Introduction
The Department offers a 34-credit master’s program in Nutrition and Dietetics with a concentration in Clinical Nutrition (HOND-CNU) that prepares students with RD credentials or who are RD-eligible for a wide range of careers as:
- Nutritionists and dietitians in health care, community, and private practice settings,
- Food industry specialists in public relations, media, or food product development,
- Nutrition educators in health care, community, or corporate health programs, and
- Others listed here.
The program provides an advanced degree to Registered Dietitians or students who are RD-eligible at the time of matriculation.
Admissions
Applicants must have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, hold RD credentials, or be RD-eligible.
For specific questions on admissions, please visit the Steinhardt Graduate Admissions Office at 212-998-5030.
The Graduate Bulletin contains detailed information for students with U.S. or international undergraduate credentials on tuition and living costs, non-matriculated status, and financial aid.
The deadlines for admission to the MS program are November 1 for the spring semester and February 1 for the fall semester.
Program Goals
The goals of this program are to increase the knowledge and clinical skills of Registered Dietitians in order to improve the ability to:
- Help individuals and the public choose foods that will optimize health and prevent disease.
- Apply nutrition principles to the treatment of diet-related disease conditions.
- Manage human, financial, and physical resources to improve the nutritional care of individuals and population groups.
- Help individuals and population groups improve their nutritional status.
- Monitor trends and issues in nutrition science, and translate this information into curriculum and training programs.
- Apply research principles and methods to the examination of current problems in nutrition and dietetics.
Curriculum and Requirements
This curriculum is reserved for students who already hold the Registered Dietitian (RD) credential or are fully RD-eligible at the time of matricualtion. It is designed to strengthen the clinical nutrition knowledge and skills of practicing dieticians.Notes:
1. No master's level E33 courses may be taken pass/fail.
2. Not all courses listed are offered every semester. Classes run if enrollment is sufficient.
3. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) may be taken only after you have completed E33.2190.01 Research Methods. Please consult with your academic advisor for additional information about course sequence.
MASTER'S PROGRAMS REQUIREMENTS (HOND-CNU 34)
FIRST SEMESTER (3 credits) - All students
E33.2000.002 New Graduate Student Seminar: Nutrition section (0)
E33.2190.001 Research Methods (3)
E33.2139 Advanced Nutrition: Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates (3)
E33.2144 Advanced Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals (3)
Advanced Clinical Nutrition - at least one required: (3 credits)
E33.2041 Pediatric Nutrition (3)
*E33.2043 Critical Care Nutrition (3) (can only be taken after completion of an ADA-accredited Dietetic Internship)
E33.2045 Sports Nutrition (3)
E33.2194 Weight Management (3)
E33.2220 Nutrition in Aging (3)
E33.2222 Nutritional Aspects of Eating Disorders (3)
Advanced Applied Nutrition - at least one required: (3 credits)
*E33.2042 Maternal & Child Nutrition (3)
*E33.2192 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)
*E33.2178 Nutrition Assessment Methods for Research (3)
*E33.2207 Seminar in Advanced Nutrition (3)
*E33.2213 Nutrition in Public Health (3)
Culminating experience (3 credits)
These can only be taken after all core requirements have been met
E33.2061 Research Applications (3)
E33.2063 Research Apprenticeship (3), by permission of the Department
Electives: Graduate level courses - XXX. 2XXX
Chosen by advisement from other categories, programs, and schools. Only 2000-level courses are considered graduate level. We especially recommend counseling and statistics courses, but we also encourage students to take one or more courses within an area of interest. Please check Department or University schedules for course offerings each semester.
TOTAL CREDITS: 34
Career Opportunities
Graduates of our programs are currently employed as:
- Clinical dietitians or managers of nutrition programs in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, health professions schools, and other health care settings.
- Members of clinical specialty teams in pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, renal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and critical care medicine services.
- Members of health teams caring for patients with AIDS.
- Counselors of patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and hypertension.
- Community nutritionists in a wide variety of programs sponsored by local, state, and federal agencies of the government and private sector.
- Nutrition educators in health care, community, or corporate health programs.
- Private nutrition consultants to the general public, health care agencies, weight management programs, government agencies, and the food industry.
- Staff members of private sector health agencies such as the American Heart Association, the Red Cross, or the March of Dimes.
- Staff members of local and state health departments.
- Staff members of federal agencies such as USDA, Library of Congress, National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration.
- Nutrition teachers in schools, colleges, and universities.
- Project officers of private philanthropic foundations.
- Writers, editors, and staff members of nutrition organizations.
- Product development staff to food companies.
- Public relations specialists in private and corporate settings.
- Media consultants: print, radio, television.
- Food writers for culinary and health magazines and newspapers.
- Authors and editors of cookbooks and textbooks.
- Owners and managers of restaurants, catering firms, and other food service establishments.