Receive the foundational education required for transfer into a baccalaureate degree program in preparation for a career as a registered dietician or other nutrition professional.

  • Academic Division: Nursing & Health Professions
  • Program Type: Associate of Science (A.S.)
  • Campus: Cumberland, Gloucester
  • Career Interest: Health & Wellbeing
  • Time Commitment: Two-years
  • Financial Aid Eligible
  • Accreditation: MSCHE
  • CIP Code 19.0501

Program Learning Outcomes

This program is designed for those students wishing to pursue a field of study leading to becoming a Registered Dietitian or nutrition professional. It is designed to meet the transfer requirements for students leading to a BS-Nutrition-Dietetics concentration or a B.S. Nutrition degree at a 4-year college or university.

Students who have completed the program should be able to:

  • Identify professional characteristics of a Registered Dietitian/nutrition professional including education and training requirements
  • Summarize the roles and responsibilities of Registered Dietitians and nutrition professionals in a variety of practice settings
  • Apply nutrition, digestion, and metabolic pathways concepts into practice
  • Demonstrate competency in math and the sciences to be able to handle the rigors of continued study to become a Registered Dietitian and/or nutrition professional

 

Nutrition DSC

Ready to start this program?

Summer sessions are still enrolling with sessions beginning June 22 and July 13.

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Education Unique to Each Student

The support I received at RCSJ means a lot, especially being first-generation. It meant a lot having those people there to guide me, have 100% trust in me to do what I said I was going to do, . . . and believe in me even more than I believed in myself.

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