Application Information for the Internal Dietetic Internship

Students may only apply twice for admission to the SJSU DI program.

NOTE: A dietetic internship application meeting occurs at the end of every semester. It is recommended to attend this meeting as many times as possible before the semester in which you plan to apply. Each time you attend, you will learn more and the application process will seem less intimidating.

Application Prerequisites

Application Procedure

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Application Prerequisites

In order to apply for the SJSU internal Dietetic Internship, you must have

• a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the following selected courses:
  

  NuFS 101A (Food Science)	NuFS 103 (Food Processing)
  NuFS 106A (Human Nutrition in the Life Span)	NuFS 108A (Nutrition and Metabolism)
  NuFS 108L (Nutrition and Metabolism Lab)	NuFS 109 (Advanced Nutrition)
  NuFS 110A/B   (Medical Nutrition Therapy A / B)	NuFS 111 NuFS 111L   (Foodservice Production Management / Lab)
  NuFS 112 (Foodservice Procurement)	NuFS 113 (Foodservice Systems Management)
  Nufs 114 (Community Nutrition)	NuFS 190 (Nutrition Education)
  Chem 132 Chem 132L   (Biochemistry / Biochemistry Lab)	NuFS 220A   (Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy)

• Completed the ADA Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) requirements.
  You must have a Declaration of Intent, SJSU DPD Verification, or DPD Verification from another institution plus additional SJSU DPD courses if necessary. DPD transcript evaluation is conducted by Dr. Nancy Lu, the DPD director. You must contact her at least 2 semesters before applying to have your DPD transcripts evaluated. 
• Completed (at SJSU) either:

  1. BS degree plus 12 units of additional course work (by advisement):

  3 units from Educational and Instructional Techology (EdIT) courses

  3 units NuFS 220A (Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy)

  3 units from Business (Bus) courses

  3 units from NuFS 200-level courses

  2. MS degree

  3 units from NuFS 220A

   

• Passed all dietetic internship exams. 
  (Graduate students will have taken two graduate competency exams already, but must complete a third DI multiple choice exam). 
• Completed 450 hours of dietetic experience within the last 5 years. At least 225 of those hours must be in a hospital, but does not have to be clinical experience. The remaining 225 hours can be foodservice-related work (such as in restaurants) or community-related work (such as at Choices for Children, WIC, or volunteering with professional organizations such as the San Jose Peninsula District of the California Dietetic Association).
• Participated in a workshop on interviewing at SJSU's Career Planning and Placement Center:  careercenter.sjsu.edu/students/students.html
• Registered in one unit of NuFS 280A (DI Internship Application) in the semester in which you plan to apply.

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Application Procedures

Once you meet the above requirements and are ready to apply to the internal Dietetic Internship at SJSU, you will need to: 

• Identify possible facilities for supervised practice. A list of available sites will be given to you at the internship application meeting. You may not apply to sites at which you have worked or volunteered.
• Fill out an application packet, given to you at the internship application meeting, which will require:
  

  Proof of registration for one unit of NuFS 280A

  Proof of participation in interviewing workshop     You should have the workshop leader sign a statement of participation.

  4 letters of recommendation    2 from NuFS faculty; 2 from supervisors of your 450 hours of experience    You must sign the waiver at the top of the recommendation form before the        faculty member will complete the recommendation form.

  Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) Verification Statement

  Proof of completion of all coursework for the DPD

  BS: proof of completion of additional coursework, or  MS: signed tentative completion date form

  Priority Ranking of Facilities form    You will be applying to 3 complete sites, plus one alternate

  Interview Availability form

  Verification of GPA in selected coursework     You must list the courses and grades received and compute your GPA in those       courses.

  Multiple copies (one for each site) of the following documents:     Cover letter (specific to each facility)    Typed ADA Application form (you may purchase the application diskette from        the NuFS Club)     Update resume with all experience listed: work, volunteer, skills, publications...    Transcripts of BS and /or MS degrees (student copies are OK)

  Address labels made out to requested facilities and 5 self-addressed mailing labels

  Signed DI Contract form

   

• Participate in the ADA Computer Matching Process.
• Enroll for 18-24 units of NuFS 280A during the DI experience. 
  Undergraduates will apply to the MS Program before enrolling in these units. Graduate students will delay graduation until August (if applying in the Fall) or December (if applying in the Spring), or take units through Open University.

Deadlines for application submission occur in the first two weeks of the semester in which you are applying.