• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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The Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences provides students with advanced understanding of human nutrition through a curriculum that includes skills with application in both research and community settings.

Highlights

Earn an MS while completing RDN training. At UW, apply to both MS and RDN training programs and complete a cohesive curriculum that integrates degree requirements, coursework and internship required to become an Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

Interdisciplinary Curriculum. MS curriculum involves biostatistics, epidemiology, and nutritional sciences coursework and culminates in a capstone project or thesis.

Faculty. Work with our core, interdisciplinary, and clinical faculty who are recognized as national and international experts in the areas of epidemiology, food systems, health policy, program planning and evaluation, dietetics, and public health nutrition.

Top-ranked School of Public Health. The program’s location within an accredited School of Public Health lends a systems perspective to our curriculum and teaching philosophy and supports strong linkages with state and local public health agencies and programs.

Learning Objectives

Upon satisfactory completion of the Master of Science in Nutritional Sciences, graduates will be able to:

1. Meet the competencies established by the School of Public Health and the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) for all SPH students.

2. Meet the core competencies established by the Nutritional Sciences Program for all Nutritional Sciences students:

Apply knowledge of human nutrient requirements in relation to genetics, metabolic pathways, and physiological function across the life course.

Assess nutritional status of individuals and groups.

Appraise how nutritional factors across the lifespan are linked to non-communicable diseases (NCD) and quality of life.

Apply evidence-based approaches to improve diet quality and nutritional status.

Apply appropriate methodologies to a research question.

Explain, critique, and apply the process of public health practice and nutrition policy development.

Describe the basic components and determinants of the US food and nutrition systems.

3. Translate knowledge and skills from Nutritional Sciences competencies to nutrition research or evidence-based clinical practice (when combined with dietetics training).

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ School of Public Health

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 Prospective graduate students must meet the following minimum requirements: Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university in the U.S.1or its equivalent from a foreign institution; Have earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) for the last 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits. Other English Language Requirements: 580 paper-based TOEFL.

课程信息

学制：全日制

学费：

开学时间：预计在八月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：University of WashingtonSchmitz Hall, 1410 NE Campus Parkway,SEATTLE,Washington,98195, United States