The goal of the program is to provide students with the necessary skills to investigate the relationship between nutrition and human health, especially with respect to the prevention and control of nutritional problems and related diseases. The program encompasses the fields of nutrition, environmental health sciences, and public health sciences. 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.