UNDERGRADUATE
Nutrition and Dietetics
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about the
Program
The professional training of Nutritionists and Dietitians at the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) responds to the demands of the social, political, and economic environment of the country. Through the use of a competency-based training model, from which the integrality of the individual is considered and in addition to cognitive learning, skills are discovered and developed, the strengthening of values, the incorporation of socio-affective and attitudinal dimensions, ethics, responsibility towards oneself, others and the environment, to be able to insert themselves in society as citizens aware of the responsibility generated by being professionals and intervening in the solution of problems in the food and nutritional order that obey the current world.
Bucaramanga, Santander: SNIES 692 | Qualified Registration: Resolution of the Ministry of National Education (MEN) No. 001045 dated February 4, 2022, with a validity of 8 years. (More information, see PDF)
DEGREE:
Dietitian Nutritionist
Duration:
10 Semesters
Modality:
In-Person / In-Spanish
Campus:
Bucaramanga Health Campus
- Applicant Profile
- Graduate Profile
- Our Accreditations
APPLICANT
Profile
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The applicants to the Nutrition and Dietetics program from Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS) must have some characteristics that allow them to develop their human and learning potential throughout their career:
- Sensitivity and social commitment
- Ability to communicate
- Be critical and disciplined
- With the ability to learn
GRADUATE
Profile
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The Nutritionists and Dietitians from UIS are high-quality professionals, they are autonomous, ethical, and responsible. As citizens, they are committed, and as professional, they are leaders in the competent teamwork to:
- Advise on the selection, promotion and production of safe and nutritious food.
- Manage food and nutrition services for healthy and sick communities.
- Plan to monitor and evaluate nutritional and food care for healthy individuals during the human evolutionary cycle.
- Plan to monitor and evaluate nutritional and food care, for the treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with health and nutrition problems.
- Administer food and nutrition programs considering the socio-economic and cultural factors of the population.
- Administer nutrition education programs for different audiences, considering the cognitive process, psychological well-being, health and nutritional status of individuals.
- Interpret the fundamentals of research: scientific, statistical, and epidemiological method, to generate knowledge in food and nutrition and communicate its results.
OUR
Accreditations
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Accredited for eight years, according to Resolution No. 003641 dated April 1, 2024, by the Ministry of National Education. (More information, see PDF)
All about our program
Academic
Curriculum
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Code: 20422 Credits: 6 – Biosciences I
Code: 21958 Credits: 1 – Human Development and Sexuality I
Code: 23423 Credits: 1 – Physical Education and Sports
Code: 23427 Credits: 3 – Language Workshop
Code: 23508 Credits: 2 – Introduction to Nutrition
Code: 24948 Credits: 0 – University Life and Culture
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Code: 22110 Credits: 1 – Human Development and Sexuality II
Code: 23437 Credits: 2 – Psychological Development
Code: 23438 Credits: 2 – Colombian Sociopolitical System
Code: 23472 Credits: 6 – Biosciences II
Code: 27553 Credits: 7 – General Morphophysiology
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Code: 23439 Credits: 3 – Food Chemistry
Code: 23441 Credits: 2 – Economics in Food and Nutrition
Code: 23440 Credits: 4 – Public Health
Code: 27554 Credits: 3 – Basic Nutrition
Code: Credits: 3 – Context Course
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Code: 23444 Credits: 3 – Research Seminar I
Code: 23442 Credits: 4 – Food Legislation and Standardization
Code: 23443 Credits: 3 – Food Microbiology and Safety
Code: Credits: 3 – Context Course
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Code: 23452 Credits: 4 – Food Planning
Código: 22964 Credits: 3 – Business Management I
Code: 23445 Credits: 5 – Food Technology I
Code: 23447 Credits: 4 – Research Seminar II
Code: 23425 Credits: 4 – English II
Code: 23474 Credits: 1 – Professional Ethics
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Code: 23448 Credits: 4 – Nutrition and Physical Activity
Code: 23453 Credits: 3 – Education and Communication Strategies
Code: 23449 Credits: 3 – Food Technology II
Code: 23450 Credits: 4 – Fundamentals of Marketing
Code: 23451 Credits: 3 – Nutritional Epidemiology
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Code: 27555 Credits: 3 – Pharmacology and Toxicology
Code: 27556 Credits: 1 – Nutraceuticals
Code: 27557 Credits: 3 – Education and Communication Materials
Code: 23455 Credits: 7 – Human Nutrition Across the Life Cycle
Code: 23456 Credits: 4 – Food Service Management
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Code: 23458 Credits: 3 – Local Management
Code: 23459 Credits: 3 – Quality Management
Code: 23460 Credits: 7 – Pediatric Clinical Nutrition
Code: 23461 Credits: 7 – Adult Clinical Nutrition
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Code: 40031 Credits: 7 -Integrated Practicum I
Code: 40032 Credits: 7 – Integrated Practicum II
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Code: 40033 Credits: 7 – Integrated Practicum III
Code: 40034 Credits: 7 – Integrated Practicum IV
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OUR
Faculty
Ana Paola
MORA VERGARA
Doctor in Behavioral Sciences with a specialization in Food and Nutrition.
Sandra Milena
BUENO PÉREZ
Master in Food Science and Technology
Our
reach
Students
*Second semester
2023 data
Alumni
*Data taken until
september 2023
RESEARCH Groups and
Student Research Groups
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Contact Us
School of Nutrition and Dietetics
Telephone: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 3128 – 3154
Email: escnut@uis.edu.co
Campus Salud UIS
Bucaramanga, Santander
Cra. 32 # 29 – 31
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a.m. – noon.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.