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DFNDH - Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health (PHD)

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School of Health SciencesHE Graduate DegreePHD - Doctor of Philosophy

Simple Requirements

Completion requirement

The Ph.D. requires 90 credits post-baccalaureate, including a minimum of 30 credits for the Ph.D. dissertation. No foreign language is required.

Programs of study are developed according to the interests, backgrounds, and career goals of the students. In addition to graduate human nutrition courses, students often include courses from other departments such as animal sciences and industry; grain science and industry; biochemistry; chemistry; anatomy and physiology; kinesiology; psychology; and biology; from the Colleges of Business Administration and Education; and from interdisciplinary international courses.

Department Requirement: 11 credit hours

Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • 1088901
  • 1088991
  • 1054091
  • 1205591
  • 1054121
    OR
    1201461
Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • 1092301
  • 1061181
Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • 1054061
AND
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 1053921
  • 1053961
  • 1054001
  • 1183961
  • 1054051

FNDH, KIN and other graduate level courses as suggested by the supervisory committee.

Three credits must come from KIN 600 or above.

Completion requirement

  Specialization core requirements: 11 credit hours

Completion requirement
Complete ALL of the following Courses:
  • 1190631
  • 1190671
  • 1190711
  • 1201461

Select 4-7 additional hours (not including SENS 701 or SENS 841) from the other specialized Descriptive Sensory Analysis and Consumer Behavior courses.

Completion requirement

To fulfill the 30-hour core requirement, the student can select additional graduate level courses in FNDH or other graduate level courses as suggested by the supervisory committee to ensure the minimum course credits are met.

Completion requirement

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