Program Highlights

Our world-class faculty at the Mount are committed to the pursuit of knowledge, understanding and responsibility for food, nutrition, and health issues in social, political, cultural, ecological and economic contexts. Whether you plan to become a dietitian or nutritionist, to work in health care, food product development, community nutrition or food service, or to build your career in Canada or abroad, our programs will give you the knowledge and skills that you need to meet your goals.

Program Options

We offer a full range of program options to meet your career goals. You will start with either the BScAHN Nutrition or Dietetics and then apply to the IEP, Practicum or Honours during your program of study.

Highlights of each program option are summarized below, including links to more information about the IEP, Practicum and Honours. The sidebar links on this page will lead you to details about program requirements.

Are you ready to start working toward a rewarding career in nutrition, dietetics, food development, research, or the health care professions?

BScAHN Nutrition: This program is best suited to those who are not interested in becoming a dietitian and want freedom to choose more electives. Nutrition is the study of the relationships among food, its nutrients, the environment, and health. Careful choice of electives prepares graduates to seek work in a variety of fields including commodity marketing boards, food retailing, government, social services, homemaking services, and the agri-food sector. Graduates may also choose to pursue additional studies for careers in school or community teaching, research, or business or to pursue graduate studies (e.g. nutritional sciences, food studies).

BScAHN Dietetics

BScAHN Dietetics: This program is for those students who want to become professional dietitians (PDt or RD), legally registered to practice in the Canadian province(s) of their choice. The BScAHN (Dietetics) program supports the achievement of the Integrated Competencies for Dietetic Education and Practice (ICDEP) and is accredited by the  Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP) so that graduates can apply for a dietetic internship to be eligible to become a registered dietitian. Dietetics integrates and applies the art and science of food, nutrition and health to promote the nutritional well-being of the public in a wide variety of settings.