Master of Science in Health Science: Nutrition
| Program Overview | This degree is designed for those students who wish to emphasize the application of advanced nutrition knowledge in clinical or community based health programs. There are three options to this 41-semester hour program. The first option, MSH/Nutrition thesis, allows students to pursue an independent research project as a culminating experience in their masters program. The second option, MSH Nutrition non-thesis program, allows students to complete 12 pre-approved credits through a series of project, field experience, and independent study courses. The third option, MSH Nutrition/Internship, enables graduates from CADE approved didactic programs in dietetics to fulfill the requirement for a preprofessional practice experience and become eligible to sit for the National Registration Examination. The Dietetic Internship at the University of North Florida has been granted Accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetics Association, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, 312-899-0040 ext. 5400. Twelve students are admitted each Fall to this four semester full-time program and students must complete both the Masters Degree and Internship experience in order to receive a verification statement and sit for the Dietetic Registration Exam. |
| Special Notes About the Program | This is a program in strong growth mode. |
| Application Information | Applications are accepted fall, spring, and summer terms. |
| Admission Requirements | In addition to satisfying general University criteria for admission into a graduate program, students wishing to enter the degree program leading to the Master of Science in Health degree must present GRE scores (1000 minimum total on verbal and quantitative sections), or a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in all work completed as an upper-division student (normally 60 semester hours taken during the last two years of undergraduate study). GRE scores are mandatory and must be received prior to being fully admitted into the graduate program. In addition, students must have an undergraduate degree supporting graduate study in Health Science. Students not satisfying the latter condition may be admitted only after arranging with the graduate advisor for a program of study which will remove the deficiencies. Letter of recommendation may be required. |
| Graduate Program Director & Advising Coordinator | Dr. Catherine Christie |
| Program Faculty and Department Chair | Click Here |
| Mission & Goals | Click Here |
| Accreditation | CADE -- American Dietetic Association / Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education |
| Curriculum & Requirements | See pages 55-56 of the Graduate Catalog |
| Program Policies | (in progress) |
| Total Program Credit Hours | 41 semester credit hours |
| Average Length of the Program | Two years |
| Approximate Number of Students in the Program | 30 |
| Community Connections | The Nutrition program has one of the strongest community internship programs at UNF, with rotation sites at Shands Hospital, Orange Park Medical Center, St. Vincent 's Hospital, Flagler Hospital, Memorial Medical Center, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital, Baptist Medical Center, Duval County Public Health Department WIC Sites, Medical Nutrition Therapy of Florida, Inc., Jacksonville Children's Commission, AHEC, Jacksonville Senior Services, UNF Child Development Research Center, High Intensity Training Center, Shands Diabetes Center, Baptist Pediatrics, River Garden Hebrew Home, Nemours Children's Hospital, and Wekiva Springs |
| Career Possibilities | |
| Graduate Student Stories & Pictures | Click Here |
| Resources & Links | (in progress) |