Nutritional Sciences Graduate Minor

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About the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Minor

The Nutritional Sciences graduate minor is designed for students seeking to enhance their primary graduate program with advanced knowledge in nutrition science. This minor complements a wide range of graduate fields, including health sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, and related disciplines, by strengthening understanding of the nutritional factors influencing health and disease. The minor may be completed at either the master’s or doctoral level and will be noted on the student’s official transcript upon completion.

Students pursuing a master’s degree complete the required courses plus one additional 3-credit-hour Nutritional Sciences elective, for a total of 9 credit hours.

Students pursuing a doctoral degree complete the required courses plus 9 additional credit hours of Nutritional Sciences electives, for a total of 15 credit hours. A maximum of 3 hours of NS 7000 can be taken for the doctoral minor only to pursue research.

Additional information is available on the program website.

Required Courses:

NS 5370 - Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Lipids in Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 5365 - Vitamins and Minerals 3 Semester Credit Hours

Elective Courses:

NS 5335 - Issues in Sports Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5338 - Bariatric Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5339 - Nutrition and Eating Disorders 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5340 - Pediatric Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5341 - Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Diseases 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5344 - Nutrition and Geriatrics 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5345 - Nutrition and Sustainability of Global Food Supplies 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 5360 - Advanced Community Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6310 - Nutrition Education 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 6315 - Genetic Regulation of Metabolism 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6318 - Maternal and Child Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 6320 - Nutritional Epidemiology 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6325 - Nutrition, Exercise, and Sport 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 6330 - Nutritional Supplements and Ergogenic Aids 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 6335 - Motivating Health Behavior: Coaching Theory and Application 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6340 - The Role of Nutrition in Diabetes and Obesity 3 Semester Credit Hours
(As Obesity & Diabetes or Cardiovascular Disease & Cancer)
NS 6345 - Nutrition Immunology 3 Semester Credit Hours
NS 6360 - Issues of Food and Nutrition Security 3 Semester Credit Hours *
NS 6365 - Obesity Management for the Clinical Practitioner 3 Semester Credit Hours *
*Only offered online.