The School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness (NSW) is leading the way in cutting-edge research into diverse areas of human health, from variables affecting body composition, to nutrigenomics and precision nutrition, to cancer prevention. Other active research programs include investigations in diabetes, obesity, immunity, musculoskeletal, physical activity and cardiovascular diseases.
Our interdisciplinary faculty hold appointments in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, and College of Public Health, as well as research centers of excellence including the Arizona Cancer Center, Steele Memorial Children’s Research Center, Arthritis Center, Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, Sarver Heart Center, Center on Aging, and the BIO5 Institute for Collaborative Bioresearch and Collaboratory for Metabolic Disease Prevention and Treatment.
More information on our program can be found on the website - https://nutrition.cals.arizona.edu/nsgp.
School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness
Thank you for considering the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness at the University of Arizona for your graduate studies! Please email grad-nsw@email.arizona.edu with any questions.
The School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness at the University of Arizona offers traditional graduate research programs leading to a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Nutritional Sciences under the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. A minor in Nutritional Sciences is offered to Ph.D. students. The School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness also offers online graduate programs, including a Graduate Certificate in Applied Nutrition designed to be completed in only 8 months, an Applied Nutrition - Nutrition & Wellness emphasis professional science master (non-thesis) designed to be completed in 18 months as well as an ACEND accredited Future Education Model - Graduate program, Applied Nutrition - Dietetics emphasis Professional Science Master’s program.
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
University of Arizona - Main - Tucson
Course Requirements for Admission
The GRE test is not reguired if you have taken it you may add it to your application.
Required GRE Subject tests: None
Recommended tests: None
Recommended GRE Subject tests:None
Minimum TOEFL:
Internet-based) Score 79
(Paper-based) Score 550
Minimum IELTS: 7
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 School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.
Domestic & International Applicants:
International applicants may be considered for conditional admission to this program at the department's discretion.
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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 MS 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 MS degree within two years. To accomplish this, MS 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, students 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
* 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 595 or 699.
Potential Elective Courses
Nutritional Sciences
NSC 515 Advanced Sports Nutrition, fall
NSC 515L, Advanced Sports Nutrition Lab, fall
NSC 542 Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy, fall
Agriculture Leadership and Communication
ALC 511 Principles and Applications of Organizational Innovation, fall
ALC 522 Communicating Knowledge in Agriculture and the Life Sciences, fall
Animal and Comparative Biomedical Science
ACBS 567 Computation in Biomedicine, fall
Biostatistics (College of Public Health)
BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health, fall, spring
BIOS 576B Biostatistics for Research, spring
BIOS 576C Applied Biostatistic Analysis, fall
Business Administration
BNAD 510 Business Fundamentals for Scientists, fall
Cancer Biology
CBIO 515 Mechanisms of Human Diseases, spring
CBIO 550 Drug Disposition and Metabolism, spring
CBIO 552 Cancer Biology, contact department
CBIO 553 Advanced Topics in Cancer Biology, contact department
CBIO 597a Experimental Design, 1 unit, contact department
CBIO 630A Cellular Communications and Signal Transduction, spring
CBIO 630 B Cellular Communications and Signal Transduction, fall
CBIO 631 Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics, contact department
Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine CMM 518 Population Genetics
CMM 537 Immunology Basics, fall, spring
CMM 550 Inflammation and Immune Pathology, fall, spring
CMM 577 Principles of Cell Biology, fall
CMM 595H Problems in the Biology of Complex Diseases, spring
Epidemiology Classes (College of Public Health)
EPI 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology, spring
EPI 573B Epidemiological Methods, fall, spring
EPI 573C Advanced Epidemiology, fall
EPI 585 Public Health Fundamentals for Researchers
EPI 615A Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, fall odd years
EPI 615B Cancer Control, contact department
EPI 645 Nutritional Epidemiology, spring
Environmental Health Sciences (College of Public Health)
EHS 584 Fundamental of Industrial and Environmental Health, fall
Environmental Science
ENVS 567 Introductory Statistics and Multivariate Statistics with R, spring
Genetics
GENE 595H Problems in the Biology of Complex Diseases, spring
GENE 526 Population Genetics, contact department
GENE 670 Recent Advances in Genetics, fall, spring
GENE 677 Principles of Genetic Association Standards, spring
Health Promotion Science (College of Public Health)
HPS 530 Nutrition, Health and Development, spring
HPS 559 Management of Public Health Emergencies, fall, spring
HPS 560 International Nutrition, spring
HPS 578 Public Health Nutrition, fall
Immunobiology
IMB 519 General Immunological Concepts, fall
IMB 548 Basic and Advanced Immunology, fall
IMB 564 Advanced Topics: Function, Regulation and Dysregulation of the Immune System, spring
IMB 566 Cellular Immunology, fall
Instruction and Assessment
IA 697A Learner Centered Teaching, fall, spring
IA 697B Using Technology in teaching, fall
IA 680 Classroom Assessment, spring
Molecular and Cellular Biology
MCB 572A Cell systems, fall
MCB 580 Introduction to Systems Biology, fall
MCB 595H Problems in the Biology of Complex Diseases, spring
MCB 695E Science, Society and Ethics, spring
Neuroscience
NRSC 560Systems Neuroscience, spring
NRSC 588 Principles of Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, fall
Physiology
PSIO 503 Cellular and Molecular Physiology, fall
PSIO 520 Exercise and Environmental Physiology, spring
PSIO 595K Inflammation and Disease, fall
PSIO 603A, Human Physiology, spring
Physiological Sciences
PS 595B Scientific Writing Strategies, Presentation and Bioethics, spring
Psychology
PSY 501A Principles of Psychophysiology, spring
PSY 578 Sleep and Sleep Disorders, fall, spring
PSY 587 Foundations in Health Psychology, fall
PSY 588 Behavioral Medicine Interventions, spring
Science Communication Interdisciplinary
Minor Courses https://science.arizona.edu/graduate-certificate-science-communication
Nine credit hours are required, comprising three classes of three credit hours each.
Students must choose at least two courses from Group I:
Group I
SCI 501 Science Communication
JOUR 506 Introduction/Advanced Reporting
JOUR 572 Science Journalism
Students must choose at least one course from Group II:
Group II
ENG 514 Advanced Scientific Writing MCB Scientific Communication
SLHS 649 Survival Skills and Ethics
JOUR 507 Reporting with Multimedia
JOUR 555 Environmental Journalism
ENVS 508 Scientific Writing for Environmental, Agricultural & Life Sciences
ENVS 515 Translating Environmental Science
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
SPH 649 Survival Skills and Ethics, spring
Seminars and Journals
CPH 596H Prevention and Control of Disease, fall
CPH 696A Epidemiology Seminar, fall, spring
CPH 696B Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar, fall, spring
CBIO 595A - Oncogenes and Signal Transduction, contact department
CBIO 595G - Cancer Biology: Focus on Breast Cancer, contact department
CBIO 596C – Cancer Biology Colloquium, contact department
CBIO 596H Cancer Biology GIDP Series, contact department
PSIO 696A Physiology Series, fall, spring
PSIO 696C Physiology Student Forum, fall, spring
No other requirements
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.
Program-level Information | |
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Application Acceptance Rate | 8.33% |
Avg. Time-to-degree (years) | 1.86 |
Department-level Information | |
Enrollment Percent Male | 8.51% |
Enrollment Percent Female | 91.49% |
Enrollment Percent International | 12.77% |
Enrollment Percent URM | 31.91% |