The 53 - credit, 1050 supervised hours MS-IPND is comprised of the courses below. There are two path options for the program, a 2-year and a 3-year, at the bottom of this page you will see a sample sequence of courses by semester for each of the paths.
Classes meet once per week Fall & Spring semesters, Monday thru Thursday mornings or afternoons (occasionally a class may need to be scheduled in the evening), and are in-class, hybrid or online as noted in the CunyFirst online semester course schedule. In addition, one class is given the Summer I preceeding the first Fall semester and one class is given during Summer II; both are online either fully or partially asynchronous.
Supervised Experiential Learning (SEL) rotations may meet Monday-Friday when the schedule allows and are usually scheduled on days when classes are not held during the semester
Students must maintain an average GPA of 3.0 throughout the program in accordance with Hunter College Graduate Policies. All students must complete a minimum of 53 credits of the Program Coursework, demonstrate required competence, meet all SEL requirements-including the minimum hours, as well as comply with all policies, procedures, and standards of professional behavior in order to graduate from the program and receive a Verification Statement.
The online schedule, registration, and student records system for all CUNY institutions is known as CunyFirst. To locate the Nutrition courses & schedule, in CunyFirst, select 'Hunter', the semester and year, and for department: 'Public Health-NUTR.' Graduate course numbers are 70000 - 79999.
Note: Fall semester at Hunter typically starts the last week of August pre-Labor Day.
Component Requirements of MS-IPND
All courses are 3 credits unless noted otherwise
Didactic Coursework - total 41 credits
- PH 75000 Biostatistics
- NUTR 72500 Nutrition Research
- NUTR 71500 Food Service & Management
- NUTR 72000 Community Nutrition Education
- NUTR 73300 Nutrition & Human Development
- NUTR 73100 Advanced Nutrition I
- NUTR 73200 Advanced Nutrition II
- NUTR 73400 Clinical Nutrition I
- NUTR 73500 Clinical Nutrition II
- NUTR 74600 Nutrition & Disease
- NUTR 74700 Advanced Nutrition & Assessment Lab (1 credit)
- NUTR 74800 Nutrition Assessment & Counseling
- NUTR 75600 Food Science & Environment
- NUTR 75700 Food Science & Environment Lab (1 credit)
- NUTR 78003 Capstone (including final Comprehensive Exam)
Seminars and Supervised Experiential Learning (SEL) - total 12 credits and ~1050 hours SEL
- NUTR 70000 Dietetics Seminar - Community Nutrition with ~100 hours SEL
- NUTR 70100 Dietetics Seminar- Focused Nutrition Practice with ~300 hours SEL
- NUTR 70200 Dietetics Seminar - Food Service/Management with ~200 hours SEL
- NUTR 70300 Dietetics Seminar - Clinical Nutrition with ~450 hours SEL
NUTR Culminating Experience - total 3 credits
- NUTR 78003 Capstone or NUTR 79000 Thesis
Students in the Capstone complete a research paper and take a final comprehensive exam. A final grade in the course is indicative of passing the exam. Upon completion of the DPD academic coursework and Capstone, students will receive a Verification Statement
Sample Schedule for 2-year IPND Path
| Summer - prior to program start (3 cr) | Fall 1 (15-18 cr + 100 hours SEL) | Spring 1 (16 cr + 200 hours SEL starting during winter intersession) |
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| Summer (3 cr and 300 hours SEL) | Fall 2 (13 cr and 300 hours SEL *if not completed in summer) | Spring 2 (3 cr + 450 hours SEL) |
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Sample Schedule for 3-year IPND Path
| Summer - prior to program start (3 cr) | Fall 1 (6-9 cr) | Spring 1 (6 cr) |
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| Summer (3 cr and 300 hours SEL) | Fall 2 (13 cr and 300 hours SEL *if not completed in summer) | Spring 2 (10 cr + 200 hours SEL starting during winter intersession) |
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| Summer (3 cr and 300-450 hours SEL optional) | Fall 3 (10 cr and 300 hours SEL *if not completed in summer) | Spring 3 (3 cr + 450 hours SEL) |
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