If your goal is to complete only the master's degree at Teachers College, you are required to successfully complete the following six master's prerequisite courses:
1) general chemistry with lab (one
comprehensive semester)
2) organic chemistry with lab (one
comprehensive semester)
3) biochemistry without lab (one
comprehensive semester)
4) human physiology without lab
(one comprehensive semester)
5) introductory nutrition
6) statistics
If your goal is to complete both the master's degree and Dietetic Internship Program (to become a registered dietitian), you are required to successfully complete the following seven master's prerequisite courses:
1) general chemistry with lab (one
comprehensive semester)
2) organic chemistry with lab (one
comprehensive semester)
3) biochemistry without lab (one
comprehensive semester)
4) anatomy & physiology I with
lab*
5) anatomy & physiology II with
lab*
6) introductory nutrition
7) statistics
* A suitable substitute for anatomy & physiology
I and II with labs are two semesters of human biology with labs PLUS one
comprehensive semester of human physiology without lab.
These undergraduate-level master's prerequisites may be
completed at any 2-year or 4-year accredited college or university.
For those who would like to complete prerequisite courses, the following list provides a few examples of colleges and universities and specific courses that have been pre-approved to satisfy master's prerequisites. Included within the list are a few options for online courses. If you wish to complete master's prerequisites at other colleges or universities in New York or elsewhere throughout the country and would like to gain approval for course selections, please cut-and-paste the name of the college/university, course title and course description into an email and send it to Dr. Lora Sporny. Dr. Sporny is the advisor to prospective students and will assist you as you complete prerequisite courses and compile an application for admission to the Nutrition Program. Dr. Sporny can be reached at golora@msn.com.
The sample list that follows also contains examples of colleges and universities offering undergraduate courses in food science, food service management, and microbiology. This information is to assist those who wish to enter a Dietetic Internship Program to become a registered dietitian. These courses are required for Internship eligibility, but are not required for the master's degree. Students admitted to the Nutrition Program are welcome to complete these courses alongside master's courses.
Sample list of prerequisite courses at colleges and universities that have been pre-approved by the Teachers College faculty:
Introductory Nutrition
Nutrition I
NFS 141
3 credits
Hunter College
Nutrition & Health
E33.0119
3 credits
New York University
Nutrition
SCI 150
3 credits
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Nutrition in Health (online)
NSD 225-U800 - Class No. 40443
3 credits
Syracuse University
Basic Nutrition (online)
HN 132 - Class No. 15969
3 credits
Kansas State University
Principles of Health and Nutrition (online)
HSES 330
3 credits
University of Kansas
General Chemistry with Lab
Fundamentals of Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHE 118
4 credits
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Fundamentals of General, Organic & Biological
Chemistry I: Lecture & Lab
CHE 121 (To be followed by CHE 122, which satisfies
organic chemistry with lab)
4 credits
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Essentials of General Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHE 114 & 115
4.5 credits
Lehman College
Essentials of General Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHEM 100 & 101
4 credits
Hunter College
Organic Chemistry with Lab
Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHE 120
4 credits
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Fundamentals of General, Organic & Biological
Chemistry II: Lecture & Lab
CHE 122
4 credits
Borough of Manhattan Community Collge
Essentials of Organic Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHE 120 & 121
4.5 credits
Lehman College
Essentials of Organic Chemistry: Lecture & Lab
CHEM 120 & 121
4 credits
Hunter College
Biochemisty without lab
Biochemistry of Health and Nutrition
BIOL 280
3 credits
Hunter College
Introduction to Biochemistry
CHE 244
3 credits
Lehman College
Nutritional Biochemistry
E33.1064.001
3 credits
New York University
Introductory Biochemistry (online)
X105
3 credits
UC Berkeley Extension
Anatomy & Physiology
Anatomy & Physiology I & II: Lectures & Labs
BIO 425 & BIO 426
4 credits each
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Anatomy & Physiology I & II: Lectures & Labs
BIOL 120 & BIOL 122
4 credits each
Hunter College
Anatomy & Physiology I & II: Lectures & Labs
BIO 181 & 182
4 credits each
Lehman College
Nutrition-Focused Human Physiology
(one comprehensive semester without lab)
E33.1068
3 credits
New York University
The Nature & Science of Food: Lecture & Lab
DFN 120
3 credits
Lehman College
Introduction to Foods & Food Science: Lecture &
Lab
E33.0085.001
E33.0085.002
4 credits
New York University
Food Service Management
Food Management Theory
E33.0091.001
3 credits
New York University
Food Service Systems
NFS 435
3 credits
Hunter College
Food Service Management
DFN 661
3 credits
Lehman College
Food Service Management (online)
HT-MGT 250
3 credits
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Microbiology without Lab
Food Microbiology & Sanitation
E33.1023.001
3 credits
New York University
Microbiology
BIO 230
4 credits
Lehman College
Microbiology
BIO 230
3 credits
Hunter College
Microbiology of Food (online)
FDSCI 600 - No.
15854
2 credits
Kansas State University
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