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Food and Nutrition (M.S.)

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Overview

Requirements

Completion requirement

The program requires a minimum of 13 courses: four core courses, four concentration courses, two elective courses, three practicum courses, together with undergraduate prerequisite courses required for students without appropriate academic backgrounds. Students are also required to register for NUTR 930 Nutrition in the School Environment, in the summer preceding the School Nutrition Practicum. Registration fee applies.

Students who provide a current ACEND Verification Form indicating completion of the Didactic Program in Dietetics may have some core and/or concentration courses waived. Students are required to select additional graduate elective courses for a total of fifteen (15) to replace any waived courses. A comprehensive examination is required as the student’s culminating experience.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:

Note: STAT 203 not required for students having had an acceptable statistics course within the last five years. NUTR 262 not required for student having had an equivalent food course. Courses in Human Physiology and in Biochemistry must have been successfully completed within the last five years.

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Elective courses will not be offered each semester and may not be offered every year. Elective courses require written approval from the student’s advisor.

Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
Completion requirement

The program requires 10 courses: three core courses, one concentration courses, two elective courses, and three practicum courses. It can be completed in five years and includes coursework in the summer following completion of the Bachelor degree. Registration fee applies.
An oral comprehensive examination is required as the student’s culminating experience. A laptop computer with Windows operating system is required. Framingham State University offers a purchase program.

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NUTR 981 Practicum in Clinical Dietetics (2 course-credits)

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Elective courses will not be offered each semester and may not be offered every year. Elective courses require written approval from the student’s advisor.

Complete at least 2 of the following Courses:
Completion requirement

The program requires a minimum of ten (10) courses: four (4) core courses, five (5) concentration courses, and one (1) approved elective course; along with undergraduate prerequisite courses required for students without an appropriate academic background.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
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CHEM 821 Instrumental Analysis with Lab (an elective may be substituted with approval of the program advisor)

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Complete one of the following courses:

An 800- or 900-level graduate elective course must be approved, in writing, by the student’s advisor.

Completion requirement

The program requires a minimum of ten (10) courses: four (4) core courses and six (6) concentration and elective courses, together with undergraduate prerequisite courses required for students without appropriate academic backgrounds. A minimum of ten (10) courses is required for graduation.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
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Complete ALL of the following Courses:
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Elective courses will not be offered each semester and may not be offered every year.
Elective courses require written approval from the student’s advisor.
Choose four (4) electives from list below or consult with advisor for alternate options:

Complete at least 4 of the following Courses:

*Denotes course required to meet the Didactic Program in Dietetics