Help others achieve their health and wellness goals while improving lives with an accelerated online M.S. in Nutrition - Applied Nutrition. Open doors to new career options with the M.S. in Nutrition - Applied Nutrition online from Texas-based Lamar University. This affordable applied nutrition program is complementary to higher-level positions in career fields such as nursing, education, community leadership, food services and elderly health care. No matter your background, our streamlined admission process can help you get started right away and finish in as few as 12 months. Also, with five elective choices, you can tailor your nutrition degree to your career goals. Electives include Sports Nutrition, Nutrition in Pregnancy and Infancy, Food Principles and Preparation, Nutrition in Aging, Eating Disorders, and more. Our 100% online curriculum develops your abilities to meet client needs and solve health challenges. You will learn about the role of nutrition in health, including the physiologic, social, cultural and economic factors that contribute to nutrition needs and concerns. This program also builds on your communication abilities, helping you to provide effective nutrition counseling and education to individuals or groups. Students who do not have a degree from a related field may be required to take up to 9 credit hours of co-requisites. Applicants who have a conferred undergraduate degree in the following fields require no leveling courses: biology, dietetics, exercise science, health, kinesiology, nursing or nutrition. These particular professions require no leveling courses: dentists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
