Nutrition and Dietetics Major

Student Learning Outcomes – Nutrition Option

Students will be able to:

1. Locate, interpret, evaluate, and use professional literature to make ethical evidence-based practice decisions

2. Use current information technologies to locate and apply evidence-based guidelines and protocols

3. Demonstrate effective and professional oral and written communication and documentation

4. Demonstrate counseling techniques to facilitate behavior change

5. Apply professional guidelines to a practice scenario

6. Develop interventions to affect change and enhance wellness in diverse individuals and groups

7. Develop an educational session or program/educational strategy for a target population

8. Apply food safety principles related to food, personnel, and consumers

9. Analyze data for assessment and evaluate data to use in decision-making

10. Explain the impact of health care policy and different health care delivery systems on food and nutrition services

11. Explain the coding and billing of dietetics/nutrition services to obtain reimbursement for services from public or private insurers