Arizona State University College of Health Solutions 11 courses 30 total credits
In the Master of Science program in medical nutrition, you learn how nutritional knowledge can be applied to health maintenance, the treatment of disease and disease prevention. Coursework and culminating experiences provide you with an overview of the components of therapeutic diets and the role of qualified health care providers in diet prescription. This master's degree is ideal if you are a: current or future health care professional, including a gap-year student current medical student, resident, fellow or practitioner who seeks to develop a strong knowledge base in the nutritional sciences and your application in the health care field student who has completed a bachelor's degree but has not yet secured admission to medical, veterinary, dental, osteopathic, physician assistant or similar schools The program emphasizes self-directed learning with immersion in current nutrition research. You develop foundational knowledge of nutritional assessment techniques used by health care providers in clinical practice and become well-versed in making recommendations grounded in evidence-based practice. This nonthesis program supports you focusing on the health professions, particularly if you're a preprofessional student in your gap year or if you want to expand your education after completion of a didactic program in dietetics or earning registered dietitian nutritionist licensure. You take intensive, clinically oriented nutrition introductory courses, detailed courses on body systems, and courses that cover emerging health and health care topics.
| Required Core | 15 credits |
| Culminating Experience | 3 credits |
| Total Credits | 30 credits |
Required Core
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BST 501 or HCD 501 | Biostatistics for Research and Practice or Population Health Data Management and Analysis | 3 |
| NTR 503 or NTR 533 | Designing Health Behavior Change Interventions or Food Systems, Ethics and the American Diet | 3 |
| NTR 524 | Chronic Inflammation and Metabolic Syndrome: The Common Pathway for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes | 3 |
| NTR 525 | Complementary Nutrition | 3 |
| NTR 535 | Nutrigenomics | 3 |
| Total Required Core | 15 credits | |
Other Requirements (3 or 9 credit hours)
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NTR 500 | Research Methods | 3 |
| NTR 510 | Food and Nutrition Across the Lifespan | 3 |
| NTR 511 | Medical Nutrition in the Care and Prevention of Disease | 3 |
Culminating Experience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| NTR 593 | Applied Project | 3 |
| Total Culminating Experience | 3 credits | |
Additional Curriculum Information
Students should contact the academic unit regarding course selection for the elective requirement. To pursue the program's dietetics track, students must either be a registered dietitian nutritionist or have completed an accredited didactic program in dietetics. Students in the dietetics track complete NTR 500 for three credit hours to satisfy the other requirements. Students in this track complete nine credit hours of track coursework instead of elective coursework.
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