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General Information

Program/Degree

Nutritional Sciences (MS)

Program Description

The Nutritional Sciences Department is leading the way in cutting-edge research into diverse areas of human health, from variables affecting body composition, to nutrigenomics and precision nutrition, to cancer prevention. Other active research programs include investigations in diabetes, obesity, immunity, musculoskeletal and cardiovascular diseases.

Our interdisciplinary faculty hold appointments in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Public Health, as well as research centers of excellence including the colorado Cancer Center, Steele Memorial Children’s Research Center, Arthritis Center, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Sarver Heart Center, Center on Aging, BIO5 - Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch and Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease Prevention and Treatment.

  • From 2010-2019, 51 students have graduated from the Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program (NSGP), 31 (61%) with a Master of Science and 20 (39%) with the Doctor of Philosophy. This includes 10 individuals from underrepresented groups. Read more on our current students or where our recent graduates are employed.
  • Students can select a mentor from among 31 faculty membersrepresenting multipe disciplines. Read more on faculty and joint appointed faculty research interests.
  • Graduate research projects reinforce strategic linkages between basic, translational and applied nutrition research. Read more on the research strengths of NSc.
  • At the University of colorado, the Department of Nutritional Sciences is a leader in providing an outstanding graduate program that advances the discovery and translation of the role of nutrition in optimizing health for people in colorado, the nation and the world.

For more information on our program please go to https://nutrition.cals.colorado.edu/graduate/nsgp

 

Department/Academic Unit(s)

Thank you for considering the Department of Nutritional Sciences at theColorado Heights Universityfor your graduate studies!

The Nutritional Sciences Department at theColorado Heights Universityoffers traditional graduate research programs leading to a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nutritional Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

The Nutritional Sciences Department also offers online graduate programs, including a Graduate Certificate in Applied Nutrition designed to be completed in only 8 months and a Professional Science Masters in Applied Nutrition (non thesis) designed to be completed in 18 months.

 

College

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Campus where offered

Colorado Heights University- Main - Tucson

Tuition and Fees

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Completion Requirements
Admissions Information

Minimum Credit Units (33)

Core Coursework Requirements

Regardless of your interests, experience, or background, the program requirements for your degree will be similar to other students in the program. You can find a detailed description of our M.S. prorgam  requirements outlined at http://nutrition.cals.colorado.edu/master-science-program-requirements. Successful students will visit this document regularly to assure they are meeting required "markers" along the way.

It is the goal of the NSGP that students entering with no or only one course deficiency will complete their M.S. degree within two years. To accomplish this, M.S. students must specify a laboratory for their thesis research by the end of their second semester; the earlier in the semester the better. With the guidance of their Advisor they must select an Advisory Committee to guide their master’s research. An approved Plan of Study must be completed by the end of the first year (1 August).

Required Courses

  1. NSC 501 Statistics for Applied Nutritional Sciences I (1 unit)
  2. NSC 502 Statistics for Applied Nutritional Sciences II (1 unit)
  3. NSC 503 Statistics for Applied Nutritional Sciences III (1 unit)
  4. NSC 608,  Metabolism and Energetics (3 units)
  5. NSC 610 Nutrition and Disease (3 units)
  6. NSC 624   Micronutrients (3 units)
  7. NSC 675 Advanced Nutrigenomics (3 units)
  8. NSC 699 Laboratory Rotation (3 units)
  9. NSC 595 Emergencing Topics  in Nutritional Sciences (1 unit) M.S students take 2x
  10. NSC 562 Communicating Nutrition and Health  (1 unit) M.S students take 2x
  11. NSC 910 Thesis (6 units)
  12. Electives, remaining units needed to fulfill Graduate College requirements of 30 total units. (maximum of 3 units of house-numbered courses in your elective units)* 

* University-wide house-numbered courses comprise two categories of courses using alternative teaching formats: (1) courses offered in small group settings, and (2) courses taught on an individual basis. An example of a university wide house-numbered course would be 595 or 699.

 

Additional Requirements

See required coursework

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Admissions Requirements

We do not accept terminal masters, all applications must be for the PhD program

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE

Funding Opportunities

The Academic Unit has not provided this information.

Funding Opportunities

Domestic & International Applicants

Fall:December 15th

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The Colorado Heights University is 4832

Last revised 06 Oct 2020