Prerequisite Coursework

Once accepted to EMU as an undergraduate student with a dietetics intent major, the College of Health and Human Services Advising Office evaluates the student’s transcript(s) to determine which prerequisites the student still needs to complete.

Prerequisite courses cannot be older than ten years at the time of the Dietetics program application (except for General Psychology and Statistics, which have no time limit). Satisfactory completion (C or above) of all prerequisite courses (pre-application and pre-admission) is required before starting the CP in the fall.

Pre-Application Phase: 20-21 hours

Pre-application course GPA must be 3.0 or higher.

The following prerequisites are required to be completed prior to January 1st (of the year of application) for eligibility:

• BIO 326 - Human Physiology  4 hrs or EXSC 269 - Anatomy and Physiology for Dietetics  3 hrs
• BIO 328 - Microbiology for Health Professions  4 hrs
• CHEM 270 - Survey of Organic Chemistry  4 hrs
• CHEM 351 - Foundations of Biochemistry  4 hrs
• DTC 108 - Careers in Nutrition and Dietetics  2 hrs
• DTC 202 - Principles of Human Nutrition  3 hrs

Pre-Admission Phase: 14-15 hours

The following prerequisite courses may be completed before applying for the program but must be completed before enrolling in courses listed under Major Requirements. These must be completed with a transcript submitted to the Program Director by September 1 of the year the student begins the program. Completing Pre-Admission Phase courses prior to applying, strengthens a candidate’s application.

• AHPR 200 - Medical Terminology  1 hr
• DTC 251 - Experimental Foods  4 hrs
• DTC 261 - Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective  3 hrs or IHHS 260 - Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective  3 hrs or EDPS 325 - Life Span Human Growth and Development  4 hrs
• PSY 101 - General Psychology Lecture  3 hrs
• SOCL 250 - Quantitative Applications in Sociology  3 hrs or STAT 170 - Elementary Statistics  3 hrs

Pre-Program Course Requirement: 2 hours

DTC 230 - Fundamentals in Nutrition Therapy  is required for all students accepted into the CP and alternates. This course will be offered in Summer II only. The Program Director will provide permission to register for those students accepted into the CP.

Please see pre-application/pre-admission courses. Please note that this list contains courses that, in the past, have been approved to satisfy pre-admission/pre-application requirements for EMU’s Dietetics program ONLY. They may not be considered equivalent to use in other programs in the University or satisfy general education requirements. This table should be used as a planning tool only. It does not commit Eastern Michigan University to accept transfer credit for the course, nor does it indicate that a course listed is still offered.