The Interfaculty Graduate Nutrition Program (GNP), leading to the MS degree in Nutrition (thesis or non-thesis), draws on the resources of various departments of the Faculties of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and provides opportunities for study and research in the general field of nutrition. The involvement of several faculties in this program provides students with a wide range of choices that enables them to specialize in areas of nutrition, such as basic nutrition, community nutrition, clinical nutrition or nutritional biochemistry. Students can register in this program through any of the participating faculties.
The program is administered by an interfaculty coordinating committee and the graduate committees of the participating faculties.
To be accepted into the program, the student must:
Meet general university requirements for admission to graduate study Be recommended by the department concerned
Degree Requirements
MS Nutrition (Thesis)
Requirements for the MS degree in Nutrition (thesis) are coursework and a thesis. (Total number of credits required is 30 including 21 course credits and 9 thesis credits.)
Required Core Courses
| Credits |
| NFSC 311 | Advanced Nutrition: Macro Nutrients
| 3 |
| NFSC 314 | Advanced Nutrition: Minerals | 3 |
| NFSC 315 | Advanced Nutrition: Vitamins | 3 |
| NFSC 395 | Graduate Seminar in Nutrition and Food Science | 3 |
| NFSC 301 | Statistical Methods for Nutrition and Food Science | 3 |
| NFSC 399 | Thesis | 3 |
| Suggested Electives | Credits |
| NFSC 300A | Graduate Tutorial
| 3 |
| NFSC 300B | Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| NFSC 300C | Graduate Tutorial | 3 |
| NFSC 305 | Sensory Evaluation of Food | 3 |
| NFSC 306 | Community Nutrition: Research and Intervention | 3 |
| NFSC 307 | Nutritional Epidemiology | 3 |
| NFSC 308 | Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition | 3 |
| NFSC 310 | Advanced Food Biochemistry | 3 |
| NFSC 351 | Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins | 3 |
Other elective courses must be approved by the Thesis Supervisory Committee and the faculty/school Graduate Studies Committee.
The course program followed by the student as well as the thesis to be undertaken will be selected in consultation with the Thesis Committee, the faculty/school Graduate Studies Committee and the department concerned depending on the student’s background and interests.
Graduate students in the Nutrition (thesis) program may take a maximum of 3 credits in graduate tutorial courses.
MS Nutrition (Non-Thesis)
Requirements for the MS degree in Nutrition (non-thesis) consist of coursework and research. (Total number of credits required is 33.)
Required Core Courses
| Credits |
NFSC 300C
| Graduate Tutorial
| 3 |
| NFSC 311 | Advanced Nutrition: Macro Nutrients | 3 |
| NFSC 314 | Advanced Nutrition: Minerals | 3 |
| NFSC 315 | Advanced Nutrition: Vitamins | 3 |
| NFSC 395 | Graduate Seminar in Nutrition and Food Science | 3 |
| NFSC 301 | Statistical Methods for Nutrition and Food Science | 3 |
| Suggested Electives | Credits |
| NFSC 300A | Graduate Tutorial
| 3 |
| NFSC 300B | Graduate Tutorial
| 3 |
NFSC 305
| Sensory Evaluation of Foods
| 3 |
| NFSC 306 | Community Nutrition: Research and Intervention
| 3 |
| NFSC 307 | Nutritional Epidemiology
| 3 |
| NFSC 308 | Advanced Therapeutic Nutrition
| 3 |
| NFSC 310 | Advanced Food Biochemistry
| 3 |
| NFSC 312 | Sports Nutrition
| 3 |
| NFSC 351 | Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins
| 3 |
Other elective courses need to be approved by the student Supervisory Committee faculty/school Graduate Studies Committee.
Graduate students in Nutrition (non-thesis) can take a maximum of 6 credits in graduate tutorial courses.faculty/school Graduate Studies
Committee.