Nutrition and Dietetics

CURRICULUM

COMPULSORY MODULES

FIRST SEMESTER

• Health and community
• Mesleki oryantasyon ve etik
• Elementary english-i
• General chemistry-i
• Introduction to mathematics-i
• Introduction to psychology
• Turkish i:writing communication

SECOND SEMESTER

• Demographic structure and health
• Basic computing
• Medical biology and genetics
• Elementary english-ii
• General chemistry-ii
• Modern turkish history
• Turkish ii: oral expression
• Üniversite seçmeli

THIRD SEMESTER

• Anatomy
• Principles of nutrition -i
• Nutritional biochemistry i
• Food chemistry and analysis i
• Physiology
• General microbiology

FOURTH SEMESTER

• Exercise and nutrition
• Nutritional biochemistry ii
• Food chemistry and analysis ii
• Microbiology
• Principles of nutrition -ii
• Area elective
• Public relations health

FIFTH SEMESTER

• Mother and child nutrition
• Determination of nutritional status in society
• Instittutional nutrition i
• Diet therapy of disease i
• Nutrition education
• Menu planning in institutional food system
• Area elective
• Health management

SIXTH SEMESTER

• Nutrition in childhood diseases
• Epidemiology and nutrition problems in the community
• Instittutional nutrition ii
• Diet therapy of disease ii
• Food control and legislation
• Enteral-parenteral nutrition
• Biostatistics

SEVENTH SEMESTER

• Public health internship
• Nutrition training institutions and hospitals in
• Seminar i
• Graduation study i
• Area elective
• Üniversite seçmeli

EIGHTH SEMESTER

• Agencies and hospital nutrition practice ii
• Seminar ii
• Graduation study ii
• Area elective
• Area elective

OPTIONAL MODULES

• World cuisine of
• Nutritional anthropology
• Elderly and nutrition
• Dietetics principles of childhood diseases and problems
• Nutrition and healthy life
• Adolescent eating disorders
• Sports nutrition
• Food-drug interaction
• Healthy food choice
• Food product support and functional food
• Türk mutfaği
• Popular diets and health
• Biochemistry of nutrition and related diseases
• Communication in health
• Public health and medical deontology
• Cancer and nutrition

ACCREDITATIONS

• The Turkish Republic Higher Education Board (YÖK)
• The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Board of Higher Education Planning Accreditation and Coordination Board (YÖDAK)
• CIU Faculty of Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics Undergraduate Program was awarded a 2-year accreditation between 19 March 2021 – 30 September 2023, as a result of the evaluation made by the Health Sciences Education Programs Accreditation Board (HSEPAB). Within the scope of the accreditation process, within the framework of the criteria determined by HSEPAB, improvements and innovations were made in the educational objectives of the program, curriculum syllabus and course contents in accordance with the views and demands of internal and external stakeholders. Within the framework of accreditation studies, great steps are taken to increase the various activities and seminars currently held in order to contribute to the academic development of the academic staff, to increase student satisfaction, to increase the employment opportunities of graduates and to facilitate the exchange of students and lecturers between universities.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Required documents:

• Completed application form
• Higher/Secondary Certificate or equivalents (e.g. O/A’Level, WAEC/NECO)
• Evidence of English Language competence: TOEFL (65 IBT) or IELTS (5.5). Students without these documents will take the CIU English proficiency exam on campus following arrival
• Scanned copy of international passport/birth certificate

FEES