Performance Nutrition and Dietetics, M.S.

Arnold School of Public Health

Start your journey toward becoming a credentialed dietitian who provides customized nutrition care that enhances health and human performance.

With a comprehensive curriculum, this accredited program will provide you with an education in all major areas of dietetics to ensure your competence as an entry-level dietitian in any facet of the field, with an emphasis on performance nutrition.

Program Highlights

Program Excellence

Learn in a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
Blended Curriculum

Gain theoretical knowledge through didactic coursework and hands-on experience within supervised field experience.
Credentialed Expertise

Graduate eligible to take the national credentialing exam to become a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN).
Enhance & Refine

Attain knowledge and skills that can help improve the health and performance of individuals, groups, and populations.

What You’ll Study

Professionally practical curriculum that includes strategic nutrition approaches, advocacy, cultural dynamics, performance nutrition services, nutrition therapy, public health nutrition, food systems management, nutrition research, nutrition counseling, and leadership.

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Building Skills

Gain the professional and personal intelligence it takes to have a successful career.

Collaboration

Working with others to achieve a common goal or objective

Communication

Exchanging information and ideas through speaking, writing or other means of expression

Critical Thinking

Analyzing and evaluating information to make informed decisions or judgments
Management

Directing and overseeing the activities and resources to achieve specific goals

Patient Education

Educating patients and caregivers about treatments to create better health outcomes

Therapeutic Intervention

Using proven strategies to help individuals or groups achieve positive outcomes