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Why major in Dietetics
at CMU?
Accreditations
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment
The 2008-2009
Dietetics Handbook is available
here
Dietetics Program
Code of Ethics is available
here
Welcome
to Dietetics at CMU!
We
offer a supportive environment with relatively small class
sizes, individual attention from well qualified faculty
and opportunities for
elective courses.
Additional
opportunities for faculty-student interaction
are available through student
organizations and research projects.
There are opportunities for student research and other activities.
Our Student Dietetic Association features many interesting
meetings, trips and activities. We have more than
100 dietetics majors
in our dietetics program.
Fall 2006 Student
Dietetic Association (SDA) Executive Board
Dietetics is the practical application
of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease.
Dietetics is an exciting and challenging profession because
there are many diseases that are related to nutrition. These
include coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke,
cancer, diabetes, and obesity.
Please browse the links to the immediate
left for more detailed information.
The 2008-2009
Dietetics Handbook is available
here
See "classes required" for the
course requirements for the dietetics major. Note to Dietetics majors: Plan
your courses carefully. Please note that BIO 392 and
CHM 421 are prerequisites to HEV 473 Advanced Nutrition.
BIO 392 is a prerequisite to HEV 471.
Information about applying to
Dietetic Internships can be found on the DIETETIC
INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS MENU TO THE LEFT.
A really good directory of dietetics programs is available from the ADA's Dietetics
Educators Practice Group. It is called the
Guide to Supervised Practice 2007-2008. You will need
to have the Microsoft Access database program to open this
guide. It lists the internships and
describes their program emphases and specialties, costs, duration,
and contact information.
The
Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics is:
Christine
Henries-Zerbe, MS, RD, CLE
Director, Didactic
Program in Dietetics
Central Michigan University
Department of Human Environmental Studies
Wightman 118
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-5501(voice)
989-774-2435 (fax)
henri1cr@cmich.edu
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The
Commission
on Accreditation for Dietetics Education
(CADE) is the American Dietetic Association’s accrediting
agency for education programs preparing students for
careers as registered dietitians (RD). CADE exists to
serve the public by establishing and enforcing Eligibility
Requirements and Accreditation Standards that ensure the
quality and continued improvement of nutrition/dietetics
education programs. Programs meeting those standards are
accredited by CADE.
CADE is recognized by the
United
States Department of Education
and the
Council
for Higher Education Accreditation.
This affirms that CADE meets national standards and is
a reliable authority on the quality of nutrition/dietetics
education programs.
The dietetics major is
frequently referred to as The Didactic Program in
Dietetics (DPD). The DPD provides the required dietetics
coursework leading to a bachelor's degree. Graduates of
these CADE-accredited/approved programs who are verified
by the program director may apply for Dietetic Internships
to establish eligibility to write the CDR registration
examination for dietitians. An accreditation site visit
by CADE occurred at CMU on February 22-24, 2004 . Both
the DPD Program and the Dietetic Internship earned full
accreditation after this visit.
For further information,
please contact:
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE)
American Dietetic Association
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite
2000
Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995
312/899-0040 ext. 5400
Fax: 312/899-4817
E-mail:
education@eatright.org
Web site:
http://www.eatright.org/cade
Central Michigan
University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Other CMU accreditations are listed in the Central
Michigan University Undergraduate Bulletin. See:
http://www.cmich.edu/accreditations.htm
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Student
Learning Outcomes Assessment
Student learning
outcomes assessment is defined as the ongoing monitoring
of the extent to which students are developing the
knowledge, skills, and beliefs, and attitudes that are
appropriate for graduates of the respective academic
programs. Assessment is tied to and program goals and
course learning objectives. The Dietetics program is
engaged in a continual assessment of its program goals and
of the courses within its program. Assessment results are
reported and discussed. Improvements in the program and
curriculum are made as a result of these discussions.
We welcome your
comments about the Dietetics
Program Assessment Plan and
Curriculum Assessment Plan and the
assessment results. They are published in the Dietetics
web site (http://nutrition.ehs.cmich.edu/#Student
Learning Outcomes Assessment.htm. CMU has an
Assessment Council that works with departments for
assessment activities. For more information about the CMU
Assessment Council, please refer to the CMU Assessment
Council's web site at
http://www.provost.cmich.edu/assessment
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