7.4.2 Major in Dietetics

Academic Advising Coordinator:
Linda Jacobs Starkey, Ph.D., RD, FDC

Graduates are qualified for challenging professional and leadership positions related to food and health, as dietitians, nutritionists and food administrators. The designations "Dietitian" and "Nutritionist" are reserved titles in the province of Quebec, and use of the title confers specific reserved acts in practice. As clinical nutritionists, dietitians may work in health-care settings and food service centres, nutrition counselling centres, clinics and private practice. As community nutritionists, dietitians are involved in nutrition education programs through school boards, sports centres and local and international health agencies. The dietitian in the food service sector participates in all aspects of management to assure quality food products. Postgraduate programs are available to qualified graduates. The duration of the program is three and one-half years.

Successful graduates are qualified for membership in Dietitians of Canada and the Ordre professionnelle de diététistes du Québec. Forty weeks of supervised professional experience in clinical and community nutrition and food service systems management are included.

Required Courses:

103 credits.
Note: The School firmly applies prerequisite requirements for registration in all required courses in the Dietetics Major.

All required and complementary courses must be passed with a minimum grade of C.

Complementary Courses:

6 credits.

Electives:

6 credits, selected in consultation with an Academic Adviser, to meet the minimum 115-credit requirement for the degree.


		CREDITS
Term 1			15
AGEC 242	Management Theories and Practices	3
FDSC 211	Biochemistry 1	3
NUTR 207	Nutrition and Health	3
NUTR 214	Food Fundamentals	3
One Elective or Complementary (see list below)		3
Term 2			16
ABEN 251	Microcomputer Applications	3
ANSC 234	Biochemistry 2	3
MICR 230	Microbial World	3
NUTR 208*	Stage in Dietetics 1	1
NUTR 217	Application: Food Fundamentals	3
One Elective or Complementary (see list below)		3
Summer			3
NUTR 209*	Professional Practice Stage 1B	3
Term 3			17
AEMA 310	Statistical Methods 1	3
AGEC 343	Accounting and Cost Control	3
ANSC 323	Mammalian Physiology	4
ANSC 330	Fundamentals of Nutrition	3
NUTR 322	Applied Sciences Communications	2
NUTR 345	Food Service Systems Management	2
Term 4			16
ANSC 424	Metabolic Endocrinology	3
NUTR 310*	Stage in Dietetics 2A	1
NUTR 337	Nutrition Through Life	3
NUTR 344	Clinical Nutrition 1	4
NUTR 346	Quantity Food Production	2
One Elective or Complementary (see list below)		3
Summer			5
NUTR 311*	Stage in Dietetics 2B	5
Term 5			17
NUTR 403	Nutrition in Society	3
NUTR 445	Clinical Nutrition 2	5
NUTR 446	Applied Human Resources	3
NUTR 450	Research Methods: Human Nutrition	3
One Elective or Complementary (see list below)		3
Term 6			12
NUTR 409*	Stage in Dietetics 3	8
NUTR 436	Nutritional Assessment	2
NUTR 438	Interviewing and Counselling	2
Term 7			14
NUTR 510*	Professional Practice - Stage 4	14

Two Complementary Courses are to be selected from the
following, as specified


3 credits of Human Behavioural Science courses chosen from:
NUTR 301	(3)	Psychology
or equivalent course from another faculty.
3 credits from the social sciences:
AGEC 200	(3)	Principles of Microeconomics
AGEC 230	(3)	Agricultural and Food Marketing
ENVR 201	(3)	Society and Environment
ENVR 203	(3)	Knowledge, Ethics and Environment
RELG 270	(3)	Religious Ethics and the Environment
or equivalent courses from another faculty.

Elective Courses:

Two Elective courses should be chosen in consultation with the academic adviser. The following courses most often fit the timetable; elective choice is not limited to these courses.


FDSC 200	(3)	Introduction to Food Science
FDSC 212	(3)	Biochemistry Laboratory
FDSC 251	(3)	Food Chemistry 1
FDSC 425	(3)	Principles of Quality Assurance
NUTR 420	(3)	Toxicology and Health Risks
NUTR 430	(3)	Directed Studies: Dietetics and Nutrition 1
NUTR 501	(3)	Nutrition in Developing Countries
NUTR 511	(3)	Nutrition and Behaviour
NUTR 512	(3)	Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals
NUTR 503	(3)	Bioenergetics Through the Lifespan

* Successful completion of all component parts of each level of Stage (Professional Practice) in Dietetics courses is a prerequisite for the next level and must be passed with a minimum grade of C. Undergraduate registration is restricted to students in the Dietetics Major, CGPA greater than or equal to 2.50. Visiting students must contact the Academic Advising Coordinator (Dietetics) regarding course registration eligibility.

Students are reminded that ethical conduct on Professional Practice (Stage) rotations is required. The Faculty reserves the right to require the withdrawal of any student at any time if it (Faculty) feels the student has displayed unprofessional conduct or demonstrates incompetence.

A compulsory immunization program

exists at McGill which is required for Dietetics students to practice. Students should complete their immunization before arriving at Macdonald Campus; medical/health documentation must be received prior to commencement of Stage.