Admission Requirements
Apply online
Apply to this program via Dietetic Internship Centralized Application Service (DICAS). Review the sections below before you begin.
Currently finishing your bachelor’s degree in dietetics (DPD) at Missouri State?
You may qualify for the preselection admission option.
Doing preselection saves you time.
You apply to just this program through the online centralized application (DICAS) and you skip the dietetic internship computer matching process.
COVID-19 vaccination and supervised practice
Missouri State is not currently requiring COVID vaccination as a prerequisite for admission to the University or any of its academic programs. However, the same is not true for some of our clinical health partners.
The Dietetic Internship curriculum includes completion of two clinical practicums of supervised practice, for a combined +500 direct patient care contact hours. These clinical experiences are a requirement for completion of the program and these clinical experiences are required for all DI students, as per the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) standards.
While we will use reasonable, good faith efforts to secure clinical assignments for all students, we simply cannot promise clinical sites for students who have not undergone COVID vaccination. Some clinical sites do provide COVID-19 vaccine exemption requests for medical and religious exemptions but requesting exemption does not guarantee exemption will be granted. Submitted requests to the clinical site are reviewed by that clinical site’s review board.
Thus, any incoming student who is not and does not intend to become vaccinated, will begin the DI program with the risk of not being able to complete clinical hours and, as a result, not being able to complete their degree and receive their ACEND DI Verification Statement.
Admission requirements for the Graduate College
After accepting the match to the Dietetic Internship, graduate students are enrolled in Missouri State's Graduate College.
The Graduate College application fee will be waived.
After enrollment in the graduate college, students submit a completed "Plan of Study" to the Graduate College. Students work with their academic advisor to determine which courses will be taken towards the program. Keep in mind that courses taken for undergraduate credit may NOT be used on a Plan of Study for a graduate certificate or program.
If it becomes necessary to change a course originally listed on the approved Plan of Study, a Change of Certificate Plan of Study Request form should be completed and submitted to the Graduate College.
Admitted students: Pay confirmation deposit
Students who have been admitted to the Internship program must pay a placeholder fee of $500, known as the confirmation deposit.