M.S. Non-Thesis provides you with the knowledge and experience to prepare you for clinical, community, industry, government, and basic science careers.
We’ve designed our curriculum to develop your:
- Application of research in real world settings, such as program planning, policy development, or counseling
- Concentration in a specialty to expand your career
- Speaking and writing skills for a variety of audiences
- Skills to be lifelong learners and consumers of new and emerging information
This degree does not independently qualify a student to become a registered dietitian nutritionist. Students should be aware of the laws governing the practice of dietetics in their respective states.
M.S. Non-Thesis cannot be combined with our Dietetic Internship
Program Requirements
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Requirements include a minimum of 31 semester credit hours including 3 credits of statistics, and a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work open only to graduate students. In addition to the 15 required NUTR credit hours, students must take 12 elective credits in NUTR or related courses outside NUTR at the 6000, 7000, or 8000 level. Students with credit in NUTR 4100, Micronutrient Nutrition, or equivalent, should substitute another graduate level course in NUTR for NUTR 6100. Students must pass a culminating exam based on their coursework prior to graduating.
Required GradFIRST course (1 credit)
GRSC 7001 1 cr GradFIRST
Required NUTR courses (8 credits)
^6100 3 cr Micronutrient Nutrition (substitute with NUTR course if taken as undergraduate- See graduate manual for substitution procedures)*6400 3 cr Advanced Macronutrients*6900 2 cr Current Topics in Nutritional SciencesElective NUTR courses NUTR 6000/7000/8000 level (choose 7 credits)
^6050 3 cr Optimal Nutrition for the Life Span^6070 1 cr Research Methodology in Human Foods and Nutrition^6200 3 cr We Are What We Eat!^6220 3 cr Nutrition in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport*6230E 3 cr Current Issues in Sports Nutrition*6240E 3 cr Nutrition and Obesity Across the Life Span^6500 3 cr Medical Nutrition Therapy I^6510 3 cr Nutrition Related to the Human Life Cycle^6520 2 cr Clinical Nutrition Interventions^6530 4 cr Medical Nutrition Therapy II^6540 3 cr Public Health Dietetics*6560E 3 cr Nutrition Health and Aging^6570 3 cr Inherited Metabolic Disorders^6590 3 cr Metabolism and Physiology of Energy Balance and Obesity^6600E 2 cr Food and Nutrition Policy^6610 1 cr Foodservice Procurement and Financial Management*6620E 2 cr Management of Foodservice Organizations^6630 3 cr Cultural Aspects of Foods and Nutrition*6640E 3 cr Food Sanitation and Safety^6645 2 cr Functional and Nutritional Properties of Foods^6647 3 cr Sensory Evaluation of Food^6650 3 cr Experimental Study of Food^6660S 3 cr Food and Nutrition Education Methods*6665E 3 cr Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition*6670E 4 cr Nutrition Intervention^6700 3 cr Weight Management Coaching*6800E 3 cr Nutrition and Pharmacotherapy for Disease Management^7040 3 cr Nutritional Epidemiology*7600 4 cr Public Health, Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions^7710 3 cr Study Tour in Foods and Nutrition*7940 VR Nutrition, Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport Internship*8150 3 cr Food & Nutritional Biochemistry*8230 3 cr Advanced Nutrition in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport*8530 3 cr Nutrition and Disease Processes I*8550 3 cr Nutrition and Disease Processes II*8595 1 cr Survey of Obesity and Weight Management*These apply towards the required 12 credit hours of graduate only courses
^Cannot be repeated if taken as an undergraduate. Does not apply towards the required 12 credit hours of graduate only courses.
Statistics choose 3 credits from potential courses
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/docs/Statistics_courses_available_for_FDN_students.pdfElectives (12 required credits)
NUTR courses at the 6000,7000 or 8000 level and/or related courses outside the department at the 6000, 7000, or 8000 levelMinimum Total Credit Hours: 31
- Students must meet Graduate Student requirement of 12 credits of graduate level only coursework.
- These courses are not considered in the 15 required credits of NUTR course requirements: NUTR 7000, NUTR 7010, NUTR 7210, NUTR 7300, and other research or independent study.