All students complete coursework in each area, which makes them well qualified to enter into a variety of areas of professional practice upon graduation. They provide care for clients in the hospital and in extended care facilities during their clinical experiences. Job Opportunities Graduates serve as the nutrition expert on the health care team choosing positions as hospital dietitians, outpatient counselors, and consultants to extended care facilities. Professionals working in these areas may specialize in diabetes, pediatrics, eating disorders, and critical care to name a few. Foodservice Administration Students in the foodservice administration courses learn the basic principles of entrepreneurship, management, cost control and budgeting, quantity food production, food selection and sanitation.
Students explore the basic principles of food science and culinary arts.
Clinical experiences are provided in restaurants, college foodservice operations, extended care facilities and hospitals. Job Opportunities Graduates may use this experience to start their own business or manage foodservice operations in restaurants, hotels, resorts, hospitals, or schools. Other Job Opportunities Other popular employment options include positions in private practice, counseling, sports nutrition, writing for newspapers and magazines, working with the media, and serving as a consult to health care organizations, business, and industry.