Graduates of the Master’s Program in Nutrition and Dietetics at Universidad de Las Américas are highly qualified specialists with a holistic academic formation. Graduates conduct professional practice with ethical integrity and demonstrate a strong commitment to society by contributing through research grounded in the best available scientific evidence.
Furthermore, graduates manage the nutritional care of patients by applying comprehensive knowledge of biochemistry, physiology, physiopathology, pharmacological interactions with nutrients, and metabolism. Graduates demonstrate assertive communication skills and build effective nutritionist–patient relationships in order to carry out nutritional assessments and provide appropriate counseling and education. Graduates apply preventive and therapeutic strategies with an integrated clinical nutrition approach to address food- and nutrition-related pathologies and participate in clinical diagnosis and interdisciplinary collaboration to support care models focused on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Graduates are equipped to select clinical, pharmacological, therapeutic, or invasive interventions based on extensive clinical knowledge, cost-benefit analysis, and the best available scientific evidence. In addition, graduates conduct research on relevant topics related to prevalent diseases within the field.
Ultimately, graduates are expected to demonstrate sound judgment and professional commitment in public or private hospital management, making appropriate decisions regarding nutritional treatments and therapeutic measures. Graduates remain current in the field of clinical nutrition and contribute to the prevention, control, and early detection of diseases that impact the nutritional status of patients and the general population.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about graduation rates and graduation rates disaggregated by gender calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students, regardless of enrollment in the program's daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable).
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.
Note: Multiple descriptions per PLO code reflect updates over time. All versions are shown to support historical and comparative analysis.