Accelerated Nutritional Sciences (BS)/Food, Nutrition, and Health (MS)

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The accelerated Accelerated Nutritional Sciences (BS)/Food, Nutrition, and Health (MS) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated MS/Master of Science in Food, Nutrition, and Health degree with early admission to the graduate program as well as the ability to count nine credit hours of coursework in their graduate program toward their undergraduate electives.

Application Process

The student will: complete K-State Graduate School application online, and submit application fee following instructions provided; submit a statement of academic objective(s) and preferred primary advisor with the application; submit three letters of recommendation; and submit transcript(s) of all undergraduate work to CollegeNet.

Students are responsible for researching financial aid implications of starting an accelerated degree program.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate students applying for the accelerated program are required to have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours towards their bachelor degree. The following requirements must be met for admission into the accelerated program:

The student must be seeking the bachelor’s degree.
The student must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours toward the bachelor degree at the time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.250.
The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook and any graduate program specific requirements.
A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.

Program Specific Admission Requirements

A maximum of 9 graduate credit hours from the Food, Nutrition, and Health (MS) degree will satisfy the requirements for the B.S. degree program in the FNDH department. In consultation with their major professor and undergraduate advisor students must enroll in these courses for graduate credit.

Once a student is admitted to the accelerated BS/MS degree program, the student should consult the graduate school handbook for policies and procedures for M.S. degrees, which include supervisory committee, final examination, and thesis defense, etc. The student will work closely with his/her major professor to form a supervisory committee and file a program of study specifying required courses. The student’s supervisory committee must approve the program of study, which is a statement of the student’s graduation requirements. The undergraduate advisor will continue to advise the student in academic progress toward the B.S. degree, and the major professor will supervise the student’s academic progress (including thesis, report or course-work only option) for the M.S. degree.

Admission to the graduate program is provisional until the student completes the B.S. degree requirements.

In the event that a student begins this program, but does not finish the M.S. Nutrition, Dietetics, and Sensory Sciences degree requirements, he/she must change the nine credit hours of his/her graduate classes to undergraduate credit to receive the B.S. degree.

Any student who has already graduated with a B.S. in the department of Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health at K-State is not eligible for the accelerated B.S./M.S. program. The student must apply for and start in the program before completing the B.S. degree (generally prior to senior year).

Course Requirements

Food, Nutrition and Health (MS)

Overlapping Courses

Students may select up to 9 credits from the list of courses below to satisfy the requirements for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses should be listed at the 600-700 level.

FNDH 600 - Public Health Nutrition Credits: 3
FNDH 620 - Nutrient Metabolism Credits: 3
FNDH 631 - Clinical Nutrition I Credits: 3
FNDH 632 - Clinical Nutrition II Credits: 3
FNDH 635 - Sports Nutrition Credits: 3

Graduation Requirements

After completion of all undergraduate program requirements, including the up to nine (9) overlapping graduate credit hours that are counted toward the bachelor’s degree, the student must apply to be awarded the bachelor’s degree.
After receiving the bachelor degree, the student is eligible to be fully admitted into the master program portion of the accelerated bachelor-master program.
To complete the second part of the accelerated program, the student must complete all master program requirements with a graduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.000.

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