Master of Science: General Requirements
The major program emphases are in the fields of Nutrition Education, Nutrition and Public Health, and Applied Physiology and Nutrition. Students in all three M.S. programs may qualify for the Dietetic Internship through coursework for the M.S. degrees and the completion of additional academic prerequisites and requirements specifically for the Dietetic Internship. All three M.S. Nutrition degrees require the following core courses:
- HBSV 4010 Food, nutrition, and behavior
- HBSV 4013 Nutritional ecology
- HBSV 4014 Community nutrition
- HBSV 5010 Advanced nutrition I
- HBSV 5011 Advanced nutrition II
- HBSV 5013 Strategies for nutrition education and health behavior change
- HBSV 5014 Analysis of the current literature and research in nutrition
- HBSV 5015 Nutritional epidemiology
- HBSV 5033/HBSV 5034 Nutrition care process and medical nutrition therapy I and II
- HBSV 5036 Nutrition counseling
- HBSV 5231 or 5232 or 5233 Extended fieldwork in nutrition and education, nutrition and public health, or applied physiology and nutrition
- BBSR 5582 Research design in movement sciences and education, or
- HBSS 5040 Research methods in health and behavior studies I, or
- HBSS 6100 Measurement and program evaluation
As noted above, all three Master of Science programs require a block of supervised fieldwork as well as a substantial integrative departmental project or thesis. Fieldwork can take place in the New York City area, in other parts of the United States, or in an international setting, depending on the interests of the student. The Dietetic Internship may satisfy the fieldwork experience requirement. Students must also submit a portfolio of their work.
