Dietetic Internship Certificate of Graduate Studies

Designed for students who have completed a bachelor’s degree as well as the coursework required by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND)*, Messiah’s dietetic internship provides the necessary ACEND-accredited supervised practice experiences required to take the national registered dietitian exam (necessary to become a registered dietitian nutritionist, RDN). A full-time 35-week internship combines online learning activities with a minimum of 1,275 supervised practice hours in inpatient medical nutrition therapy, community nutrition, food service management, and a concentration in food insecurity.

*Verification of the required courses must be obtained from an ACEND-accredited didactic program in dietetics (DPD). The Messiah University Nutrition and Dietetics undergraduate major is an ACEND-accredited DPD.