Overview

The 2-year M.S. in Nutrition is a research-based thesis program designed to promote a learning environment for students to generate, critically analyze, communicate and disseminate new and emerging nutritional science to the public, and the broader and scientific community. The M.S. in Nutrition program prepares graduates to critically evaluate scientific nutrition literature and translate evidence to meet the demands of a dynamic and evolving nutrition field across numerous sectors and career paths (e.g., health care, the food and pharmaceutical industry, academia, government, and non-profit organizations). Graduates are also prepared for advanced doctoral study. This program is 100% in person, on campus in Kingston, Rhode Island.

The program allows you to choose from a range of research focus areas supported by faculty in the department. The department provides areas of specialization that include:

• Public health nutrition and health disparities
• Nutrient metabolism
• Nutritional epidemiology
• International nutrition
• Maternal and child health
• Nutrition and aging
• Dietary behaviors, eating behaviors and appetite
• Implementation science