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Department of Human Nutrition and Hospitality Management
Graduate Program
Course Requirements
Thirty semester hours are required to complete the degree. Students may choose a thesis or non-thesis option.
Required Courses (18-21 hours):
NHM 560—Nutrition in the Life Cycle (3 hours) NHM 561—Advanced Nutrition I (3 hours)
NHM 562—Advanced Nutrition II (3 hours)
HES 509—Research Methods in Human Environmental Sciences (3 hours)
CHS 525—Biostatistics (3 hours) (or another approved statistics course)
NHM 599—Thesis research (6 hours)
OR
NHM 598__Non-thesis research (3 hours)
Electives: (9-12 hours)
Electives must be approved by the student’s academic advisor. Examples of 3-hour courses the student may choose include:
NHM 509—Outcomes Research in Nutrition and Health
NHM 557—Childhood Obesity
NHM 566—Advanced Clinical Nutrition
NHM 569—Advanced Community Nutrition
NHM 590—Special Problems in Nutrition
NHM 625—Nutritional Epidemiology
HHE 515—Advances in Health Sciences
HHE 520—Health Behavior
HHE 530—Health Promotion Techniques
CHS 520—Basic Epidemiology
Admission Requirements
Application materials are available on-line at http://graduate.ua.edu.
Students with a an overall grade point average (GPA) or grade point average for the last 60 semester hours of 3.0 or higher may apply for unconditional admission. Students with a GPA of 2.5-2.99 and acceptable scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Millers Analogy Test (MAT) may apply for conditional admission.
While being a registered dietitian is not a requirement for entering the masters program, students should be aware of the laws governing the practice of dietetics in their respective states. Most states require persons who practice dietetics to be a registered dietitian. This masters degree does not provide eligibility to sit for the registration examination to become a registered dietitian, nor does it provide eligibility to apply to a dietetic internships. The on-campus masters degree provides an opportunity to participate in the coordinated program in dietetics and to become eligible to sit for the registration examination. Additional courses, most of which are available by distance may be taken to meet the criteria for applying to a dietetic internship.
Didactic Program Requirements for Persons with a Bachelor’s Degree 2006-08
Distance Course Delivery
Courses are made available in various ways to students in the masters program. Most of the courses are available through QUEST, a program that videotapes classes as they are presented on campus. For more information on QUEST, see the College of Continuing Studies web site http://bama.ua.edu/~cstudies/. Choose videotape programs.
Students may also take on-line courses through the GOALS program. Information on the GOALS program is available at http://distanceeducation.ua.edu/. Choose college internet program.
For More Information
For more information contact Dr. Olivia Kendrick, Department Head, at okendric@ches.ua.edu or 205-348-9146.
