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Program Eligibility

1. Current undergraduate students at SDSU with a declared major in nutrition and dietetics.
2. Current undergraduate students at SDSU or any other accredited institution with any declared major who meet prerequisite and co-requisite requirements.
3. Baccalaureate degree holding (any degree) students from an accredited institution who meet prerequisite and co-requisite requirements.
4. Graduate degree holding (any degree) students from an accredited institution who meet prerequisite and co-requisite requirements.
5. Minimum of a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
6. Minimum cumulative Science GPA of 2.5 on a 3.0 scale. Science courses included in Science GPA calculation (CHEM 106 or Higher General Chemistry, CHEM 108 or Higher Biochemistry, BIOL 221 Human Anatomy, BIOL 325 Human Physiology, MICR 231 Microbiology).
7. The prerequisite courses must be completed prior to start of the fall semester in the year accepted into the program.
8. The co-requisite courses must be completed prior to start of the fall semester in the second year of the program.
9. Prospective students who are transfer students from an accredited university other than SDSU must complete a transfer pre-evaluation form for evaluation of transfer credits that will meet the prerequisite courses required. This form must be completed prior to the April 1 application deadline. The application deadline may be extended based on the number of eligible applications received. Any modified application deadlines after April 1 will be posted on this website

Prior Assessed Learning (PAL)

Accepted PAL

Current SDSU students or graduates of SDSU (within the past 3 years) who have completed the following courses will not be required to complete them again if accepted into the program but will be required to provide evidence of learning in meeting certain competencies as indicated in the prior assessed learning policy. Prior assessed learning is not evaluated prior to or as part of the application process. Prior assessed learning is evaluated after the student is accepted into the program. Prior assessed learning for the following courses will not be considered for the following courses for transfer students but will be considered for current students or graduates of SDSU who have graduated within the past 3 years.

1. HMGT 251 Foodservice Sanitation (1 credit)
2. HMGT 380 Foodservice Operations and Purchasing Management (3 credits)
3. HSC 200 Complimentary and Integrative Healthcare (3 credits)
4. MGMT 360 Organization and Management (3 credits)
5. NUTR 323 Nutrition Across the Lifecycle (3 credits)
6. NUTR 141/L Food Principles (4 credits)
7. NURS 323 Introduction to Pathophysiology (3 credits)
8. HLTH 479/L Health Promotion Programming and Evaluation (2 credits)
9. NUTR 422 Advanced Human Nutrition and Metabolism (4 credits)
10. EHS 319 Life, Love and Money (2 credits)
11. CHRD 475 Motivational Interviewing and Wellness Counseling (3 credits) NDMS Semester 4 Spring
12. LDR 435 Organizational Leadership and Team Development (3 credits) NDMS Semester 4 Spring

Not Accepted PAL

Transfer credits or consideration of prior assessed learning for completion of Nutrition and Dietetics (M.S.) program competencies will not be accepted for the following list of courses. Students who may have already completed the following courses during prior undergraduate coursework will be required to take these courses again during the semester indicated as part of the plan of study. These courses are not considered for PAL because they are integrated into the competency based model with associated experiential learning experiences with practicum courses NUTR 695 or they are part of the graduate plan of study. Completion of these courses at any other NDMS semester other than what is indicated below will not be considered for prior assessed learning of competency completion or transfer credits. There are 7 semesters in the NDMS program.

1. NUTR 322 Nutrition Assessment (3 credits) NDMS Semester 1 Fall
2. HMGT 381/L Quantity Food Production and Service (3 credits) NDMS Semester 2 Spring
3. NUTR 341/L Food Science for Nutrition and Dietetics (4 credits)
4. HLTH 475 Principles of Community Health Education (3 credits) NDMS Semester 4 Spring
5. NUTR 487 Professionalism I (1 credit) NDMS Semester 1 Fall
6. NUTR 488 Professionalism II (1 credit) NDMS Semester 3 Fall
7. NUTR 560 Nutrigenomics (3 credits) NDMS Semester 3 Fall
8. NUTR 523 Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3 credits) NDMS Semester 3 Fall
9. NUTR 695 Practicum (3 credits) NDMS Semester 3 Fall
10. NUTR 525 Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3 credits) NDMS Semester 4 Spring
11. NUTR 695 Practicum (3 credits) NDMS Semester 4 Spring
12. Any 700 level graduate courses that may have been taken prior to acceptance into the NDMS will not be considered as a transfer credit and will not be considered as prior assessed learning for completion of competencies.