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Prepare to make a difference in the Lives of others.
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.
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
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Nutritional assessment I: history, anthropometrics and energy
Gastrointestinal physiology
Nutrition across the lifecycle I: adolescence, adulthood and older age
Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
Clinical biochemistry I: macronutrients, human metabolism, and energy
Self-care: role-modeling health behaviors
Clinical biochemistry II: vitamins and minerals
Botanicals and phytonutrients
Dietary and supplement guidelines, policies, and safety
Evidence informed practice and decision making
Nutrition across the lifecycle II: preconception, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, and childhood
Dietary patterns for health promotion
Nutritional assessment II: laboratory
Nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition
Clinical applications I: health promotion and disease prevention
Teaching kitchen laboratory
Clinical applications II: chronic disease
Nutritional interventions for chronic disease
Clinical applications III: complex systemic disorders
Nutritional interventions for complex systemic disorders
Clinical Applications IV: co-morbidities and complex medical disorders
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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.
© 2025 Sonoran University of Health Sciences
© 2025 Sonoran University of Health Sciences