Program Overview
- Concurrent enrollment in the B.S. and M.S.
- A thesis or creative component
- B.S. and M.S. degrees awarded jointly at the completion of the program
- 124 undergraduate credits and 37-41 graduate credits with six of the credits counted towards both degrees.
- University, college, and departmental requirements are addressed in the undergraduate and graduate coursework requirements.
- The program meets the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Didactic Program in Dietetics requirements for students to pursue an ACEND-accredited dietetics internship and then take the national exam to become a RD.
- The program also meets American College of Sports Medicine requirements for students to pursue certification at the level of exercise physiologist.
- The program is designed to be completed in five to six years, depending on the student’s selection of a major advisor and research area of interest pursued to complete the graduate degree.
- Students interested in the Diet and Exercise B.S. and M.S. are enrolled as freshmen in the pre-diet and exercise major in the food science and human nutrition department and kinesiology department.
- In the fall of the junior year of Pre-Diet and Exercise, students must apply to the B.S. and M.S. program.
- Students are required to select one of the departments as their primary or “home” department when accepted into the graduate program.
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Brenda Emery
220 Mackay Hall
2302 Osborn Drive
Ames, IA 50011-1078