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NDI is Closing May 31, 2025.
The NDI will accept one final cohort of students over the fall semester of 2022. The maximum number of students that can be selected is five via a preselect application process. At this time, eligibility is limited to current SDSU undergraduate students with plans to graduate from the SDSU Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) by Dec. of 2022, May of 2023 or Aug. of 2023.
Students selected into the NDI will start the program in the fall of 2023 with a plan to graduate from the program in May of 2025.
The NDI is closing as part of a transitional plan at SDSU Nutrition and Dietetics to accommodate our new accelerated bachelor's to master's degree program.
The Nutrition and Dietetics (M.S.); the NDMS program is an accelerated bachelor’s to master’s program with supervised experiential learning (SEL) experiences incorporated throughout this competency-based program. Students accepted into the program with the required prerequisites can complete the program in three years. Including prerequisites, completion of the entire bachelor’s to master’s degree program takes approximately five years. Graduates will be eligible to take the national examination for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs).
The first cohort of NDMS students will start in the fall of 2022 and graduate from the program in May of 2025. The first cohort class size consists of seven students. The accredited maximum enrollment for the NDMS program is 20. Initially, the NDI planned to close in May of 2024. However, due to the smaller than anticipated class size of NDMS students; the program is able to provide an adequate number of sites and preceptors for an additional year of NDI students. The Accreditation Council for the Education of Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) has approved the delay of NDI closure to May 31, 2025.
Up to 5 individuals may be selected during the preselect process for the SDSU NDI for the fall of 2023 cohort. To be eligible for the preselect application process, students must:
- Be currently enrolled in the SDSU DPD Program with plans to complete by August of the summer semester, 2023.
- Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 system at the time of application.
- Past SDSU graduates and current SDSU graduate students who have a degree from the SDSU DPD program are not eligible to apply during the preselect process but are encouraged to apply during the computer matching process.
The preselect application form is initiated with a DocuSign PowerForm link. Click link above to view and begin completing the application form. Applicants must provide their selected references with a Reference Request Form Link. Additional instructions are provided within the preselect application form.
Applicants may select the “finish later” option in DocuSign when completing this application. To access individual SDSU DocuSign accounts, go to: SDSU eSign and log in with MyState credentials. Select the “action required” tab to complete the form at any time. Completed applications must be downloaded by the applicant in DocuSign as one pdf. Applicants should save the document as: their last name_NDI 2022 preselect application. Additional support and tutorials on completing and downloading DocuSign forms can be accessed at: DocuSign Tutorials
Completed applications must be emailed to megan.northrup@sdstate.edu by midnight on December 15, 2022.
An email notification of receipt will be sent to the applicant within 24 hours during normal working hours of Monday-Friday.
- Preselect applicants will not be required to complete a DICAS application or register with D&D Computer Match.
- Preselect applicants will not be required to complete an SDSU graduate school application unless they are accepted into the NDI.
- If accepted into the NDI, students will receive instructions for SDSU graduate school application completion.
- Faculty within the department of health and consumer sciences and the NDI Program Director will evaluate preselect applications. Selection criteria evaluated include academic record, work and volunteer experiences, awards, scholarship, service, references and personal statement.
- Notification of acceptance or rejection into the SDSU NDI for pre-select eligible applicants will occur by December 23rd via an email from the NDI Program Director.
- The number of pre-selected applicants that have been accepted into the SDSU NDI will be posted on the NDI website by January1 of each calendar year.
- Interns accepted into the SDSU NDI program thru the pre-selection process must withdraw from DICAS and D&D Computer Match if they were registered.
- The SDSU NDI Program Director is required to e-mail a list of all preselected applicants who have accepted the internship to D&D Digital on February 1 of each calendar year.