Accelerated Master of Science Degree Program

The accelerated master's degree option is a specific arrangement of graduate admissions and courses and other requirements to enable students to complete the requirements for a baccalaureate degree and a specified master's degree in less calendar time than would be required through normal sequential enrollment.  This is a rigorous and demanding program designed to offer high achieving undergraduate students a quicker path to a terminal graduate degree.

Students interested in the new accelerated bachelor's/master's degree program in Nutrition should contact Claire Norton (for undergraduate course questions) or Elena Carbone (for graduate course questions).

Students graduating from the accelerated master's degree progtram in Nutrition will have both a B.S. and an M.S. degree.

Required courses:

COURSE	COURSE NAME	# of CREDITS
BIOS 540	Intro Biostatistics	3
EPI 630	Principles of Epidemiology	3
NUTRITN 630 (prereq 430)	Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism	3
NUTRITN 640	Public Health Nutrition	3
NUTRITN 714	Vitamins and Minerals	3
NUTRITN 741	Methods in Nutrition Research	3
NUTRITN 793A	Graduate Seminar	1
NUTRITN 794A	Graduate Seminar	1
Total # of credits from required courses		20

Nutrition electives:
Students choose 2 courses from list below.  Students must use courses that were not used towards their undergraduate degree.

COURSE	COURSE NAME	# of CREDITS
NUTRITN 597J	Nutritional Genomics	3
NUTRITN 572	Community Nutrition	3
NUTRITN 585	Practical Skills in Nutrition Counseling	3
NUTRITN 578	Nutritional Problems in the Developing World	3
NUTRITN 678	Topics in International Nutrition	3
NUTRITN 597K	Culture, Nutrition and Health	3
NUTRITN 597R	Nutrition and Reproductive Health	2
NUTRITN 597G	Nutrition and Food Policy	3
NUTRITN 597S	Nutrition and Cancer	3
NUTRITN 580	Medical Nutrition Therapy	4
NUTRITN 715	Advanced Vitamins and Minerals	3
Total # of credits from Nutrition electives		6-7

Other Electives:
Non-thesis students will take an additional two 3-credit electives, with at least 3 credits outside the department.

500 level or greater course - one from another department	6
Culminating Experience (1-credit seminar)	1
Total # of credits from Other Electives and Culminating Experience	7

 

Total # of Elective Credits	13-14
Total # of Credits	33-34