Graduates of the Associate of Applied Science in Nutrition and Dietetics degree are prepared to assume duties of mid-management positions between the registered dietitian and food services supervisor. In this career-laddering program, students gain necessary skills to become a dietary manager at the conclusion of the first year.
Those completing the AAS degree are prepared to transition into a baccalaureate degree program in articulated university programs to pursue a career as a Registered Dietitian.
If you would like to receive the most recent outcome data for measured program objectives, please contact the Dietetics Program Director, Christina Derbes, christina.derbes@blackrivertech.edu.
The AAS Nutrition and Dietetics degree has been realigned to allow students to obtain additional credit hours that are transferable to 4-year institutions. Effective 8/15/2018, accreditation of the AAS Nutrition and Dietetics program by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) ceased. Those enrolled in the program prior to 8/15/2018 have received a teach-out plan to graduate no later than December 2019, and upon graduation will be eligible to sit for the DTR exam.