Graduate Program in Nutrition

Admission requirements

  1. Undergraduate degree in human or animal nutrition or dietetics, or a related biological or social science.
    Required course prerequisites:
    • 6 credits in chemistry (inorganic and organic)
    • 3 credits physiology
    • 3 credits biochemistry
    • 3 credits nutrition

    Recommended course prerequisites for students wishing to specializing in certain areas of nutrition science:
    • physics
    • calculus
    • analytical chemistry

    Students with more than 8 credits of deficiency and a superior record or special backgrounds, abilities, and interests may be accepted as provisional students for one semester until they qualify for consideration for regular degree status. All deficiencies must be made up with a grade of B or better within the first two semesters.
  2. Overall grade-point average of 3.00 (A=4.00) and a B average in nutrition and related sciences
  3. Acceptable score (an average of the quantitative and verbal score above the 50th percentile) on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) scores may be substituted for GREs.
  4. Three letters of recommendation

Before being offered admission to the M.S./Ph.D., applicants must be reviewed and recommended for admission by the Admissions Committee. Each student must have a faculty member willing to serve as his/her mentor. Students will be considered for fall, spring and summer admission.