DTC 431W - Community Nutrition Experience [GEWI]
Supervised practice experience in a variety of community settings with emphasis on nutrition education techniques and the operation of federal, state, and local nutrition programs. This course meets the university requirement for a writing intensive course.
Credit 4 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall
Department Permission is required
Prerequisites -
Corequisites - DTC 430W
Restriction by Major - Dietetics [BS]
Restriction by Class - Junior, Senior, or Second Bachelor standing
A critical skill of the Registered Dietitian (RD) is the ability to communicate in a variety of ways including through the written word. RDs use this skill daily in their jobs, as well as during their educational years. Writing skills are essential in the dietetics field because they are used continuously and consistently throughout the career.
This course provides the opportunity for students to develop competence with a variety of genres used in the profession. One of these genres is health care documentation using the discipline-specific Nutrition Care Process. Students also learn to write for a variety of audiences by writing a legislative letter, a nutrition tip of the week article targeted at a general audience, and both health fair and education materials that are developed for more specific audiences. Students complete several additional assignments that have writing components including a strategic planning paper and flow of services project. The major assignment for this course is a 3-tier program planning project consisting of a community needs assessment, a program planning assignment, and two nutrition articles, one for professionals and one for a lay audience. Each of these assignments uses a different type of writing and is representative of writing across the discipline. Of the final grade in DTC 431W, almost 60% is based on writing assignments.
Due to the extensive writing in this course related to the role of the RD in the nutrition discipline, and instruction and support connected to that writing, DTC 431W fulfills the Writing Intensive requirement for the dietetics major.
Keywords: Dietetics , community , nutrition Writing Intensive (GEWI)
Equivalent Courses: DTC 431, DTC 311
Updates: Course Deletion 12/2018, effective Fall 2026; GELB approval rescinded 8/2015, effective Fall 2015; Course Rotation added 9/2014; Change to title and description 5/2013, effective Winter 2014; Approved for GEWI 3/2012, effective Fall 2012; Approved for GELB 11/2011
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