Undergraduate Degree Programs

Are you passionate about food? Interested in health? Fascinated by science?

Indulge your passion and your interests with one of our undergraduate degrees in Food and Nutrition in the Consumer Sciences Department at Framingham State College. Our academic coursework has a solid foundation in chemistry and biology. We apply scientific principles to:

• health and wellness
• prevention and treatment of disease
• food
• psychological/sociological aspects of eating
• nutrition research

Through this coursework you will develop skills in computer technology, counseling, communications, management and critical thinking.

Choose from three Bachelor of Science degree programs, including two programs to become a Registered Dietitian:

Nutrition and Dietetics
The Nutrition and Dietetics concentration provides all of the coursework for the "Didactic Program in Dietetics." The Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) is a term used by the American Dietetic Association (ADA) to describe programs that meet academic requirements for admission to a supervised practice program. Framingham State College has one of 229 Didactic Programs. Upon completion of the B.S. degree in the Nutrition and Dietetics concentration, graduates must complete a Dietetic Internship, which is a post-baccalaureate supervised practice usually administered by a hospital or medical center. Once the internship is complete (usually one year), graduates are eligible to take the national Registration Examination for Dietitians.

Coordinated Program in Dietetics
The Coordinated Program in Dietetics allows students to complete all requirements of the American Dietetic Association to become a Registered Dietitian.

The Coordinated Program in Dietetics concentration combines academic courses and supervised practice experience requirements of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) into a two-year sequential program. During the junior and senior years, students who are accepted into the Coordinated Program affiliate with medical nutrition therapy/foodservice/community programs in hospitals, schools, businesses and health centers, where they complete "supervised practice hours," in addition to their coursework. After completion, students are eligible to take the national Registration Exam for Dietitians. All undergraduate Food and Nutrition majors are first admitted to the Nutrition and Dietetics concentration. Admission to the Coordinated Program is done through an application process usually in the sophomore year, once the program prerequisites have been completed.

Applied Nutrition
The Applied Nutrition concentration is for students who do not plan to pursue requirements for the national Registration Exam for Dietitians.

Students take basic science courses in chemistry and biology in addition to a core of food and nutrition courses that provide a general background in nutrition and health, community nutrition, and foodservice management. Students choose a minor that provides an area of specialization.

For additional information, select one of the following links:

• Undergraduate Admissions Information
• Course Catalog
• General Education Requirements
• Students in the Computer Applications in Nutrition course create their own websites.
• Students in the graduate course, Independent Projects in Nutrition Education, created a nutrition education page for the Athletic and Recreation Center.
• Students in the graduate course, Pediatric Nutrition, created nutrition education fact sheets.