May 30, 2024

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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Nutrition Science (PhD)

Program Educational Goals:

Students will demonstrate the ability to identify strengths and limitations of different nutrition assessment tools, and choose appropriate ones for different settings.
Students will demonstrate written proficiency of the literature in a nutrition-related content area.
Students will demonstrate oral proficiency of the literature in a nutrition-related content area.
The student will demonstrate the ability to: (1) generate and code summary variables; (2) code and run appropriate descriptive, bivariate, and multivariable models; (3) interpret output for descriptive, bivariate, and multivariable models.
Students will demonstrate the ability to identify, and answer a novel research question.
Students will demonstrate the ability to disseminate written scientific literature.
Students will demonstrate the ability to verbally present scientific results in a scholarly setting.

Program Policy Document:

Please see the Program Policy Document for more information.

Requirements for the Degree:

The Nutrition Science PhD Program requires successful completion of a minimum of 48 credit hours, completion of preliminary examination, dissertation proposal defense, dissertation defense and a publishable paper. The Nutrition Science PhD Program is designed to be completed over a 4-year period.

Core Requirements:

12 Credits

BHAN 855 - Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in Health Sciences Credit(s): 3
BHAN 856 - Multivariable Biostatistics for Population Health Credit(s): 3
NTDT 812 - Current Topics in Nutritional Sciences Credit(s): 3
NTDT 822 - Research Methods in Nutrition Assessment Credit(s): 3

Statistics/ Data Analysis Electives:

9 credits

Choose three of the following:

BHAN 609 - Survey Research Methods Credit(s): 3
BISC 643 - Biological data analysis Credit(s): 3
EDUC 812 - Regression and Structural Equation Modeling Credit(s): 3
EDUC 856 - Introduction to Statistical Inference Credit(s): 3
EPID 605 - Epidemiology Methods I Credit(s): 3
MMSC 635 - Practical Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics Credit(s): 3
PSYC 809 - Research Design Credit(s): 3
PSYC 860 - Psychological Statistics I Credit(s): 3
PSYC 878 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling Credit(s): 3
STAT 608 - Statistical Research Methods Credit(s): 3
STAT 613 - Applied Multivariate Statistics Credit(s): 3
STAT 615 - Design and Analysis of Experiments Credit(s): 3
STAT 656 - Biostatistics Credit(s): 3

Nutrition and General Electives:

12 credits - please discuss any elective choices in consultation with advisor

Choose four of the following:

HLPR 813 - Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine Credit(s): 3
HLPR 819 - Social Marketing Credit(s): 3
MMSC 650 - Medical Biochemistry Credit(s): 4
NTDT 608 - Nutrition Program Planning and Evaluation Credit(s): 3
NTDT 610 - Overweight and Obesity Prevention and Management Credit(s): 3
NTDT 640 - Nutrition and Aging Credit(s): 3
NTDT 655 - Issues in International Nutrition Credit(s): 3
NTDT 810 - Nutrition Informatics Credit(s): 3

Research:

6 credits

NTDT 868 - Research Credit(s): 1-6

BHAN/NTDT Seminars

NTDT 665 is taken for 0 credits each spring (4 times).

BHAN 860 is taken for 0 credits each fall (4 times)

BHAN 860 - Graduate Research Seminar Credit(s): 0
NTDT 665 - Seminar Credit(s): 1-3

Dissertation:

9 credits

NTDT 969 - Dissertation Research Credit(s): 9

Credits to Total a Minimum of 48

Last Revised for 2023-2024 Academic Year