Health Studies - Dietetics Concentration - M.S. Nutrition - Environmental Nutrition Concentration, (Accelerated B.S./M.S.)

University of Memphis

BS, Health Studies (HS) with a concentration in Dietetics (DIET)/ MS, Nutrition (NUTR) with a concentration in Environmental Nutrition (ENVN)The Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s (ABM) degree program HS (DIET)/ NUTR (ENVN) provides qualified UM selected undergraduate students the opportunity to satisfy course requirements, including elective hours, for the bachelor’s degree in HS with a concentration in DIET that also may be subsequently applied on a prearranged basis to the master’s degree in NUTR with a concentration in ENVN that may satisfy some of its degree requirements. For students who work closely with their advisors in planning their course of study in the College of Health Sciences, this option offers the opportunity to simultaneously satisfy partial degree requirements for a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in an accelerated program of study. Upon completion of the undergraduate degree with a satisfactory undergraduate grade point average and a grade of ''B'' or better in all graduate courses completed, the student may move to full graduate student status, and the preapproved graduate courses taken as an undergraduate may be applied toward the pre-specified graduate program of study. Students may use up to 12 credit hours of designated courses in meeting the requirements of both the HS/DIET bachelor’s and NUTR/ENVN master’s degrees. Courses considered for this purpose may include 4000/6000-level cognates and/or 7000-level courses. Undergraduate students will register for the 6000- or 7000-level courses, but fees will be levied at the undergraduate rate. Students applying for this program must: A maximum total of 12 semester hours of preapproved graduate coursework may be considered for dual credit in the undergraduate and graduate degree programs and a maximum total academic load of 15 hours during the semester in which any of the graduate courses are taken. Students interested in this option must meet in person with the program coordinator(s) for the respective undergraduate and graduate programs in question, the CHS Assistant Director of Student Services, as well as the CHS Director of Academic Programs, and receive their written approval of the application. Final acceptance into the ABM program is contingent upon approval by the Dean of the Graduate School. Approvals apply only for the specific programs and courses designated in the application. Stipulated graduate courses for the ABM program are the only ones for which students in the undergraduate program are eligible to enroll, and completion of all allowable graduate courses is optional.Nutrition with a concentration in Environmental Nutrition:Graduate Courses Taken Corresponding Undergraduate Courses ReplacedNUTR 7182 Environmental Nutrition NUTR 4602NUTR 7712 Cultural Foods and Nutrition HMSE 4999HMSE 7010 Research Methods in Health Sciences Upper-division ElectiveHPRO 7780 Health Counseling HLSC 4520

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