UDC - Nutrition & Food Science Program

	Nutrition & Food Science Program
	The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the District of Columbia proposes to establish a new Graduate Program in Nutrition/Dietetics. The Program in Nutrition/Dietetics is intended for individuals interested in careers as public policy advocacy, community education; policy analysis, public policy evaluators and lobbyists, researchers; and managers of health service delivery organizations and systems, managed-care programs, and other population-based organizations. In congruence with the motto of the University of the District of Columbia “A NEW DAY AND A NEW OPPORTUNITY" the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, which currently houses the ten year accredited DPD Program has designed an innovative educational Graduate Program. The program also provides opportunities for students of diverse educational backgrounds locally, nationally and internationally to enter the graduate program to meet academic requirements for RD credentialing eligibility.
The *mission* of the Nutrition and Food Science Program at the University of the District of Columbia is to educate students majoring in nutrition and related disciplines and other fields to become leaders in the field of nutrition and public policy. The Graduate Program in Nutrition/ dietetics is committed to providing students with a broad based culturally sensitive education to prepare them to promote public policies related to nutrition that will affect the well being of individual and groups locally, nationally and internationally.