BS Human Nutrition and Foods at West Virginia University

Programme overview

The path to become a registered dietitian nutritionist includes a bachelor's and master's degree, completing a dietetic internship from an ACEND-accredited program, and passing the national registration exam. At WVU, students who wish to become a registered dietitian nutritionist must: earn a bachelor’s degree and complete the Didactic Program in Dietetics with a cumulative GPA of 2.75; apply for and complete an ACEND-accredited dietetic internship program or Individual Supervised Practice Pathway; pass the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s dietetic registration exam; maintain continuing education.

Faculty: Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources | Study mode: full-time | Location: Morgantown, WV, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes Elementary Statistical Inference, Introductory Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Medical Microbiology, Introduction to Animal Physiology, Agricultural and Natural Resource Communications, Principles of Management. Programme/major requirements total 44 credit hours.

Career pathways

Students are encouraged to select electives in areas that support anticipated career preferences, e.g., business, food science, nutritional biochemistry, advertising, writing, and exercise physiology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Programme-level admission/progression (WVU catalogue): First-Time Freshman must meet WVU's first time freshman requirements . Students transferring from another major within WVU must have an overall GPA of at least 2.25. Students transferring from another institution must meet WVU's transfer admission requirements . Major Code: 1704

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.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer (international undergraduate deadlines are published for all three terms). WVU has rolling admissions and admits students year-round.

First-time freshman application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. Rolling admissions. Apply with the WVU application or the Common Application; the application fee is $20 for West Virginia residents, $65 for out-of-state students and $75 for international students. SAT/ACT scores are optional for an admissions decision, though a few majors and scholarships require them; no essays or recommendations are required.

Transfer application deadlines: Fall, August 1; Spring, December 1. The nonrefundable application fee is $65 for domestic and $75 for international students; applicants need at least 24 transferable credit hours and a minimum 2.0 GPA.

International undergraduate applicants apply by June 1 for Fall (all documents by July 1), October 1 for Spring (documents by November 1) and February 15 for Summer (documents by April 1); the nonrefundable application fee is $75.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.wvu.edu/undergraduate/

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