Master of Public Health Degree (MPH) in Nutrition Degree Program

Also available online, this degree program prepares those with an advanced degree and three to five years of relevant, post-B.S. experience or Registered Dietitians for practice and career advancement in a public-health nutrition setting. Two courses in nutrition are also required.

Degree Requirements

All candidates must complete 44 graduate credits as follows:

1. Public Health coursework—15 credits. One course from each of the following categories:
PUBHLTH 540 Introductory Biostatistics
PUBHLTH 630 Principles of Epidemiology
PUBHLTH 601 Application of Social and Behavior Theories in Public Health Interventions
PUBHLTH 620 Principles of Public Health Practice
PUBHLTH 565 Environmental Health Practices

2. Nutrition coursework—17 credits
PUBHLTH 634 Nutritional Epidemiology
NUTRITN 572 Community Nutrition
NUTRITN 577 Nutritional Problems in the U.S.
NUTRITN 640 Public Health Nutrition
NUTRITN 731 Nutritional Assessment
NUTRITN 793/4 Graduate seminars (2 credits)

3. Elective coursework—a graduate course in Nutrition (3 credits).

4. Practicum—3 credits. 120-240 hours of field training.

5. Project or additional courses—6 credits as:
a. 6 credit Project and oral project-presentation, or
b. additional 6 credits of coursework (2 courses, 3 cr. each), and a final oral exit examination.