Outlined below are the expectations for the scholars enrolled in the CHLD Scholarship Program. The CHLD Scholarship Program will run from July 2019 through May 2023.
- Apply to and register with the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
- Complete pre, mid, and final semester evaluations each semester
- Participate in leadership training at least once a semester
- Participate in at least one local conference a year
- Meet weekly with the CHLD hui
- Meet regularly with faculty mentors each semester
- Complete service learning rotations in the community in AY 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 of program
- Complete the Food Science and Human Nutrition course work
- Complete select courses in the CHL Summer Institute
- Complete the CITI Ethics training as outlined here
- Complete Anthropometry Standardization training
- Develop a Specialized Experiential Learning field experience proposal
- Conduct a Specialized Experiential Learning field experience during summer 2022
- Present the outcomes of a Specialized Experiential Learning field experience at a local conference during AY 2022-2023
- Attend one national meeting on the Multicultural Scholars Program
Upon admission, further detailed expectations will be provided to CHLD Scholars.
Suggested Academic Plans for the CHLD Scholarship Program
Students Starting Freshman Year in Fall 2019
| Fall 2019* | Fall 2020 | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023** |
| Biology (With Lab) | Organic Chemistry | Nutritional Biochemistry | Quantity Foods & Purchasing | Dietetics Supervised Practice (e.g., UHM Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP)) |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Communications | Lifespan Nutrition | Food Safety (FSHN 440) | |
| General Education | Physiology (With Lab) | Experimental Foods (With Lab) | Medical Nutrition Therapy 1 | |
| General Education | Psychology | Biochemistry | Obesity | |
| General Education | Pharmacology | La‘au Lapa‘au I | ||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Spring 2020 | Spring 2021 | Spring 2022 | Spring 2023 | |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Statistics | Food Service Management | Nutrition Counseling | |
| Food Preparation (With Lab) | Physiology (With Lab) | Nutritional Assessment | Medical Nutrition Therapy 2 | |
| Introductory Nutrition HAP | Sociology | Sports Nutrition | Marketing | |
| Math | General Education | Nutritional Biochemistry | Community Nutrition & Nutrition Education | |
| Genetics | La‘au Lapa‘au II | |||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 13 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Summer | Summer | Summer | Summer | |
| Childhood Anthropometry and Dietary Assessment Techniques | Foundations of Childhood Obesity Prevention in the Pacific | Special Experiential Learning in Childhood Obesity Prevention*** | ||
| Applied Professional Skills in Nutrition | Culture and Child Health in the Pacific | |||
| Credits: 2 | Credits: 3 | Credits: 3 | Credits: 0 | |
| Total credits: 30 | Total credits: 62 | Total credits: 97 | Total credits: 129 |
* Beginning in 2024, the entry-level registration eligibility education requirements for dietitians will change from a baccalaureate degree to a minimum of a graduate degree. A graduate degree includes a master’s degree, practice doctorate, or doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.Dor, D.Sc.) All other entry-level dietitian registration eligibility requirements remain the same. CHLD will do its best to advise students in this process.
** Funding for CHLD is scheduled to end in May 2023. The academic plan outlined for 2023 – 2024 will not be under CHLD but is provided as a suggestion.
*** The Special Experiential Learning in Childhood Obesity Prevention will satisfy the 100 hour Field Experience requirement for FSHN 492: Field Experience.
Students Starting Freshman Year in Fall 2020
| Fall 2020* | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023** | Fall 2024 |
| Biology (With Lab) | Organic Chemistry | Nutritional Biochemistry | Quantity Foods & Purchasing | Dietetics Supervised Practice (e.g., UHM Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP)) |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Communications | Lifespan Nutrition | Food Safety (FSHN 440) | |
| General Education | Physiology (With Lab) | Experimental Foods (With Lab) | Medical Nutrition Therapy 1 | |
| General Education | Psychology | Biochemistry | Obesity | |
| General Education | Pharmacology | La‘au Lapa‘au I | ||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Spring 2021 | Spring 2022 | Spring 2023 | Spring 2024 | |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Statistics | Food Service Management | Nutrition Counseling | |
| Food Preparation (With Lab) | Physiology (With Lab) | Nutritional Assessment | Medical Nutrition Therapy 2 | |
| Introductory Nutrition HAP | Sociology | Sports Nutrition | Marketing | |
| Math | General Education | Nutritional Biochemistry | Community Nutrition & Nutrition Education | |
| Genetics | La‘au Lapa‘au II | |||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 13 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Summer | Summer | Summer | Summer | |
| Foundations of Childhood Obesity Prevention in the Pacific | Special Experiential Learning in Childhood Obesity Prevention*** | |||
| Applied Professional Skills in Nutrition | Culture and Child Health in the Pacific | |||
| Credits: 4 | Credits: 3 | Credits: 0 | Credits: 0 | |
| Total credits: 32 | Total credits: 64 | Total credits: 96 | Total credits: 128 |
* Beginning in 2024, the entry-level registration eligibility education requirements for dietitians will change from a baccalaureate degree to a minimum of a graduate degree. A graduate degree includes a master’s degree, practice doctorate, or doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.Dor, D.Sc.) All other entry-level dietitian registration eligibility requirements remain the same. CHLD will do its best to advise students in this process.
** Funding for CHLD is scheduled to end in May 2023. The academic plan outlined for 2023 – 2024 will not be under CHLD but is provided as a suggestion.
*** The Special Experiential Learning in Childhood Obesity Prevention will satisfy the 100 hour Field Experience requirement for FSHN 492: Field Experience.
Students Starting Freshman Year in Fall 2021
| Fall 2021* | Fall 2022 | Fall 2023 | Fall 2024** | Fall 2025 |
| Biology (With Lab) | Organic Chemistry | Nutritional Biochemistry | Quantity Foods & Purchasing | Dietetics Supervised Practice (e.g., UHM Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP)) |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Communications | Lifespan Nutrition | Food Safety (FSHN 440) | |
| General Education | Physiology (With Lab) | Experimental Foods (With Lab) | Medical Nutrition Therapy 1 | |
| General Education | Psychology | Biochemistry | Obesity | |
| General Education | Pharmacology | La‘au Lapa‘au I | ||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Spring 2022 | Spring 2023 | Spring 2024 | Spring 2025 | |
| Chemistry (With Lab) | Statistics | Food Service Management | Nutrition Counseling | |
| Food Preparation (With Lab) | Physiology (With Lab) | Nutritional Assessment | Medical Nutrition Therapy 2 | |
| Introductory Nutrition HAP | Sociology | Sports Nutrition | Marketing | |
| Math | General Education | Nutritional Biochemistry | Community Nutrition & Nutrition Education | |
| Genetics | La‘au Lapa‘au II | |||
| Credits: 14 | Credits: 13 | Credits: 16 | Credits: 16 | |
| Summer 2022 | Summer 2023 | Summer 2024 | Summer 2025 | |
| Special Experiential Learning in Childhood Obesity Prevention*** | ||||
| Applied Professional Skills in Nutrition | ||||
| Culture and Child Health in the Pacific | ||||
| Credits: 4 | Credits: 3 | Credits: 0 | Credits: 0 | |
| Total credits: 32 | Total credits: 64 | Total credits: 93 | Total credits: 125 |