Graduate Program: Nutritional Sciences (MS)

General Information

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

Course Requirements for Admission

1. One year of Organic Chemistry (6 units) with laboratory (2 units), equivalent to Chem 241 A, B and Chem 243 A, B
2. One year (minimum 6 units) of upper division Biochemistry (junior or senior level)
3. One year (6 units) of Biology, equivalent to BIO 181R and 182R (Microbiology can count toward one semester of this requirement)
4. One year (minimum 6 units) of Human Physiology
5. One semester (3 units) of upper division, undergraduate Nutrition Science, equivalent to NSC 408 Nutritional Biology

 

Standardized Tests

Required test(s): GRE
Required GRE Subject tests: None

Recommended tests:None
Recommended GRE Subject tests:None

Minimum GRE Verbal:75%
Minimum GRE Quantitative: 75%
Minumum GRE Written: 75%

Minimum TOEFL:

Internet-based) Score 79

(Paper-based) Score 550

Minimum IELTS: 7

 

Financial Aid

Financial aid is available on a competitive basis in the form of teaching and research assistantships and tuition scholarships sponsored by The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona Graduate College, The University of Arizona General Education Program and The Department of Nutritional Sciences.

 

Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

• Fall: January 3, 2019
• No Spring Admission
• International Applicants:
• Fall: January 3, 2019
• No Spring Admission

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants may be considered for conditional admission to this program at the department's discretion.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

Completion Requirements

Degree 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.arizona.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 520 Advanced Nutritional Science (3 units)
2. NSC 602, Metabolic Integration (3 units)
3. NSC 622A Vitamins or N SC 623 Mineral Metabolism (3 units)
4. NSC 699 Laboratory Rotation (3 units)
5. Statistics (3 units)
6. NSC 696B Nutrition Seminar (2 units)
7. NSC 910 Thesis (6 units)
8. 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 695 or 699.

 

Minor Requirements

No minor is offered with our M.S. degree

 

Student Handbook

https://nutrition.cals.arizona.edu/graduate-education