Studies are geared toward researching potential advancements in nutritional health practices on personal, national, and international levels. The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition offers MS and PhD degrees in nutrition and in food science. See the In-Depth Description in Book 4, Agricultural and Food Sciences section. Research emphasizes vegetarian nutrition and plant-foods in relation to human health. Opportunities are available for nutritional epidemiology, clinical trials, applied community nutrition, and laboratory research.
Professors provide open and caring interaction with a multicultural student body.
Animal and human research. Assistantships and fellowships. Distant delivery of MS program in dietetic management for registered dietitians. Specialty areas include experimental nutrition applied to humans and animals, nutritional cell biology and biochemistry, nutrition education, ingestive behavior, and clinical nutrition. Assistantships and fellowships available.