DPD Required Courses
I. DPD courses that also serve as prerequisites for the master's degree program in nutrition:
- Human physiology I & II + labs or 2 semesters of biology with labs plus 1 semester of human physiology without lab
- General / Inorganic chemistry + lab
- Organic chemistry + lab
- Biochemistry without lab
- Basic/Introductory nutrition
- Statistics
II. DPD courses that also serve as master's degree courses:
- Advanced Nutrition I & II
- Community Nutrition
- Food, Nutrition, and Behavior
- Nutritional Ecology
- Strategies for Nutrition Education and Health Behavior Change
- Nutrition and Human Development
- Nutrition Care Process and Medical Nutrition Therapy I & II
- Research Methods
III. DPD courses that are NOT prerequisites to or part of the master's degree program:
- English composition
- Communications or equivalent
- Microbiology without lab
- Food science + lab
- Food service management
Many of the DPD courses listed within parts I and III above are not offered at Teachers College. A sample list of colleges and universities offering the courses can be found here.