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Certificate in
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Dietetics Communication and Counseling
-- Dietetics Management
-- Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy

On campus and online

The courses are designed for working professionals. Each certificate program is 12 credits. You may even start with a graduate certificate and then apply the courses to the Master of Family and Consumer Sciences degree with a dietetics specialization.

The American Dietetic Association's new continuing education requirements for registered dietitians requires a five-year plan for professional development that must include a minimum of 75 hours of continuing education. Acquire both theoretical and applied knowledge in any of the ISU certificates or master's program. The certificate programs began in spring 2001.

If you want to start quickly or want to try a course before committing to a program, you may take a course without being admitted to either program. Just select a course and register. You may apply up to nine semester hours of graduate credit toward a graduate degree if your department determines the work taken in nondegree status fits in your graduate program.

Certificate Curriculum
Courses required in each of the three certificate programs:
FS HN 548 Professional Development Assessment (1 credit)
FS HN 695 Grant Proposal Writing (1 credit)

Dietetics Communication and Counseling Certificate
Increase your knowledge and skills in education, counseling, and communication techniques
Additional Courses Required
FSHN 566 Nutrition Counseling and Education Methods (3 credits)
FSHN 567 Nutrition for Dietitians (3 credits)
CoEd 529 Foundations of Counseling OR EdAdm 554 Community and Interagency Partnerships (3 credits)

Dietetics Management Certificate
Increase your knowledge in human resource management, marketing, and strategic management
Additional Courses Required
HRI 539 Cases in Hospitality Human Resource Management (3 credits)
HRI 540 Marketing Strategy Development in Foodservice and Lodging Organizations (3 credits)
HRI 555 Strategic Management in Foodservice and Lodging Organizations (3 credits)

Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy Certificate
Increase your knowledge in nutrition assessment, intervention, and evaluation of clients in acute-care and community-based settings
Additional Courses Required
FSHN 543 Medical Dietetics II (3 credits)
FSHN 562 Assessment of Nutritional Status (3 credits)
FSHN 567 Nutrition for Dietitians (3 credits)

If you have Adobe Acrobat you may download the pdf version of a brochure about the certificates. Files in pdf format can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat, which is available here for free.

Admission requirements for certificate programs---
BS in dietetics or closely related discipline
Registered Dietitian or be registration eligible with the Commission of Dietetic Registration of The American Dietetic Association
TOEFL score of at least 550 on paper or 213 on computer test at time of admission (required for international applicants)

Apply for admission
1. Complete an ISU graduate college application.
2. List your major as FS HN or HRI.
3. Under graduate degree desired, write certificate or Master's.
The graduate application is available at www.applyweb.com/apply/isu/

For a more information, contact
Jeannie Sneed, PhD, RD
Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management
11 MacKay Hall
(515) 294-8474 or jsneed@iastate.edu

www.fshn.hs.iastate.edu/grad/program_info.php

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