"Because of the Penn State Online experience I have been able to complete my lifelong dream. I sat for the national credentialing exam with the School Nutrition Association and passed it, and I am now a school food service and nutrition specialist (SFNS). Also, I gained a promotion to my current position as assistant director of food and nutrition services. These two benchmarks in my professional life have been the culmination of a lifelong dream." —Linda Irby, undergraduate certificate in school food service management
 

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Curriculum

The associate degree in dietetics (School Food Service Emphasis) is a 60-credit program delivered via distance education. To earn this degree, you must successfully complete:
  • 43 major course credits
  • 21 General Education credits (6 to 9 of these are included in the major courses’ credits)

The program's major courses (43 credits) focus on contemporary topics in the field of child nutrition, including food safety and sanitation; management and analysis of quantity food production; nutrition component of the food service system; marketing of child nutrition programs; and cost control in institutional food service.


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Completing the Program

Alternate Ways to Earn Credit

 



 

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