Degree Options

Thesis Option:  Thirty semester hours of approved graduate courses including six hours of approved thesis research and writing.  Six hours will be from support classes including at least three graduate hours of applied statistics such as STA 5300, 5301, 5351 or 5380.  Eighteen hours from FCS courses focused on nutrition sciences or an approved elective.  No more than fifty percent of the classes may carry a 4000 number.  A possible sequencing of courses would include:

First Fall	First Spring	Summer One	Summer Two	Second Fall	Second Spring
3 hrs from STA 5300, 5301, 5351, 5380 FCS 5354 FCS5355	FCS 5370 3 hrs from support course FCS 5356	FCS 5351 or 5352	FCS 5V99	FCS 5V99 FCS 5359	FCS 5V99

Non Thesis Option:  Thirty-six semester hours of approved graduate courses including a research project and paper (three hours), nine support courses with at least three hours of applied statistics selected from 5300, 5301, 5351 or 5380; six semester hours of graduate level courses in areas such as health, exercise, counseling or approved area.  Eighteen hours from FCS courses, including FCS 5370 (research techniques) focused on nutrition sciences with a maximum of nine hours from graduate classes at the 4000 level.  A possible sequence of course work:

First Fall	First Spring	Summer One	Summer Two	Second Fall	Second Spring
FCS 5370 FCS 5354 or 5357 FCS5355	3 hrs from STA 5300, 5301, 5351, 5380 FCS 5370 3 hrs from support course FCS 5356	FCS 5358, 5351 or 5352		FCS 5358 FCS 5359 3 hrs from support course	3 hours 5XXX Research paper FCS 6 hrs from 5360, 5357, 5358

Eighteen FCS specific hours will be in the general areas of: Research in Nutrition Sciences, Nutrition and Aging, Pediatric Nutrition, Advanced Medical Nutrition Therapy, Nutritional Pathophysiology, Food Systems Management, Nutrition in Public Health, Global Food and Nutrition, Issues in Nutrition Sciences with no more than nine hours from graduate level courses carrying the 4000