Graduate Certificate in Food and Nutrition Management (FDNM)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,656 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Mar 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $9,391 and $9,128 | domestic fall semester fee: $ 2,443/ domestic winter and summer semester fee: $ 2,398 and $2,352
Introduction
Prepare for a career in nutritional care and food services
Take your culinary or fitness career to the next level. Two field placements. Great job opportunities in many fields.
Students prepare to manage a food services department while adhering to professional standards, quality management programs, nutritional and healthy living principles, and marketing and promotional activities. Students learn to employ a number of more complex functions supporting organizational effectiveness including supporting the design of food and nutrition human resource plan, financial analysis and control, and collaborating in the preparation of an organization’s business plan or client care plan. Program competencies are applied to the assessment, analysis, and problem-solving with regard to nutritional needs and diagnoses.
Benefits of studying part-time:
- Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go!
- MORE choices. We are always adding more flexible delivery programs and courses.
Accreditation
- Canadian Society of Nutrition Management
- The Food and Nutrition Management program at Georgian College is accredited by the Canadian Society of Nutrition Managers (CSNM).
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
- FDNM 1000 Human Resource Management
- FDNM 1001 Finance and Accounting
- FDNM 1003 Disease and Disability
- FDNM 1004 Professional Issues in Food and Nutrition Management
- FDNM 1005 Quality Management - Sanitation
- TREC 1014 Biological Sciences in Therapeutic Recreation
Semester 2
- FDNM 1006 Clinical Nutrition
- FDNM 1007 Food Modification
- FDNM 1009 Essentials of Basic Food Service Management Principles
Field Placement
- FDNM 1014 Field Placement 1
Semester 3
- FDNM 1008 Advanced Clinical Analysis
- FDNM 1010 Food Service Management - Advanced
- FDNM 1011 Food and Nutrition Management - Facility Design
Field Placement
FDNM 1015 Field Placement 2
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Food and Nutrition Management graduate certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates are capable of managing various areas of nutritional care, food preparation, and food service. Successful graduates may choose to follow career paths in health care, retirement homes, long-term care facilities, fitness and wellness facilities, educational institutions, camps, daycare facilities, and community or commercial settings.