The Dietetic Internship at CSULB

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Deadline

The deadline for the application to the Dietetic Internship, the University and the Graduate Program is February 1st.

Applying is a 3-step process.

Step 1: Apply for admission into the University

Step 2: Apply for admission into the Graduate program

Step 3: Apply for admission into the Dietetic Internship

To Apply for Admission into the University

Send a request to:

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH

1250 Bellflower Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90840-0501

A completed packet includes:

  1. A University application form (original) for graduate study for the appropriate year.
  2. Official transcripts of all undergraduate coursework.
  3. $55.00 as a non-refundable application fee (but check as this may have increased).

Or you can apply to the University on the Web at: http://www.csumentor.edu

To Apply for Admission to the M.S. in Nutritional Science Graduate Program

Submit a separate set of original materials to the Family and Consumer Sciences Graduate Coordinator by FEBRUARY 1st which includes the following:

  1. A photocopy of the University application form for graduate study for the appropriate year.
  2. Three letters of recommendation (two of which must be from professors familiar with your undergraduate work; the third may be from another professor or may be from a member of the community familiar with your professional and intellectual qualities.) Each reference must comment on your ability to pursue graduate work. You can use the same recommendation form for the M.S. Program that you used for the Dietetic Internship. For efficiency, please request 2 original signed copies of each recommendation form from each reference for your applications.
  3. Official transcripts of all undergraduate course work completed.
  4. If appropriate, a TOEFL score reaching or exceeding 550 total.
  5. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) 900 verbal and quantitative and 4+ on writing.

NOTE: General University criteria include a G.P.A. of at least 2.5 (4.0 scale) for the last 60 units of upper division undergraduate coursework completed. G.P.A. requirements for the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences are higher than general University requirements: A G.P.A. of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required for the last 60 units of upper division coursework.

Submit Nutritional Science Graduate Program application materials to the following address:

Graduate Coordinator

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

California State University Long Beach

1250 Bellflower Boulevard

Long Beach, California 90840-0501

To Apply for Admission to the DI

NOTE: The CSULB DI has one class a year beginning in the fall.

1. Complete the "Letter of Intent" and fax to (562) 985-4414 or mail to Dr. Frank at the address below:

Dr. Gail Frank, RD, CHES

Dietetic Internship Director

California State University Long Beach

1250 Bellflower Blvd.

Long Beach, CA 90840-0501

 

To e-mail Dr. Frank

Or for a small fee, order the application and recommendation forms on a disk from the American Dietetic Association website http://www.eatright.org/ and request the two required, unique supplemental pages for CSULB from Dr. Frank.

1) GPA Sheet
2) Work Experience Sheet

3. Send the completed DI application packet with a check made payable to "California State University Long Beach" for $45.00, postmarked on or before February 1st annually, to Dr. Frank at the address above.