A post-baccalaureate certificate program to qualify to take the registration exam to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RON) is available. Students who have an undergraduate major in dietetics may be selected to enroll in the accredited Dietetic Internship Program to receive the supervised practice component required before taking the exam. Enrollment is by a selective, competitive process. The internship has been granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, telephone 312-899-4876.

Detailed internship information is available at https://www.marshall.edu/dietetics/.

Plan of Study

Students enrolled in the program are required to complete 21 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Required courses to obtain 21 graduate credit hours are:

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
DTS 670	Adv Med Nutrition Therapy I	3
DTS 673	Administrative Dietetics	3
DTS 675	Dietetic Internship I	3
DTS 676	Dietetic Internship II	3
DTS 677	Dietetic Internship III	3
DTS 679	Adv Med Nutrition Therapy II	3
DTS 690	Sem DTS Research Comm	3
Total Credit Hours		21