The Graduate Program of the Department of Nutritional Sciences seeks to accomplish the following goals:
- To provide a variety of courses, which allow for advanced learning;
- To provide research experiences which allow the student to:
- engage in scholarly creative endeavors, under the direction of faculty, which contributes to the development of new knowledge;
- develop and apply those skills required in scientific inquiry via resolution of a research problem/idea;
- gain competencies necessary to utilize research results in career experiences;
- To provide individualized learning experiences, both in the didactic and clinical settings, which allow for the acquisition of in-depth knowledge specifically desired by the student; and
- To provide an academic setting which fosters the student's development of:
- ethical behaviors
- individual potential and interest
- open-mindedness
- independent thought
