Complete your MS in Nutrition and Dietetics with Texas Tech University

 

KADDI internship has established a partnership with Texas Tech University to provide interns with the opportunity to enroll in a fully online, 30 credit-hour Master of Science program in Nutrition and Dietetics.  This partnership will work with our student-identified graduate degree track where students can finish their graduate degree at Texas Tech while completing the dietetic internship program.  This partnership allows additional graduate degree options to meet student needs and is an affordable option allowing students to complete a graduate degree and DI program for less than $26,000.   

 

Program Structure:

The TTU online Master's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics stands out for our practice-based and work-centered design. The degree is 100% online and asynchronous which allows flexibility for interns to complete the degree at their pace and provides courses that increase the necessary knowledge and skills utilized in nutrition and dietetics practice areas such as:

• Nutrition Support

• Maternal Health

• Geriatrics

• Renal Nutrition

• Diabetes

• Pediatrics

• Bariatrics

• Cardiovascular Disease

• Leadership, Management and Entrepreneurship

• Performance/Sports Nutrition

• Obesity Management

• Eating Disorders

• Culinary Medicine

• GI Disorders

 

Leading dietitians and experts in the field develop and teach the classes at Texas Tech. This allows each student to receive up-to-date information and practice standards currently utilized in specific dietetics career areas.

 

Program Duration:

Students can choose to include a concentration in their program with no additional course work. To include a concentration, students will be required to take the same 9 hours of core courses, 9 hours of concentration specific courses, and 12 hours of electives.

 

• Nutrition and Healthy Weight

  • The weight management concentration is designed to develop skills and an understanding of the cultural, environmental, psychosocial, physical and economic factors associated with obesity and weight management.        This concentration will enhance students' ability to work with individuals to develop successful strategies for     weight management.

• Nutrition and Sports

  • The sports nutrition concentration is designed for people who seek to provide sports nutrition information to athletes and physically active individuals. Concepts include designing and implementing nutrition programs, interpreting research in the field of sports nutrition, counseling athletes, evaluating supplements and ergogenic   aids, and working with special athlete populations.

• Nutrition in the Lifecycle

  • This concentration is designed to provide a critical examination of behavioral, physiological and public health     issues impacting dietary and nutritional factors that support normal growth and development through the     lifecycle.

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Program completion:

Time is dependent upon how many hours each student takes each semester. Students will need to complete 30 credit hours (9 hours of core courses and 21 hours of electives) to complete the degree. For a complete degree plan and course offerings visit: NTDT-Non-Thesis-Degree-Plan-2022.

 

In addition, all students receive in-state tuition and financial aid is available for students who qualify. Although variable, the total cost (tuition and fees) for the program is ~$15,000. Up to 6 hours of graduate coursework as transfer credit may be applied to the degree. You can learn more about the program here: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hs/ns/masters/online_masters.php.

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​Click the Excel link for a  sample of coursework and internship

timelines for Texas Tech University:

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