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| Study mode | Duration | Tuition fees | Start date | Venue |
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Course summary
This program is designed to prepare individuals for teaching and research positions in universities, administrative positions in institutional food service programs, and research positions in the public and private sectors. The areas of food service and applied nutrition are integrated into a unique graduate program that allows either a general or a more specialized approach to the subject matter areas.
Program modules
NFS 641: Advanced Clinical Nutrition, NFS 662: Community Health and Nutrition, NFS 663: The Nutrition of Children, NFS 664: Seminar in Food and Nutrition, NFS 667: Nutrition for Teachers, NFS 673: Child Nutrition Program Management, NFS 675: Production Management in Food Service Systems, NFS 676: Seminar in Institution Management, NFS 693: Readings in Nutrition and Food Systems, NFS 694: Current Topics in Food Service Management, NFS 704: Nutritional Aspects of Proteins, NFS 705: Carbohydrates in Nutrition, NFS 706: Lipids in Nutrition, NFS 707: Minerals in Nutrition, NFS 708: Vitamins in Nutrition, NFS 713 Nutrition Education: Theory, Research, and Practice, NFS 715: Recent Developments in Applied Nutrition, NFS 720: Nutrition and Aging, NFS 730: Digestion, Absorption, and Excretion of Nutrients, NFS 740: Issues in Food Safety, NFS 776: Development of Business Opportunities in Food and Nutrition Systems, NFS 777: Service Systems, Planning and Control, NFS 792: Special Problems in Nutrition, NFS 813: Nutritional Metabolism, NFS 815: Nutrition Support, NFS 817: Advances in Nutrition and Food service Management Education, CHE 623: Biostatistics, REF 761: Experimental Design, REF 762: Advanced Regression Analysis, REF 824: Advanced Experimental Design, REF 830: Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research, PSY 764: Factor Analysis.
Entry requirement for international students
Students must complete masters degree and specific prerequisite courses. such as food service management, quantity foods, management, normal/general nutrition, life cycle nutrition, and univariate statistics. Applicants choosing to emphasize Food Service Management must have completed the following prerequisites: food service management, quantity foods, management, normal/general nutrition, life cycle nutrition, and univariate statistics and choosing to emphasize Applied Nutrition must have completed the following prerequisites: general, organic and biochemistry; advanced nutrition (nutritional biochemistry/metabolism), anatomy and physiology, food service management, and univariate statistics. They must possess a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. For international students whose native language is not English must have the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 560 or above on paper-based test with no section score lower than 54, or a 220 or above on computer-based test with no section score lower than 21 is required for admission.
University of Southern Mississippi accepts IELTS*
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Qualification
Doctoral
Awarding body
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Department name
College of Health, Department of Nutrition and Food Systems
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