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 |
