PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The online MSNS program is a 30 credit hour program consisting of 10 total courses. Of those 10 courses, 5 are core courses that all students in the program will take. The other 5 courses are concentration courses that allow students to focus on certain areas of nutritional sciences depending on their professional and academic interests. The two concentrations are:
- Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
- Biochemical & Functional Nutrition
All students will complete five core nutrition classes and five courses in the concentration of their choice. This program will provide a unique opportunity for students to choose the concentration best suited for their needs.
Core Courses |
1. Advances in Nutritional Sciences I - Macronutrient Metabolism |
2. Advances in Nutritional Sciences II - Micronutrient Metabolism |
3. Molecular Nutritional Sciences |
4. Experimental Design and Statistics |
5. Advanced Experimental Design and Statistics |
Concentration: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention |
Concentration: Biochemical & Functional Nutrition |
6. Theories of Nutrition Behavior | 6. Biochemical Nutrition: Nutrition as Medicine |
7. Energy Balance and Obesity | 7. Nutrition and Cancer |
8. Nutrition Through the Lifecycle | 8. Nutrition and Immunology |
9. Nutrition and Disease Prevention | 9. Nutrigenomics |
10. Current Issues in Nutritional Sciences | 10. Current Issues in Nutritional Sciences |
Students who chose to complete both coursework and a thesis will complete the same five core nutrition courses, along with three courses in their chosen concentration and two thesis coursework classes for a total of 30 credit hours.
COURSE SCHEDULES
Students will choose to complete either a one year or two year track.