Course Schedule
The Meredith MS Nutrition program accommodates full- or part-time students. Full-time students can complete a majority of the course requirements in a full calendar year.
Full-time schedule for students entering in the fall semester:
Fall 1
FN 610 Research Methods in Nutrition (3)
FN 611 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 8
Spring 1
FN 612 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FN 620/621 Advanced Nutrient Metabolism I & II (4)
FCS 645 Regression Analysis and other Multivariate Models (3)
Hours = 10
Summer 1
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 3
Fall 2
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FN 627 Food and Society (3)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)1
Hours = 7
Spring 2
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
FN 670 Practicum in Nutrition (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)2
Hours = 6
Full-time schedule for students entering in the spring semester:
Spring 1
FN 620/621 Advanced Nutrient Metabolism I & II (4)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 7
Summer 1
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 3
Fall 1
FN 610 Research Methods in Nutrition (3)
FN 611 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
Hours = 6
Spring 2
FN 612 Lifecycle Nutrition II (2)
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FCS 645 Regression Analysis and other Multivariate Models (3)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 9
Summer 2
FN 670 Practicum in Nutrition (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)2
Hours = 3
Fall 2
FN 627 Food and Society (3)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)1
Hours = 6
Fall 1
FN 610 Research Methods in Nutrition (3)
FN 611 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
Hours = 5
Spring 1
FN 612 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
FCS 645 Regression Analysis and other Multivariate Models (3)
Hours = 5
Summer 1
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 3
Fall 2
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 4
Spring 2
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FN 620/621 Advanced Nutrient Metabolism I & II (4)
Hours = 5
Summer 2
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 3
Fall 3
FN 627 Food and Society (3)
Hours = 3
Spring 3
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)1
Hours = 3
Summer 3
FN 670 Practicum in Nutrition (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)2
Hours = 3
Sample Schedule for students needing MS Nutrition Prerequisites:
To begin any graduate-level nutrition course the faculty requires that students have completed FN 227 and MAT 245.
Summer 1
FN 227 Introductory Nutrition (3)
MAT 245 Statistics I (3) hours)2
Hours = 6
Fall 1
FN 610 Research Methods in Nutrition (3)
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FN 124 Principles of Foods (3)
Hours = 7
Spring 1
FN 625 Seminar in Foods and Nutrition (1)
FCS 645 Regression Analysis and other Multivariate Models (3)
CHE 111/141 Chemistry I/with Lab (4)
Hours = 8
Summer 2
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
BIO 322/342 Human Anatomy and Physiology/with Lab (4)
Hours = 7
Fall 2
FN 611 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
CHE 112/142 Chemistry II/with Lab (4)
Hours = 9
Spring 2
FN 612 Lifecycle Nutrition I (2)
FN 620/621 Advanced Nutrient Metabolism I & II (4)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)
Hours = 9
Summer 3
FN 670 Practicum in Nutrition (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)2
Hours = 3
Fall 3
FN 627 Food and Society (3)
Graduate Nutrition Elective (3)/ or FN 680 Thesis in Nutrition (3 of 6 hours)1
Hours = 6
1 If Practicum option is selected, the graduate student will need to take 4 electives and 3.0 hours in FN 670, if Thesis option is selected, the graduate student will need to take 3 electives and 6.0 hours in FN 680.
2 If Practicum option is selected, the graduate student will enroll in the practicum course, if Thesis option is selected, the graduate student will complete the remaining 3 hours of thesis work.
