University of Hawai Masters and PhD Nutrition Programs

University of Hawaii Department of Human Nutrition, Food & Animal Sciences programs include a wide range of topics from the basic principles of human nutrition and food chemistry in the development of animal husbandry. HNFAS is home to two exciting undergraduate programs: Animal Sciences and Food Science and Human Nutrition extraordinary four graduate programs: Master of Science in Animal Science, Master of Science in Food Science, Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences and our newest, the Interdisciplinary Ph.D.D. Program in nutrition.

When you create exciting, multidisciplinary programs that search by the award winning LED faculty, then HNFAS is for you. To be a registered Dietitian students must first earn a Bachelor of Science degree in nutrition and then be accepted in an accredited nutrition internship.

After completing a 6-11 month internship, the student is entitled to the national registry dietary consideration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, ADA are administered.Students must normally have a GPA over a third0 and work experience in dietetics to be competitive for internships.

Where Nutritionists Can Work

Food Service

Manage large scale food service operations to ensure the safe, sanitary, and cost effective preparation and distribution of meals. Dietitians work in food processing, hospitality and patient food service.

Community

Develop programs and services to improve nutritional well-being and access to healthy food and to address specific nutrition needs of groups within their community. Community dietitians often work with government programs as well as with schools and non-profit organizations.

Consulting

Provide expertise in nutrition, diet therapy, and food service to individual clients, corporate health and wellness programs, and the media.

Clinical

Work as part of the health care team and assess the nutritional status of individuals, develop nutrition care plans, monitor the effectiveness of the nutrition intervention, and provide counseling to clients. Clinical dietitians specialize in areas such as enteral and parenteral nutrition, diabetes, pediatric or neonatal nutrition. Clinical dietitians work in hospitals, dialysis centers, and home nutrition support programs.