Human Nutrition, M.S., General Concentration

Required Courses

• NUTR 6604 - Vitamin Metabolism
• NUTR 6605 - Mineral Metabolism
• NUTR 6609 - Research Methodology in Nutrition

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• NUTR 6610 - Nutrition and Disease I

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• NUTR 6693 - Human Nutrition Internship I

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• NUTR 6611 - Nutrition and Disease II

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• NUTR 6694 - Human Nutrition Internship II

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• NUTR 6612 - Nutrition and Health: Contemporary Issues and Controversies
• NUTR 6613 - Maternal and Child Nutrition
• NUTR 6614 - Public Health Nutrition and Assessment
• NUTR 6642 - Functional Nutrition and Physical Assessment
• NUTR 6690 - Research Project

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• NUTR 6696 - Human Nutrition Internship III

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• Restricted Elective (3 credits from the list below)

Restricted Electives

• NUTR 6601 - Nutritional Biochemistry I: Fundamentals
• NUTR 6602 - Nutritional Biochemistry II: Applications
• NUTR 6603 - Nutritional Physiology
• NUTR 6606 - Cell and Molecular Biology of Human Nutrition
• NUTR 6615 - Nutrition and Exercise for Performance and Health
• NUTR 6633 - Nutritional Genomics
• NUTR 6670 - Selected Topics
• NUTR 6695 - Independent Study

Human Nutrition Program Options

Students enrolled in the Human Nutrition graduate program may wish to complete undergraduate courses to fulfill the foundation knowledge and skills required in a Didactic Program in Nutrition and Dietetics (DP) accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics -ACEND (formerly the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association), 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, 800.877.1600, www.eatright.org. The undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetics program encourages students to apply concurrently to the Graduate Program in Human Nutrition AND the Undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetics Program (second application fee will be waived) so that a transcript evaluation can be completed by the undergraduate Program Director, to determine which undergraduate courses are required  to receive a "Verification Statement" for entry into a post-graduate Dietetic Internship Program en route to becoming a registered dietitian. A minimum of 10-12 undergraduate courses are usually required to meet verification requirements and may be taken concurrently with the weekend graduate program. Students may then apply to an accredited dietetic internship program (supervised practice) in their final year of study. Once supervised practice hours are completed (minimum of 1200 hours), the candidate will sit for the national registration exam admininstered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as the final requirement for becoming a registered dietitian (RD).