The Department also offers undergraduate and graduate level courses as electives for other programs on campus. The undergraduate, graduate, and internship programs are offered to meet the needs of entry-level practitioners in the state, region and nation. Since South Carolina is a rural state with a large number of community-based hospitals, dietetic practitioners are often required to serve as generalist dietitians.
Dietetic interns have the opportunity to work with outstanding role models in the state and region.
Practitioners at the Winthrop University Internship practice sites have excellent credentials and diverse academic and professional backgrounds. While program graduates are sensitive to the unique needs of South Carolina and the Southeastern United States, they are competent to assume positions in health care facilities throughout the nation. The human nutrition program prepares students for positions in nutrition and dietetics, including medical nutrition therapy, community nutrition and food systems management. Careers for nutrition graduates may begin in a hospital, business, skilled nursing facility, government or community service agency, or the military. The fields of nutrition and dietetics are expanding and experiencing changes.