Distinct Curricular Themes of the MSCMD

An individualized curriculum which allows the flexibility to select from a menu of courses that best meets the needs of the individual student to align with their specific professional or personal goals. For example:

  • An individual working with athletes would take the core courses, and select electives such as the following and complete a research project that focuses on athletes.
    • Advanced Sports Nutrition
    • Topics in Nutrition
    • Systems Approach to Obesity
    • Nutrigenomics
  • An individual working in the community might choose electives in the following and complete a research project on interventions for the prevention or treatment of childhood obesity.
    • Advanced Nutrition Counseling
    • Systems Approach to Obesity
    • Nutrition, Disease, and the Inflammatory State
    • Topics in Nutrition
  • A clinical dietitian might choose to complete a research project surrounding Medical Nutrition Therapy interventions for disease management and select the follow courses:
    • Medical Nutrition Therapy III
    • Nutrition and Cancer
    • Nutrition, Disease, and the Inflammatory State
    • Topics in Nutrition or Nutrigenomics

An emphasis on leadership principles to practice in nutrition and dietetics whether relating to systemic leadership, or the supervisory skills needed to assist with organizational change and transformation.

An evidence-based research model that emphasizes quantitative and qualitative methodologies consistent with master’s level inquiry specific to one’s own practice setting, including competencies in interpretation and critique of scientific health care literature for application and integration into practice settings.

Nutrition Electives

Other Potential Electives