Degree Requirements for the MS in Nutrition

MS in Nutrition course requirements (33 total credits)

Core courses (21 credits):

• Four courses in nutritional science (12 credits)
• Two graduate seminars (2 credits)
• Two SPHHS courses in Biostatistics and Epidemiology (6 credits)
• One SPHHS course to meet the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) requirements (SPHHS#600): Great Challenges in Public Health and Health Sciences (1 credit)

Electives:

For MS thesis:

• One nutrition elective course (3 credits)
• Master thesis (9 credits)

For MS non-thesis:

• Four electives possibly with one or two from outside the Nutrition Department (12 credits)

For MS non-thesis/DPD:

• A total of 15 credits are required to meet the requirements for DPD, and 12 credits of them (>500 level) can be utilized to meet the elective requirements for the M.S. degree. Contact our DPD director for additional course requirements about our DPD.

*Dietetic Internship (DI): If you are interested in becoming a registered dietitian (RD/RDN), we encourage you to apply to our dietetic internship program. Additional admission requirements are found on the DI admissions webpage. Students enrolled in the master’s program and interested in the dietetic internship at UMass Amherst, should apply before their final semester, as UMass Amherst grants prior learning credit to eligible students. Visit our website to learn more about the prior learning credit or contact the program director, cmaxwell [at] umass [dot] edu (subject: Dietetic%20internship%20question) (Christy Maxwell). Note: The fall application deadline for the DI program is October 8th and the spring deadline is January 15th.