Program Completion Requirements

Verification Statements of completion are issued to all students who have satisfactorily met the requirements of the Coordinated Program and have a Maters’s degree. University of Connecticut Master’s degree requirements must be met to receive a degree.

These requirements include:

  • Students must demonstrate a "C" (73% or higher) or better mastery in Dietetics coursework during the program and externship. Students must meet Graduate School requirements for graduation.
  • Students must meet all ACEND competencies and be evaluated as "competent for entry-level practice" in clinical, community/counseling, and food service in the culminating rotations. "Competent" is defined as follows: demonstrates sound knowledge and effective use of entry-level skills, seeks assistance after investigating potential solutions. Students must abide by all requirements of assigned supervised practice sites and track their supervised practice hours to meet program requirements.
  • Retention and Remediation Policy
    • The UConn Center for Students with Disabilities may be able to assist students who are struggling to meet program requirements. If a student has any issues or learning difficulties in a course, s/he is strongly encouraged to inform the instructor and the Program Director. The program will try to find a tutor for the student (the student may incur an additional cost for tutoring services).
  • Formal documented evaluations of performance will be reviewed with the student at the completion of rotations. These evaluations become a part of the permanent student file. Students have the right to review the file at another time.

Students must complete the program within 150% of the time.

If the student has a DPD verification statement, it must be given to the CP Program Director.