The Nutrition Division within the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook Medicine offers a Master of Science in Professional Nutrition Practice (50 credits. This program was designed to prepare students to become professional dietitians/nutritionists. The program is a 16-month 50-credit program, with 33 credits of didactic coursework integrated with 17 credits of supervised experiential learning coursework. It is a competency-based program designed to meet the accreditation standards and required competencies of Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). There are two concentrations, Advanced Nutrition Therapy & Critical Care and Integrative Nutrition Therapy, as well as a generalist track. The curriculum is organized into 4 content units: Nutrition Therapy, Food Service Systems & Management, Community Nutrition & Public Health and Research & Quality Improvement, and within each of these units the appropriate didactic coursework is completed prior to, or concurrent with, the relevant supervised experiential learning courses. All didactic coursework will be delivered via distance education. Graduates of the program will be eligible to sit for the national registration examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration required to become a Registered Dietitian (RD).
Admission Requirements
Applicants must possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and have satisfied certain prerequisite requirements, including a preferred GPA of a 3.0 or higher. For more detailed information, please refer to our website.
Program Requirements
To satisfy degree requirements, each student must complete 50 credits. Students have up to five years to complete the coursework and all didactic coursework can be completed online. Students must earn a minimum of a C+ in all didactic coursework and a minimum of a B+ in all supervised experiential learning coursework. Their overall GPA must remain at 3.0 or higher to remain in good academic standing. If a student earns less than a C+ in a course, that course must be retaken.
Applications and complete program information can be accessed online on the program’s website.
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