Our Program began offering courses in distance education format the summer of 2013, stimulated by a grant received from the USDA. In December 2015, our campus approved guidelines and norms for distance education to further expand student opportunities for varied course modalities. Course offerings are based on sufficiency of student demand. The university uses Moodle as the preferred electronic platform (beginning August 2016), although courses may be taught with other course management systems. Courses that have been developed for distance education include:
| Course Code | Course Name |
| NUTR 4075 | Administration of Foodservice Systems |
| NUTR 4165 | Clinical Dietetics |
| NUTR 4169 | Applied Clinical Dietetics |
| NUTR 4198 | Research Methods in Nutrition |
| NUTR 4501 | Integrative Nutrition I: Principles of Foods, Nutrition and Education |
| NUTR 4502 | Integrative Nutrition II: Administration of Foodservice Systems |
| NUTR 4503 | Integrative Nutrition III: Nutrition Care for Individuals and Groups |
| NUTR 5997 | Contemporary Issues in Foods and Nutrition |
Please note that just because the course is on the list above does not mean it will automatically be offered through a distance education modality.
Course availability and the modality in which it will be offered (classroom, hybrid, on-line) will be announced during the course selection-registration process each semester, and will also be clearly stated in the syllabus. Additional courses may become available in the distance education format during the program’s continual curriculum revision process.
The norms and procedures for implementation of the distance education policies for the Río Piedras campus are detailed at the following link in Certif. No. 49 of the Academic Senate, 2015-2016:
Pdf: Certification No. 49 of the Academic Senate, 2015-2016
Distance education or hybrid courses of the Nutrition and Dietetics curriculum are offered by trained professors who comply with the above-mentioned institutional policies.