Fast Facts
- 29 week program
- 1 week (3%) Orientation Week (held in Salt Lake City, UT)
- 11 weeks (38%) Food Service Systems Management
- 11 weeks (38%) Clinical Nutrition
- 6 weeks (21%) Community Nutrition (6 wks)
- 30 students admitted each year
- 10+ Utah interns (Priority given to graduates of Utah DPD programs)
- 15-20 Distance interns
- Tuition:
- Orientation Fee: $500 (paid once accepted into the program; non-refundable)
- Utah interns: $6,300; 2000-2010
- Distance interns: $7,100; 2009-2010
- Child Nutrition and School Lunch Food Service Systems Management emphasis
- Utah State University didactic students are qualified to participate in the Pre-Select Application (USU DPD graduates only)
- Application deadline is mid-February (Pre-Select Application deadline is mid-December)
- Start-time and geographic flexibility; set up practice sites in the location and time-frame of your choice (USA only); Utah sites also available across all start dates*
- Full-time, minimum 36-40 hours/week
- Internet-based courses; earn 26 semester graduate credits
- Grades are based on preceptor evaluations, online lecture quizzes, online comprehensive component examinations, and assignments completed during each rotation throughout the Dietetic Internship
- 94% registration exam pass rate ('05-'06)
- Mandatory one-week Orientation held in Utah
- Self-Directed Learning
- Participate in the April D&D Digital computer matching; one application time for ALL start times (June, August, and January)
- Upon completion of the internship, interns may apply for the Master of Dietetic Administration (MDA) program.
- See the USU DI Fast Facts Brochure
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