The mission of the Didactic Program in Dietetics is to promote understanding of the scientific underpinnings of nutrition and their translation to effective, evidence-based practice, thereby preparing graduates for supervised dietetics practice programs leading to eligibility for the CDR credentialing exam to become registered dietitian nutritionists.

Program Goal #1: Graduates will be effectively prepared for supervised practice programs leading to CDR credentialing as Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.

• Objective 1.1: At least 80% of program students complete program/degree requirements within three years (150% of the program length).
• Objective 1.2: At least 40% of program graduates apply for admission to a supervised practice program prior to or within 12 months of graduation.
• Objective 1.3: Of program graduates who apply to a supervised practice program, at least 80% are admitted within 12 months of graduation. 
• Objective 1.4: The program’s one-year pass rate (graduates who pass the registration exam within one year of first attempt) on the CDR credentialing exam for dietitian nutritionists is at least 80%.
• Objective 1.5: At least 75% of supervised practice program directors responding to a survey will rate preparation of program graduates for supervised practice as “satisfactory” or better using a 5 point scale, where 4 is “satisfactory”.

Program Goal #2: The program will prepare graduates to practice at the highest level by emphasizing ability to read and appropriately apply nutrition research findings and evidence-based guidelines to practice and providing opportunities to participate in research. 

• Objective 2.1: Students will earn at least an 80% on a review of a research paper in NUTR 420 Nutrition Research Design and Methods II where ability to read and appropriately apply nutrition research findings and evidence-based guidelines to practice will be assessed.

Program outcomes data are available upon request by contacting the program director.