Nutrition & Dietetics Master's Degree

Master's Degree Course Information

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

University:

Kansas State University

Course Number:

FNDH 782

Credit Hours:

3 credit hours - $600 per credit

Start/End Dates:

June 05, 2023 - July 28, 2023

Overview

Course Description

This course is about development and management of small businesses or private practices within the dietetics industry. Students learn about business plan development, marketing, and cost considerations. Students get an overview of consulting to healthcare and hospitality operations and examine skills required for success.

Contacts

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

Textbooks

Making Nutrition Your Business: Building a Successful Private Practice (REQUIRED)
Ann Silver, MS, RD, CDE, CDN, and Lisa Stollman, MA, RDN, CDE, CDN
Edition: 2nd Ed. (2017)
ISBN: 978-0880919524

Communicating Nutrition: The Authoritative Guide (RECOMMENDED)
Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RDN, FAND
ISBN: 978-0880910170

Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive (REQUIRED)
Dorie Clark
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-1633692275
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Course Access

Canvas

Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class at K-State, the K-State campus coordinator, Ashley Schultz, will email course access instructions to visiting students for courses taught by K-State. These instructions are also available on the Visiting Students webpage at K-State. By following the course access instructions, visiting students create their K-State eID and complete the K-State Course Access Form. Students meeting all deadlines for eID creation and submission will have access to Canvas by the first day of class.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

Comments

Textbooks: Making Nutrition Your Business and Entrepreneurial You are required while Communicating Nutrition is recommended.

Information is subject to change.

Please revisit this page again before the semester starts to make sure you have all the current information.

Drops and Refunds:

Students adhere to the drop and refund policies and deadlines of their home university.

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