Nutrition & Dietetics Capstone Project

Catalog description

The capstone serves as a culminating project that demonstrates students’ cumulative learning throughout the program and showcases their knowledge in a particular area of nutrition and dietetics practice. Students may chose to write a cookbook chapter containing recipes developed for a particular condition or disease state and target population -OR- develop a proposal for a service, a workshop, program, or other intervention that can help improve the health and well-being of a target population. Capstones will include a thorough literature review and summary of scientific evidence and needs assessment of target population addressing resources, barriers, and supports. All projects must reflect cultural sensitivity and the ethics and principles of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. This course is an independent study course in which students will meet in-person as a group on three occasions as well as periodically in small groups with the instructor via zoom to discuss ideas, outlines and drafts. Students will submit a draft of their capstone at the end of this course.