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DIET.AS
Associate in Science Degree
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Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN®) are the food and nutrition experts who translate the science of nutrition into practical solutions for healthy living. A Dietetics major prepares you for a wide range of career paths. You will learn about nutrition science, dietary management, health promotion and disease prevention, food service management, and food safety. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the food system and how it affects human health. Additionally, you will learn about food production, food labeling regulations, and food-related public health policies. The MC Dietetics Transfer program consists of challenging dietetics and science courses, as well as general education courses that is designed to parallel the first two years of an ACEND-accredited Bachelor’s program at a four-year college or university. The Bachelor’s degree* qualifies the graduate to apply for the 1000+ hours of supervised practice in an ACEND-accredited Dietetic Internship or Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISSP). *Effective January 1st 2024, the minimum degree requirement will be a graduate degree.
Graduates of the Program will be able to:
Below are required courses and recommended course groupings and sequences for program completion. Courses may have prerequisite and corequisite requirements. Check course descriptions for details.
Through a variety of writing projects requiring competence in clear, correct, and effective English, students use inferential and critical skills in the process of composing documented essays. Extensive reading materials serve as structural models and as the bases for discussion and for the writing of essays involving response, analysis, and synthesis.
RDG-011 may be taken as a co-requisite if not previously completed with a grade of "C" or better.
HCD-104
HCD-102 if not already taken.
Principles of nutrition including the various essential nutrients in foods and their functions in the human body.
A grade of “C” or better in ENG-121
HCD-108
BIO-111 with a minimum grade of “C”
Sociology is the systematic study of social behavior and human groups. This course covers basic sociological theories and methods of social research, with special attention to the following topics: culture, values and norms, socialization, social structure, deviance, stratification, social institutions and differentiation by region, race, ethnicity, gender, age and class.
This course emphasizes problem solving with programming using the Python programming language and problem solving with applications using Microsoft Excel. In addition to problem solving skills the course presents current technologies and their impacts on society. The course is designed for students who already possess familiarity with computer applications. It is recommended for students planning to transfer to an upper division college that has a computer programming requirement in its computer literacy course.
MAT-014 or appropriate score on the College placement test
A theoretical treatment of principles and laws underlying atomic structure, chemical reactions, enthalpy changes, bonding and states of matter integrated with descriptive material and quantitative calculations.
Introduction to the general chemistry laboratory: includes the conduct of inorganic reactions and general laboratory techniques. An appreciation and understanding of safety and environmental aspects of the general chemistry laboratory is developed. General chemistry laboratory techniques such as separation and titration and inorganic multistep synthesis are carried out. A variety of chemical reactions are performed, redox reactions and titrations are carried out, a stock solution and a series of dilute solutions are prepared from the stock, the enthalpy of reaction using Hess’ Law is determined, and the MW of a volatile liquid is determined using the Ideal Gas Law.
CHM 121
Emphasis is on those topics from algebra and trigonometry that best prepare students for the first course in calculus. The areas of study are algebraic and transcendental functions and their graphs. Of special interest are polynomials, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. Additional topics include vectors, polar coordinate systems, matrices and determinants. TI83/84 graphing calculator required.
Appropriate score on the College placement test and/or satisfactory score on the diagnostic examination, “C” or better in MAT-014 or departmental approval
Provides a psychological basis for the understanding of human behavior. A survey of fundamentals that are necessary for subsequent psychology courses. Topics include but are not limited to: learning, motivation, cognition, personality, abnormal behavior, development and social psychology.
HCD-105 with a grade of "C" or better
A continuation of CHM 121, concentrating on properties of liquids, solids and solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, properties of acids and bases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, thermodynamics and electrochemistry.
CHM-121 with a grade of “C” or better
The laboratory course associated with CHM 122, General Chemistry II. The labs are related to the lecture topics and are meant to reinforce them. Computers are used for data acquisition and data handling using Microsoft EXCEL.
CHM 122
Choose one course designated in the course descriptions as General Education Humanities (GE HUM).
Recommended - ENG-239 Women in Literature or HIS-131 World History I
Contact Name: Dr. Mary-Pat Maciolek, department chair
Contact Phone: 732.906.2538
Contact Email: MMaciolek@middlesexcc.edu
Department Web: https://www.middlesexcc.edu/hospitality-culinary-arts-dietetics/
Middlesex College students completing the Associate of Science in Dietetics Transfer curriculum seamlessly transfer the 60 credits towards a Bachelor of Science Degree in the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), allowing students to complete the B.S. degree and obtain their DPD verification statement at Rutgers in an additional two (2) years of full-time study.
Students will learn to apply the necessary practical and technological skills to perform at baccalaureate level coursework; use current technologies for information and communication in the dietetics profession; identify and discuss an overview of the health care industry and the role of health care nutrition and foodservice; identify emerging trends in the dietetics profession, including career opportunities; demonstrate the ability to think clearly and critically with questions that involve intellectual, personal, and social concerns with a significant focus on the standards of ethics in the profession of dietetics. Students completing the Associate of Science – Dietetics Transfer can transfer to an ACEND-accredited Bachelor’s Program in Dietetics at colleges and universities to continue the educational requirements to become a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN®).
A passing score on the College’s placement mathematics test for both Algebra I and Algebra II or MAT 013 and MAT 014 is required for all dietetics transfer majors. In addition, a high school laboratory biology course with a minimum grade of “C” or BIO 010 and a high school laboratory chemistry or CHM 010 with a minimum grade of “C” are also required.
The program is an intensive one that includes challenging science and dietetics courses, as well as general education.
Once students complete developmental coursework (if needed), the degree can be completed in two years of full-time study.
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