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MS Nutrition

The master of science degree in nutrition is offered to meet the specific needs of those who desire advanced training in nutritional sciences. The MS degree in nutrition has the following objectives:
1. To provide a basic science approach to understanding advanced areas in human nutrition.
2. To enhance research skills by developing or applying advanced laboratory techniques in human-nutrition research.

General requirements

Applicants must hold a BS degree or BA with required science prerequisites completed or a doctoral-level health professional degree. Applicants must have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better in their undergraduate coursework and must provide acceptable scores on the general test of the Graduate Record Examination as well as a clear statement of personal and professional goals. Other requirements may be found in the University Catalog.

Prerequisite

Specific courses required as prerequisites are microbiology, physiology, general thorough organic chemistry, and basic nutrition. Nutritional metabolism or biochemistry is also required; however, this course can be taken concurrently with the MS program if not previously completed with a B or better grade.

Curriculum

Nutrition (26 units)

• NUTR 517 Advanced Nutrition I (4)
• NUTR 518 Advanced Nutrition II (4)
• NUTR 519 Phytochemicals (2)
• NUTR 564 Contemporary Issues of Vegetarian Diets (2)
• NUTR 510 Advanced Public Health Nutrition (3)
• NUTR 605 Seminar (1)
• NUTR ___ Electives (10)

Statistics and Research (15 units)

• STAT 514 Intermediate Statistics for Health-Science Data (3)
• STAT 548 SPSS (2)
• or
• STAT 549 SAS (2)
• NUTR 539 Research Methods in Nutrition (2)
• NUTR 694 Research (6)
• NUTR 695 Thesis (2)

Religion (3 units)

• RELE 534 Ethical Issues in Public Health (3)

Public Health (4 units)

• EPDM 509 Principles of Epidemiology I (3)
• PHCJ 605 Overview of Public Health (1)

TOTAL UNITS REQUIRED 48 UNITS

Indicators of Educational Effectiveness

• Written comprehensive examination
• Oral defense of thesis or publishable paper

Contact Information - Department of Nutrition

Mailing Address:
Department of Nutrition
Nichol Hall 1102
Loma Linda, CA 92350

Website: www.llu.edu/llu/sph/nutrition
E-mail: nutritiondept@llu.edu
Phone: (909) 558-4598
Fax: (909) 558-4095

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