University of Mississippi
 

M.S. in Food and Nutrition Services Degree Requirements

Core curriculum (18 hours)

Hours

NHM 611

Advanced Nutrition

3

NHM 612

Nutrition & Exercise in Health & Disease Management

3

NHM 613

Theoretical Applications for Nutrition Education

3

NHM 617

Health Facilities Management

3

Statistics

3

NHM 625

Research Design and Evaluation

3

   

Research and Practical Application

Hours

Students will choose from one of the following:

NHM 693

Directed Independent Research

3-6

NHM 697

Thesis

6

NHM 699

Supervised Practice

12

 

Electives (with adviser approval, to bring the total number of credits to 36 semester hours). The following list is suggested but not inclusive:

Hours

NHM 614

Foundations in Child Nutrition Program Management

3

NHM 615

Administrative Financial Management

3

NHM 618

Maternal, Infant, and Child Nutrition

3

NHM 619

Sports Nutrition

3

NHM 621

Advanced Human Development

3

NHM 622

Nutrition Policy

3

NHM 623

Nutritional Epidemiology

3

ES 608

Methods and Procedures of Exercise Testing

3

ES 611, 616

Exercise Physiology I and II

6

ES 615

Physiological Aspects of Aging

3

HP 605

Health Promotion Planning

3

HP 645

Organization and Administration of Health Promotion

3

HP 646

Introduction to Epidemiology

3

HP 600

Foundations of Health Promotion

3

HP 615

Personal Health Promotion

3

HP 635

Advances in Health

3