Clinical Nutrition Courses

Prepare to make a difference in the Lives of others.

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Our M.S. in Clinical Nutrition and M.S. in Applied Clinical Nutrition programs will help you transform your passion for nutrition into becoming a leader in the field of clinical nutrition while enhancing your ability to help others live a healthier lifestyle. You will gain the professional knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to develop and implement effective and evidence-based nutrition-related services to support individual and public health.

The innovative and 100% online curriculum has been developed with input from experts and thought leaders in the field of nutrition. Our Clinical Nutrition degrees will prepare you in the areas of nutritional sciences, self-care, whole food nutrition, and the responsible use of dietary supplements while also covering emerging topics such as nutrigenomics and microbiomics. The programs include a Virtual Health Center Experience where you can practice applying new skills and knowledge safely in a virtual training environment.

Both Clinical Nutrition degrees include the same courses below. The M.S. in Clinical Nutrition program contains 349 Supervised Practice (SPE) hours. The M.S. in Applied Clinical Nutrition degree consists of an orientation course and 1,000 SPE hours meeting the SPE requirements for the Certified Nutrition Specialist® (CNS®) certification.

All Courses

Developed with input from global natural products industry experts and thought leaders, this unparalleled Master’s program equips students with the essential evidence-based nutrition, business knowledge, and skills that add immediate value to their organizations and careers.

Gastrointestinal physiology

CREDITS: 2

Success academy

CREDITS: 2

Nutritional assessment I: history, anthropometrics and energy

CREDITS: 2

Gastrointestinal physiology​

CREDITS: 2

Nutrition across the lifecycle I: adolescence, adulthood and older age

CREDITS: 2

Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology

CREDITS: 2

Clinical biochemistry I: macronutrients, human metabolism, and energy

CREDITS: 2

Self-care: role-modeling health behaviors

CREDITS: 2

Clinical biochemistry II: vitamins and minerals 

CREDITS: 2

Botanicals and phytonutrients 

CREDITS: 2

Dietary and supplement guidelines, policies, and safety

CREDITS: 2

Evidence informed practice and decision making

CREDITS: 1

Nutrition across the lifecycle II: preconception, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, and childhood

CREDITS: 2

Dietary patterns for health promotion

CREDITS: 2

Nutritional assessment II: laboratory

CREDITS: 2

Nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition

CREDITS: 2

Clinical applications I: health promotion and disease prevention

CREDITS: 3

Teaching kitchen laboratory

CREDITS: 1

Clinical applications II: chronic disease 

CREDITS: 4

Nutritional interventions for chronic disease 

CREDITS: 4

Clinical applications III: complex systemic disorders

CREDITS: 4

Nutritional interventions for complex systemic disorders

CREDITS: 4

Clinical Applications IV: co-morbidities and complex medical disorders

CREDITS: 4

Success Academy

CREDITS: 2

Read course descriptions and learn more about the MSCN and MSACN curriculum.

TOTAL CREDITS: 54

Our Mission

To educate and inspire the next generation of leaders and practitioners in the field of clinical nutrition to use evidence-based practices to safely, ethically, and effectively enhance the health and well-being of the people and communities they serve.