Food & Nutrition
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The Department of Food and Nutrition program was established in October 1981 in the College of Human Economics, then changed to the Department of Food and Nutrition in September 1998 as part of the College of Human Ecology, which is currently known as the Division of Human Ecology. The Master's program began in 1987 and was accredited in 1994. The department started its doctoral program in 2000.
Talent
Program Goals
The Department of Food and Nutrition program pursues improvement in the quality of human life through science-based dietary practices and nutritional management.
Vision after Graduation
Graduates are eligible to take the nationally administered examination for registered dietitian. They may also work as nutrition teachers in elementary, middle and high schools, food technicians, food hygienists, confectioners and bakers, cooks and a nutrition counselors. They may also find employment in hospitals, schools, and in industries as dietitians, responsible for healthy food service or advisors in community health centers. Other options are research positions in the Food and Drug Administration, the Korea Food Development Institute, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and food and nutrition industries, as well as journalist positions in human ecology organizations. The choice to go to graduate school to be a professor or a responsible member of a research institute is another choice available to students.