Food and Nutrition Major (BS+MS): Community Nutrition Option (4+1 Track)

Jasia Steinmetz, Professor, Didactic Program in Dietetics Director
Office: Room 202, College of Professional Studies Building
Phone: 715-346-3766
Email: health@uwsp.edu

The community nutrition option will prepare you to develop programs and work with the public on issues related to food, nutrition, agriculture, sustainability, and health as a nutritionist or food & nutrition educator. You will address the nutritional needs and preventable diet-related health conditions, working primarily within communities, research or businesses to ensure meaningful connections among regional food economies, community organizations, public health, and wellness initiatives. Students will develop professional competencies in critical thinking, problem solving, inter-cultural knowledge, tolerance and respect, systems thinking, and community development.

This is an option for early application into either one of the two graduate programs offered by the School of Health Sciences and Wellness:

• program or

• program

If you are completing semester 6 of your undergraduate program in dietetics, you can apply by April 1 of that year into the BS + MS (4+1 Track). You should discuss your suitability for the accelerated track with your academic adviser prior to submitting an application. Formal acceptance into the MS program requires completion of your BS.

BS + MS (4+1 Track) Eligibility:

• Undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

• Completed application form (Application for accelerated BS-MS FN programs)

• If you are not accepted, you can continue with the 4-year dietetics plan