Interfaculty Graduate Public Health Nutrition Program (PHNU)

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Interfaculty Graduate Public Health Nutrition Program (PHNU)

The master of science in public health nutrition is a new graduate program offered jointly by the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) and the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at AUB. Students may pursue the master of science in public health nutrition in either a thesis or a non-thesis track. The successful completion of the degree will require 40 credit hours for both tracks. Credits must be earned within the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the Faculty of Health Sciences.

For the non-thesis track, 39 credits out of the required 40 credits should be earned as core program courses, including a culminating experience and a practicum. One credit must be earned by completing an elective course within either of the two faculties. For the thesis track, students must complete a total of 34 credits as core courses and must work on a 6-credit thesis under the supervision of a thesis adviser and thesis committee and defend their thesis as per AUB graduate program policies.

Credit requirements for both the thesis and non-thesis options for the master of science in public health nutrition are tabulated below:

		Non-Thesis Track Credits	Thesis Track Credits
Year 1
NFSC 301	Statistical Methods for Nutrition and Food Sciences	3	3
NFSC 306A	Community Nutrition	2	2
EPHD 300*	Principles of Epidemiology	2	2
PHNU 300	Fundamentals of Public Health Nutrition	3	3
PBHL 303	Design and Evaluation of Public Health Programs	3	3
PBHL 304	Public Health Policy and Advocacy	3	3
PHNU 304	Nutrition in Emergencies	2	2
HPCH 331	Theories in Health Promotion	2	2
HPCH 334	Qualitative Research in Health Promotion	3	3
Total year credits		23	23

Year 2
HPCH 333	Social Marketing in Health Promotion	2	2
FSEC 310	Food and Nutrition Security	3	3
PHNU 301	Nutrition in the Life Cycle	3	3
PHNU 302	Nutrition-related Chronic Disease	3	3
PHNU 390	Practicum	2	0
PHNU 391	Integrative Learning Experience	3	0
	Elective	1	-
PHNU 396	Comprehensive Exam	0	0
PHNU 399	Thesis	0	6
Total year credits		17	17
Total credits		40	40

*Or NFSC 307 Nutritional Epidemiology 3.0, 3 cr.

Core Courses

Public Health Nutrition Program Core Courses

List of Elective Courses

Public Health Nutrition Program Elective Courses

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