Key information
Duration: Part-time, 24 months
Language: English
Credits: 65 alternative credits
Delivered: Online
Campus Location: Portland, United States
Disciplines: Nutrition & Dietetics
Overview
The Clinical Nutrition course from University of Western States utilizes a functional medicine model, enabling students to integrate the best available scientific evidence with a comprehensive, whole-person care approach. With this knowledge, doctors of clinical nutrition can also develop targeted, individualized prevention plans to help reduce the risk of chronic illness and support optimal physical, mental and emotional well-being for the patients and clients they serve.
Recognizing the need for clinical nutrition practitioners with advanced training to assess and manage patients/clients experiencing complex chronic illness and to promote wellness through optimal body function, the doctor of clinical nutrition programme prepares graduates to skillfully address the multifaceted health needs of the individuals they serve.
Graduates of the DCN programme will be able to:
- Apply appropriate patient/client evaluation methods to determine nutritional needs and clinical status.
- Create nutrition-focused care plans that incorporate scientific evidence and sound clinical judgment to promote therapeutic goals and wellness.
- Apply functional medicine tools and strategies that enable a whole-person approach to patient/client care.
- Model ethical methods of practice that accord with applicable principles of jurisprudence.
- Employ a collaborative approach to clinical nutrition care.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Nutritional Epidemiology and Clinical Research
- Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
- Detoxification and Biotransformation Pathways and Imbalances
- Oxidative/Reductive Dynamics and Energy Production
- Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Imbalances
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
GPA: 3
English requirements
- Duolingo English Test: 120
- PTE Academic: 56
- IELTS: 6.5
General requirements
The doctor of clinical nutrition degree is conferred upon the individual who has fulfilled the following requirements:
- Maintenance of enrollment eligibility through satisfactory academic performance, professional development and behavior, and non-academic behavior.
- Successful completion of all required courses, lectures, labs, practicums, and seminars with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all required coursework.
- Successful completion of minimum graduation requirements as officially communicated to students through the university catalog, student publications, and other official documents of the university.
- Freedom from all indebtedness and other obligations to the university.
Fees and funding
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
International / Non-residents: 34,866 AUD per year (approximately 25,187 USD per year)
Out-of-State: 34,866 AUD per year (approximately 25,187 USD per year)
Domestic / In-State: 34,866 AUD per year (approximately 25,187 USD per year)
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