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The internship is a full-time or part-time (3 days per week) experience requiring 1024 hours of supervised practice. Students enrolled in the Dietetic Internship Program will achieve dietetic registration eligibility following the successful completion of the program.

NED 659 Preparation for Internship (3)
Requires acceptance into the Dietetic Internship Program; taken prior to hospital placement. Provides an orientation to the internship process and requirements, and overview of topics and skills that will be applied to the internship experience.

NED 662-663 Internship Experience in Nutrition I, II (3,3)
Includes a seminar class and placement as a full-time dietetic intern in a hospital (1024 hours). (Prerequisite: NED 659 and acceptance into the Dietetic Internship Program.)

Dietetic interns are also required to complete the following courses:

GEN 502 Methods of Research (3)
This course is designed to examine comprehensive methodological approaches to qualitative and quantitative research. Rudiments of basic research process, skills in evaluating the research outcomes as valid, reliable and useful and the application of this knowledge and skill in the creation of a simulated study are included. (Prerequisite: statistics course)

NED 641 Applied Nutrition and Metabolism: Macronutrients (3)
Study of the biochemistry and metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats and their inter-relationships. (Prerequisites: undergraduate biochemistry, GEN 502 Methods of Research [may be taken concurrently with approval of department chair]).

NED 645 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3)
The role of nutrition in various disease states. Physiology of organ systems and an examination of the application of therapeutic intervention in selected pathological states. (Prerequisite for all students who have not completed a transcripted undergraduate course in Medical Nutrition Therapy: NED 601)

NED 655 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3)
Examination of the role of nutrition in nutrition support and critical care in various disease states. (Prerequisite: NED 645 or R.D.)