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The Student Dietetic Association (SDA) http://www.lsu.edu/student_organizations/dietetic is a student-run professional organization that introduces students to the program and to the profession, helps them network with other students in the major, and provides leadership, advocacy, and community action opportunities. SDA is registered with Campus Life http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/csli.nsf/index.
Student officers plan and run the meetings and plan activities and volunteer activities for the students. Recent events have included: preparing Thanksgiving baskets for low-income individuals, a heart walk to raise awareness and money for heart disease, and a spice drive to show individuals on salt-restricted diets that tasty food does not depend on salt.
SDA also provides a speakers forum on a wide range of topics. Dietitians talk about practice opportunities and challenges, internship directors talk about what they are looking for in interns, and current interns talk about the application procedure and their experiences as an intern.
SDA is open to all dietetics students and nutritional sciences pre-medical students.
Faculty Advisor: Mrs. Brandi Milioto bmilioto@lsu.edu 257 Knapp Hall (225)-578-1537.
HUEC 3091 Reading and Research in Human Ecology (1-6). This course is “Open to advanced students of high academic standing by the consent of the director. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs of credit. Students are responsible for registering with a faculty member with whom they will select the area of reading and research.
This class gives students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member on a research project or to do directed readings on a topic in which they are especially interested. Options in this course are limited by the student’s imagination and the faculty available. Students who have taken this course have had the opportunity to publish manuscripts with faculty members and make presentations at national meetings.
Can you give me an example of what students have done in the past? Sara David studied the nutritional and monetary impact of fast food on low socioeconomic status women, and food spending patterns by low income women who receive or do not receive food stamps or who are food secure or insecure. Her work resulted in two presentations at the Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (the annual meeting of the American Dietetic Association). One fun thing about the abstracts listed below is that the Community Nutrition Class was involved in the research project too.
HUEC 4027 Practicum in Dietetics (1-3) Prereq.: Dietetics majors only; 60 hrs in the dietetics concentration; overall gpa of 2.50; and permission of instructor. Each hour of credit requires 60 hours of supervised experience. May be taken for a max. of 3 hrs of credit. Supervised professional experience designed to integrate academic learning with practice in dietetics.
In this course, students select a registered dietitian with whom they would like to work--any practice arena anywhere. Then, working with the faculty advisor, students outline their own course objectives and describe how they will complete them. We have had students work with a wide range of dietitians, ranging from diabetes educators to community dietitians to renal dietitians. The course is designed to introduce you to dietetic practice in a field in which you are interested.
Undergraduate Grants through the College of Agriculture: There are several ways that interested students can work with faculty members on research projects (HUEC 3091 and the Honors Program), but this is a unique opportunity for students. The College of Agriculture offers the opportunity for students to write a research grant to allow them to complete a research project with a faculty member; here is the link to this exciting program: http://www.coa.lsu.edu/downloads/ugr.pdf. These grants provide up to approximately $2000 for student’s research or travel.
Students in Human Ecology who have written grants and conducted research have had the opportunity to publish their findings and to present their research at national meetings. Our most recent grantee was Anna Mullenix, a student in the nutritional sciences pre-medical curriculum, and she wrote a grant entitled: Determining the acceptability of menus and recipes that meet the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans by low-income individuals in southeast Louisiana using focus group discussions. Her work was presented at the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA in the spring of 2008.
The Honors Program: Students with outstanding academic potential can find challenges in the Honors College in the form of advanced course work, lectures, seminars, and independent research. More information about admission into the Honors College can be found in the 2008-2009 General Catalog on pages 179-181 or on line http://www.honors.lsu.edu. To receive full College Honors, students must complete all requirements as established by the students own college including at least 32 hours of honors courses including: a minimum of six hours of HNRS coursework; 12 hours at the 3000+ level, following Upper Division Honors departmental requirements, a senior thesis, following thesis guidelines, and a 3.5 gpa in all overall, and at LSU, and in honors courses undertaken.
Students not electing to enter the Honors College early in their career at LSU can still have a special experience by coming into the Honors College in their junior year and participating in the Upper Division Honors program. The School of Human Ecology offers this program for outstanding students majoring in Nutritional Sciences. This program requires 12 semester hours of honors courses, including 6 hours of honors option courses and 6 honors thesis hours (HNRS 3221/HURS 3992) and is identical to the final work that students seeking full College Honors would complete.
The Honors Student Handbook http://www.honors.lsu.edu/LSUHonorsHand book.pdf gives more information on achieving Full College Honors and Upper Division Honors distinction.
Eligibility: Students completing their Sophomore year with a GPA of 3.5 or above on both LSU and overall academic work are eligible for admission to the Upper Division Honors Program in Human Ecology. Students may talk with Dr. O’Neil or Mrs. Bourgeois about the honors program, but should apply for admission at or before the beginning of the Junior Year with Mr. Michael Blandino in the Honors College.
Program Requirements:
Recognition: Students successfully completing the requirements above will be recognized at graduation through the designation: Upper Division Honors in Nutritional Sciences
Nutritional Sciences Minor: A Minor in Nutritional Sciences is available through the School of Human Ecology. The minor allows students in a variety of majors to learn more about nutrition. It’s ideal for students in any major who plan to attend medical school (if they are not already in our Nutritional Sciences/Pre-medical program). Our first course (HUEC 2010 Nutrition in Health) is the general education natural sciences list. The minor does not fulfill the requirements to allow students to enter a dietetic internship with the ultimate goal of sitting the registration examination to become a registered dietitian.
To graduate with a minor in nutritional sciences, students must complete 18 hours including HUEC 2010, 2110, AND 3012. In addition, students must choose one of the two areas of study options listed below:
More Information about Learning Communities Requirements to become a Registered Dietitian Dietetic Internships
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