Major/Degree: Nutrition & Health Sciences
Specialization: Nutrition & Exercise

A thesis is not required in this option. Selection of a minor is required. The specialization in Nutrition & Exercise is designed for students interested in careers such as Nutrition & Exercise Consultant; Health-Fitness Instructor-ACSM; Exercise Specialist-ACSM; Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist-ACSM; and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist-NSCA.

Major/Degree Requirements:

• Minimum of 36 semester hours of credit in courses representing the major and either one or two minors.
• If one minor is selected, then a minimum of 18 hours in the major (i.e., courses having the prefix NUTR) and 9 hours in the minor.
• If two minors are selected, then a minimum of 15 hours in the major (i.e., courses having the prefix NUTR) and 9 hours in each minor.
• Minimum of 12 semester hours must be earned in courses open exclusively to graduate students (900 level or 800 level without 400 or lower counterparts).
• NUTR 884 Physiology of Exercise (3)* [substitution]
• NUTR 886 Exercise Testing (4)* [substitution]
• NUTR 856 Clinical Exercise Physiology (3)
• NUTR 858 Nutrition and Exercise (3)
• Graduate-level nutrient metabolism course (3)
• Select from other courses offered, with approval of the student’s Supervisory Committee, to complete degree requirements.

Minor Area of Study (9-12 credit hours):
The following are examples of appropriate minors, although students may choose a different minor with the approval of the Specialization Advisory Committee. If a student chooses a minor other than those listed, he/she must check with the minor department for their current course requirements.

Example 1: Educational Psychology—Statistics, Measurement and Evaluation
EDPS 859 Statistical Methods (or equivalent) (3)
Plus three of the following:
EDPS 860 Applications of Selected Advanced Statistics (3)
EDPS 870 Introduction to Educational and Psychological Measurement (3)
EDPS 941 Intermediate Statistics: Experimental Methods (3)
EDPS 942 Intermediate Statistics: Correlational Methods (3)
EDPS 969 Nonparametric Statistical Methods (3)
EDPS 970 Theory and Methods of Educational Measurement (3)
EDPS 972 Multivariate Analysis (3)

Example 2: Biological Sciences
Suggested courses (any 9 hours):
BIOS 801 Advanced Cell Structure and Function (3)
BIOS 813 Animal Physiology I (4)
BIOS 814 Animal Physiology II (4)
BIOS 819 Behavioral Neuroscience (3)
BIOS 823 Advanced Animal Physiology (3)
BIOS 835 Animal Biochemistry (3)
BIOS 842 Endocrinology (3)
BIOS 843 Immunlogy (3)

Example 3: Biochemistry
Suggested courses (9 hours; at least 3 hrs at 900-level):
BIOC 831 Biomolecules and Metabolism (4)
BIOC 832 Gene Expression and Replication (2)
BIOC 933 Enzymes (3)
BIOC 935 Intermediary Metabolism (3)

Example 4: Psychology
Suggested courses (any 9 hours):
PSYC 861 Learning Processes (3)
PSYC 862 Motivation and Emotion (3)
PSYC 863 Perception (3)
PSYC 865 Behavioral Neuroscience (3)

Example 5: Engineering
Suggested courses (any 9 hours):
IMSE 815 Cognitive Ergonomics (3)
IMSE 816 Physical Ergonomics (3)
IMSE 915 Biomechanics (3)