I want to become a dietitian, and I was planning on doing the University of Alabama’s online Bachelor degree.
They recommend taking courses from a Community College before attending, and I could get a lot of my course load done at a school called Barton Community College (In Kansas) online.
Here’s the thing, I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not. I live in California and I want my credits to be transferable to a more prestigious school like UC Berkley or UCLA if I decide I don’t like online college, or at least to a local community college.
I’m also wondering if getting a degree online could hold me back from getting into a prestigious university for Post-Graduate or Med School, even if I have the GPA.
My local community college has a problem with classes being overly full and it being impossible to get the course load you need, which is why I’m planning on taking the online route (plus it’s affordable), but I just want to pick a course load that will not only be transferable to a top tier school for Nutrition, but also will suffice their course load requirements.
Any advice would be very welcome. Thanks!
You need to check CA requirements to be licensed as a dietitian and whether the UCs would accept online courses. How would you get the internship?
for example
http://www.nutritioned.org/state-requirements.html
also the California Dietetics Association may be able to advise you
http://www.dietitian.org/councils_education_become_rd.html
Well I’ve looked into that already, sent out some emails. The program is ACEND certified, this is what they sent me back
“Thank you for contacting the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The RD is a national credential requiring completion of an accredited program specific to nutrition/dietetics, it is accepted for all state licensure/certifications in nutrition and allows you to practice anywhere in the country. In the states with laws governing the practice of dietetics and nutrition, one would need to meet the state requirements. Not all of the 50 states have regulation for dietitians.”
I also looked into online schooling and you receive the same degree as if you physically went to college.
I can’t find anything about UC’s accepting online courses when I search.
Look at the transfer requirements. For example, UC Berkeley, below and the ASSIST tool to see what courses UC Berkeley accepts. You will have to ask UC Berkeley whether any online courses would suffice. They may not.
The ASSIST tool
http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html
Entering UC Berkeley and Compton Community College and Nutrition major gives these results for CA public schools. You will need to ask UC Berkeley whether they accept other schools’s classes.
" Articulation Agreement by Major
Effective during the 14-15 Academic Year
====Nutritional Science, Lower Division B.S.====
PROGRAM:
The Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology offers three undergraduate
specializations: Physiology & Metabolism studies of nutrients from food to
cells, and the many functions of nutrients, including in energy and metabolism
and the generation of internal secretions known as autocoids. Dietetics
prepares students for careers as Registered Dietitians. Molecular
Toxicology focuses on the molecular and physiological effects of natural and
human-made environmental toxins. All three specializations relate food and/or
toxins to human health and disease risk.
PREPARATION FOR TRANSFER AT THE JUNIOR LEVEL:
Transfer applicants must complete the minimum major admissions requirements, and
are encouraged to complete as many additional lower division requirements as
possible. IGETC certification will satisfy Reading & Composition and
humanities/social science breadth requirements for the Nutritional Science
major. For more information contact our Office of Instruction and Student
Affairs, College of Natural Resources, http://nature.berkeley.edu or (510)
642-2879.
MINIMUM MAJOR ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Transfer students must fulfill these minimum major requirements before entering
UC Berkeley.
Equivalent of:
English R1A and English R1B
Nutritional Sciences 10 (For Physiology & Metabolism and Dietetics track ONLY)
Chemistry 1A and 1AL
Chemistry 3A and 3AL
Chemistry 3B and 3BL
Biology 1A and 1AL
Molecular and Cell Biology 32 & 32L
Math 16A and Math 16B or Math 1A
Statistics 2
For more information:
NST Undergraduate Academic Advisor
Office of Instruction and Student Affairs
College of Natural Resources
(510) 642-2879
e-mail: nlowy@berkeley.edu
Web site: http://cnr.berkeley.edu
Thanks for the info, I just talked to undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley and they gave me a link to assist.org (which is where you got that info). They told me they accept online community college studies, so I decided on Santa Monica College because they are ranked #1 for UC transfers!
Use http://www.assist.org to check that each community college offers the courses you need to transfer for your intended major. It does appear that SMC has all of the courses listed above, unlike some community colleges (Nutritional Science 10 and Molecular and Cell Biology 32 are sometimes missing).
http://web1.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=1&sia=SMCC&ria=UCB&ia=SMCC&oia=UCB&aay=14-15&ay=14-15&dora=NUTRSCI
Are you planning on attending SMCC in person or doing their online program?
SMC has similar problems with classes being full. Also, not every class is offered on line.
Here is the link to the spring 2015 courses. http://www2.smc.edu/schedules/2015/spring/
There is a portion on the left that says online classes.