M.S. in Nutrition
The Master of Science program in Nutrition at Brooklyn College provides advanced-level study of nutritional science and clinical nutrition. This advanced degree equips you with more sophisticated understanding of nutrient metabolism and its application to both normal physiological and pathophysiological states. The M.S. degree can help you assume positions of greater responsibility in the field of nutrition. Careers in nutrition include positions as clinical nutritionists, nutrition educators, administrators of programs that provide nutrition services in commercial or institutional settings, nutritionists in community-based or private practice settings, and researchers or interpreters of research in academia, medical institutions, industry, the government or mass media.
The M.S. degree does not directly lead to the credential of Registered Dietician Nutritionist (RDN); the program provides some courses that meet DPD. (Didactic Program in Dietetics) requirements, and some courses in the Brooklyn College Dietetic Internship can be used as electives toward the M.S. degree. Students who wish to become Registered Dietician Nutritionists may apply to our Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics- accredited Dietetic Internship (see below), which requires acceptance into our M.S. program and prior completion of 12 graduate credits (see below). Application to the Dietetic Internship can be made after students have completed a set of courses (DPD) prescribed by the AND and have received a Verification Statement. Although these courses are mainly taken at the undergraduate level before beginning the M.S. program, a number of the graduate levels courses can be used to fulfill DPD requirements. Note also that all of the prerequisites for the M.S. program are also part of the DPD.
The program is housed in the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, which also offers an M.A. in Thanatology and an M.A. in Community Health Education. Students in the M.S. in Nutrition may use some courses that are common to these programs as electives.
