Student Handbook - Seattle Pacific University

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Autumn, 2012 Dear Student, Welcome to the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Seattle Pacific University! If you are interested in a career founded on the science of food and nutrition and working with people and communities to promote their health and well-being, a degree in dietetics may be a good choice for you. Completing the BS degree in dietetics and the DPD program prepares you for a post-graduate dietetic internship and career as a Registered Dietitian. This handbook has been developed to provide you with information about the major and our policies and procedures. At the time you are applying to the major, please review this material again, and then sign and print the last page (Appendix F). Include this page with your application to the major. It will be placed in your student file. We wish you a rewarding academic experience as you pursue the study of dietetics at Seattle Pacific University. Sincerely yours, Gaile Moe, PhD, RD Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics Daniela Geleva, PhD, RD Associate Professor Joey Freeman, MS, RD Instructor 4 | P age
Program History and Description Established in the Pacific Northwest more than a century ago by Free Methodist pioneersSeattle Pacific University (SPU) is a comprehensive Christian university of the liberal arts, sciences and professions. Located on 43 acres just minutes from downtown Seattle we experience the benefits of an intimate campus community within a thriving city. Called Seattle Seminary in 1891, it became Seattle Pacific College in 1915 and finally Seattle Pacific University in 1977. SPU entered the twenty-first century positioned to engage the culture and influence the world for good. The mission statement of SPU articulates this commitment. “Seattle Pacific University seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community.” Seattle Pacific aims to provide students with a high-quality, comprehensive education grounded on the gospel of Jesus Christ. This combination of vital scholarship and thoughtful faith is a powerful one that brings about lasting change in the lives of our graduates, and in the people and communities they serve. Today, approximately 4200 students (3200 undergraduates) attend Seattle Pacific University. The University offers 61 major and 53 minor areas of study along with 15 masters and five doctoral degree programs. The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) was begun in 1942 at SPU and is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest academic unit in the University. The FCS department offers majors in Clothing and Textiles, Interior Design, Individual and Family Development, and Food and Nutrition. The Food and Nutritional Sciences program was subsequently initiated to provide students with the opportunity to obtain a broad background in both nutritional science and the study of food. In 1991 the program expanded to provide didactic training in dietetics when the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) (also known as the dietetics specialization) was approved by the Commission for Accreditation for Dietetics Education. The DPD is currently accredited by the accrediting agency of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (known as ACEND): 5 | P age
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