The Clinical Nutrition MS program has replaced the Clinical Nutrition MS Dietetic Internship (DI).
If you are interested in becoming a professionally registered dietitian nutritionist with the MS RDN credential, learn more about the Clinical Nutrition MS program and admissions criteria.
The University at Buffalo (UB) now offers an accredited future education model graduate degree program in Clinical Nutrition to prepare students to become professionally RDNs.
UB had the first and only dietetic internship (DI) in Western New York and has been training future RDNs for excellence, innovation, and leadership since 1999, and reorganized into a future education model. The DI program admitted its last cohort in Fall 2021.
The University at Buffalo Dietetic Internship with MS in Clinical Nutrition prepares graduates to become competent, entry-level registered dietitian nutritionists for service and practice in global and local communities through educational excellence, interdisciplinary collaboration, use of the research process and critical thinking skills to improve the health of populations, communities and individuals.
Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the Commission on Dietetic Registration will require a minimum of a master's degree to be eligible to take the credentialing exam to become a registered dietitian nutritionist.
| Research Thesis Track | Comprehensive Exam Track |
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Fall 1 | Fall 1 |
STA 527 Introduction to Medical Statistics (4 credits) | STA 527 Introduction to Medical Statistics (4 credits) |
NTR 500 Nutrient Metabolism in Health and Disease (3 credits) | NTR 500 Nutrient Metabolism in Health and Disease (3 credits) |
NTR 523 Nutrition Assessment (or pre-approved elective) (3 credits) | NTR 523 Nutrition Assessment (or pre-approved elective) (3 credits) |
CHB 550 Public Health Population Well-being (3 credits) | CHB 550 Public Health Population Well-being (3 credits) |
Winter 1 | Winter 1 |
NTR 680 Thesis in Nutrition (2 credits) | NTR 675 Research (2 credits) |
NTR 524 Nutrition Assessment Instruments (1 credit) | NTR 524 Nutrition Assessment Instruments (1 credit) |
Spring 1 | Spring 1 |
NTR 501 Vitamins and Minerals (3 credits) | NTR 501 Vitamins and Minerals (3 credits) |
NTR 600 Pathophysiology of Nutrition-Related Diseases (3 credits) | NTR 600 Pathophysiology of Nutrition-Related Diseases (3 credits) |
NTR 680 Thesis in Nutrition (1 credit) | Elective (3 credits) |
NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (5 credits) | NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (3 credits) |
Summer | Summer |
NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (8) | NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (10) |
NTR 603 Nutrition Interventions (2 credits) | NTR 603 Nutrition Interventions (2 credits) |
NTR 680 Thesis in Nutrition (2 credits) | |
Fall 2 | Fall 2 |
NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (10 credits) | NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition (10 credits) |
NTR 630 Nutrition Seminar (2 credits) | NTR 630 Nutrition Seminar (2 credits) |
NTR 680 Thesis in Nutrition (1 credit) | |
Winter 2 | Winter 2 |
NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition | NTR 540 Clinical Practice in Nutrition |
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6 semesters/17 months, 56 credits | 6 semesters/17 months, 55 credits |
Conferral estimate: February 1 | Conferral estimate: February 1 |
Credit for previous, recent graduate coursework will be considered on an individual basis.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for graduate coursework.
Since 2014, 96% of program graduates have passed the RDN exam within 12 months of their first attempt.
Detailed outcome data is available upon request. Email Nicole Klem, MS RDN, at NLKLEM@buffalo.edu.
The UB MS/DI program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). The program will be phased out on Jan. 1, 2024.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2190
Chicago, IL 60606-6995.
Phone: (312) 899-0040 x5400
eatrightpro.org/ACEND
