Overview
This Public Health program from Mississippi State University aims to promote the overall nutritional health among a population by emphasizing diet to decrease hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and weight gain. Students in this non-thesis, professional degree program will complete a minimum of 42 hours of course work in nutrition, epidemiology, and health promotion through lecture courses, field experience, and a scholarly report.
The Applied Public Health Practicum course will consist of no less than 240 contact hours of supervised field-based experience in public health sites. This program will prepare those in the nutrition field for work in public health, public policy, and national nutrition programs.
Career opportunities:
Public health nutritionists may find jobs in a number of settings:
- Academia/Research (study coordinator role)
- Charitable Organizations
- Entrepreneurship
- Federal Public Health Agencies (USDA, FDA, CDC, NIH, etc)
- Food Industry
- Health Care Industry (hospitals, nursing facilities, outpatient facilities, clinics, and physician offices)
Programme Structure
Courses:
Food Products Evaluation
Vitamins and Supplements
Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Food Products Evaluation
Meal Management
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
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Credits
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Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum of a 2.75 GPA (undergraduate work) is required for graduate work if accrued over a four-year average. If accrued over a two-year period, a 3.00 GPA is required.
- Applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
- International students are required to have a minimum TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 550 PBT (79 iBT) or an IELTS (International English Language Testing Systems) score of 6.5.
- An applicant who has not fully met the GPA requirement stipulated by the University may be admitted on a provisional basis. The provisionally-admitted student is eligible for a change to regular status after receiving a 3.00 GPA on the first 9 hours of graduate courses at Mississippi State University (with no grade lower than a C). If a 3.00 is not attained, the provisional student shall be dismissed from the graduate program. While in the provisional status, a student is not eligible to hold a graduate assistantship.
Tuition Fee
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International
27637 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 27637 USD per year during 12 months. -
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In-State
10052 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10052 USD per year during 12 months.
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Scholarships Information
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