The Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences includes participating faculty from the Departments of Nutzitional Sciences, Animal Sciences, Food Science, as well as the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and other research institutions. Active participation in a research program is required of all candidates. Required course work covers nutrition and statistics. For the basic nutrition option, courses in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and physiology are required. For the applied nutrition option, courses in clinical nutrition, nutrition education, epidemiology, and community nutrition are required.
Doctoral candidates take additional courses as befits their research interests.
A qualifying written and oral examination for the Ph.D. is taken when most course work has been completed. A booklet describing the research interests of the faculty is available on request. M.S. degrees require a minimum of 24 course credits and 6 hours of research credits. The Ph.D. degree requires 39 course credits and 33 research credits. All degrees require a thesis based on the student's original research.