MSD Dietetics at University of Vermont

Programme overview

The Master of Science in Dietetics Program (M.S.D.), housed in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont, is a 30-hour graduate credit coordinated degree program that includes fully online didactic coursework, a graduate capstone project, an approximately 32 hour mandatory campus-based embedded competency training session at the start of semester 2, and supervised practice experience culminating in student eligibility to write the exam for Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

Department: Dietetics | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burlington, VT, United States

What you will study

The M.S.D. is a 2-year, 30 credit hour Master's degree program which includes the following coursework: M.S.D. Journal Club (2 credits), M.S.D. Supervised Practice I (4 credits), M.S.D. Supervised Practice II (4 credits), Evidence-based practice project (2 credits), Fundamentals of Critical Inquiry (3 credits), Biostatistics (3 credits), Pharmacology (3 credits), Food Regulation (3 credits) and two graduate elective courses to support their particular interest in the professional leadership, holistic approaches to health, nutrition science, and evidence-based care (6 credits); All courses are

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate College-wide: at least 2 letters of recommendation (individual programmes may require up to 3); applicants whose first language is not English need TOEFL iBT 90, IELTS 6.5 or Duolingo 110 minimum; admission tests, GPA and other criteria vary by programme.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications go through the UVM Graduate College online application; deadlines vary by programme. The application fee is $65 for master's and doctoral programmes, $25 for CAS applicants to select programmes, and $20 for a Certificate of Graduate Study. At least two letters of recommendation are required by the Graduate College.

Apply through the official page: https://catalogue.uvm.edu/graduate/admissionfinancial/admissions/

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