Beslenme ve Diyetetik Lisans Diploması

Key Learning Outcomes;

Graduates of the programs will be able to;

1. Critically synthesize and integrate relevant knowledge from a range of disciplines that underpin nutrition/ dietetics practice and utilize them in problem solving and making decisions.
2. Assess the nutritional status of individuals, groups and populations,diagnose nutritional problems, plan / implement interventions, monitor and evaluate their impact on problems.
3. Practice independently in accordance with international standards by having the awareness of team member as interdisciplinary, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
4. Develop the leadership skills in nutrition and dietetics and use these skills in planning and managing employees, patients / clients and the development of facilities and products.
5. Aspire to lifelong self-improvement, prepare personal development portfolios, identify learning needs, attend in the certified and credited activities of vocational training.
6. Follow scientific developments in food, nutrition and health, assess the validity and reliability of data, takes evidence-based decisions in the implementation of nutrition care process.
7. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication and have counselling skills to facilitate behavior change.

Supplementary Learning Outcomes;

Graduates of the programs will be able to;

1. Know/consider the effects of factors; age, education/occupation, cultural diversity, environment, lifestyle, special cases and diseases on nutritional status while performing professional practices.
2. Organize the educational activities protecting the environment and cultural values through combining their professional knowledge and skills with the sense of social responsibility.
3. Use at least one foreign language in the B1 level of European Language Portfolio to communicate with the colleagues and clients/patients from different cultures and follow scientific developments.
4. Use current information and communication technologies effectively in advanced level of European Computer Driving License to reach the knowledge, to extend the information in nutrition and health.
5. Be role model and practice in accordance with the legislation, codes of ethics for dietitians, national, social, and cultural values.
6. Practice by protecting environment and cultural values, considering occupational health/safety and the universality of social rights with the sense of quality management and social justice awareness.
7. Have qualifications such as critical thinking, be client and patient focused, risk-taking, flexibility, time management and business priority.
8. Plan and conduct research projects in various practice settings and in diverse groups of people from different cultures.

(1) High School Diploma (2) Placement through a nation-wide Student Selection and Placement Examinations (3) For graduates of short-cycle degree programmes from the same or related fields of studies of vocational schools (MYOs), placement through a nation-wide Vertical Transfer Examination (Dikey Geçiş Sınavı) (4) For foreign students, placement by direct applications of candidates to the university and assessment by the university within the frameworks of the publicly available national and institutional regulations published on the university’s web site

Nutrition and dietetics education provides many occupational opportunities to dietitians ranging from clinic care, outpatient treatment, long-term care and catering services to community health services , wellness and food sector. At international standards, three professional areas of pratice have been defined which are administrative dietetics, clinical dietetics, and public helath dietetics. Students, graduated from four-year nutrition and dietetics undergraduate program, have sufficiency of all these three fields at entry-level. Entry-level dietitians may become specialized by continuing postgraduate education. Moreover, they may be continued their carrier as researcher and trainer in university; they may become specialized in diabetes, renal diseases, cancer, nutrition support, sports nutrition, lifestyle and weight control consultancy, health training, school nutrition services consultancy, etc..by participating different certificate and training programs. Dietitians may work at following institutions and enterprises with their professional skills that gained during their four-year education. 1. Hospitals 2. Health institutions, serving for outpatient treatment 3. Official or private institutions that have food production service (catering companies, public and private enterprises, hotels, nurseries, restaurants) 4. Mother,child, elderly, women, family and public health centers 5. Rehabilitation centers 6. Welfare homes for old people 7. Fitness, wellness or healthy life centers 8. Private schools 9. Media organizations 10. Ministries and authorized health enterprises 11. Product development, manufacturing and marketing departments of food sector Dietitians may open their own consultancy offices by combining their professional skills and entrepreneurship qualifications and may give special consultancy services.

Qualification is valid indefinitely.