits)
NTR 1120
Food Science. (3 credits)
NTR 1121
Food Service Sanitation. (1 credits)
(See footnote *)
NTR 2100
Personal Nutrition. (3 credits)
OR
NTR 2190
Honors Personal Nutrition. (3 credits)
NTR 2750
Nutrition Assessment & Counseling. (3 credits)
NTR 3500
Professional Focus on Nutrition and Dietetics. (2 credits)
NTR 3755
Nutrition Across the Lifespan. (3 credits)
NTR 3756
Community Nutrition Interventions. (3 credits)
NTR 4275
Internship. (3 or 6 credits)
(Students must take 9 hours)
NTR 4750
Advanced Human Nutrition. (3 credits)
NTR 4751
Nutrition Therapy. (4 credits)
(See Footnote **)
NTR 4940
Food Service Management. (6 credits)
PHI 1900
Logical and Critical Reasoning. (3 credits)
PSY 1879
Introductory Psychology. (3 credits)
PUBH 2500
Introduction to Motivational Interviewing. (1 credits)
PUBH 2800
Foundations of Public Health Research & Scholarship. (3 credits)
PUBH 4783
Health Politics and Policy. (3 credits)
Major elective courses: Choose 7 s.h. from one of the three elective groupings:
Nutrition Management
NTR 4164
Professional Grant Writing. (1 credits)
NTR 4555
Honors Research. (3 credits)
NTR 4644
Honors Thesis. (3 credits)
ODL 4815
Conflict in Organizations. (3 credits)
ODL 4825
Ethical Behavior in Organizations. (3 credits)
ODL 4865
Diversity in Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 4793
Civic and Nonprofit Leadership. (3 credits)
PLS 4873
Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PLS 4893
Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. (3 credits)
PUBH 4770
Health Services Administration. (3 credits)
Community Nutrition
NTR 4160
Food Insecurity. (1 credits)
NTR 4161
Focus on Eating Disorders. (1 credits)
NTR 4163
Vegetarian Eating. (1 credits)
NTR 4164
Professional Grant Writing. (1 credits)
NTR 4555
Honors Research. (3 credits)
NTR 4644
Honors Thesis. (3 credits)
NTR 4753
Nutrition and the Addicted Person. (1 credits)
PUBH 2200
Health Citizenship. (3 credits)
PUBH 2270
Community and Public Health. (3 credits)
PUBH 3050
Cultural Diversity in Health. (3 credits)
PUBH 3560
Women's Health. (3 credits)
PUBH 4890
Health and Aging. (3 credits)
Nutrition & Physical Performance
NTR 3757
Nutrition for Physical Performance. (3 credits)
NTR 4161
Focus on Eating Disorders. (1 credits)
NTR 4163
Vegetarian Eating. (1 credits)
NTR 4555
Honors Research. (3 credits)
NTR 4644
Honors Thesis. (3 credits)
KSR 2850
Fitness for Life. (3 credits)
Footnotes:
*Students who already have current ServSafe/Allergen certification are exempted from this requirement.
**Replaces Senior Seminar University Graduation Requirement.
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Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
