Assessment of Prior Learning/Experience
Students may request an assessment of prior learning or experience to be waived of a course (s) and/or supervised experiential learning (SEL). The goal is to provide an opportunity for more advanced learning or training. Students are unlikely to be approved unless the course was at the graduate level* or experience was extensive. Students must meet the competencies required by Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) that are assigned to a course or SEL. Students must submit requests after acceptance into the program by May 1st.
For course waivers, students must submit the following:
A. Transcript showing their grade of B or above in the course and that the course was taken in the last five years.
B. Syllabus or syllabi for the course(s)
C. Any course assignments (with grade) needed to demonstrate accomplishment of a course competency.
D. Any additional materials requested by the committee needed to assess completion of a competencies.
For SEL waiver, students must submit the following:
A. Detailed explanation of the activities or duties performed, when they occurred and how they meet the SEL competencies.
B. Signed letter from a supervisor that verifies the activities and when they were performed.
C. Any additional materials needed to demonstrate accomplishment of a SEL competencies.
D. Any additional materials requested by the committee needed to assess completion of a competency.
Review of Assessment of Prior Learning or Activities:
A GP Competency Review (CR) Committee will review the materials to assess whether a student’s prior learning or activities meet the required competencies to waive a course (s) and/or SEL. The CR committee will be composed of three members which include the Director of the FG program, the faculty for the course of SEL being evaluated and one additional faculty member. For each competency associated for the course or SEL, the CR committee member will score a = 0, did not meet the competency or 1 = met the competency for each competency assigned to the course or SEL being evaluated. CR committee members may request additional materials or information as needed. They will then make a recommendation of “Approved” which indicates a student has met all competencies associated with the course of SEL, “Consider” which indicates a student has met enough competencies to the considered to opt out of a course or SEL. All recommendations of “Consider” will be further discussed by the CR committee to determine if the student will meet the missing competencies in their selected replacement course in which case students can be approved under the condition that they take the specified course.
*Students may request prior learning waiver for NSCG 5720 Advances in Nutrition Education , NSCG 5910 Nutrition through the Life Cycle and/or NSCG 5610 - Nutrition Therapy & Disease State using an undergraduate course if they replace the course with an alternate advanced nutrition elective choice. Note that students meeting competencies for NSCG 5720 Advances in Nutrition Education will still be required to participate SEL in professional setting hours through their alternate elective.