Nutritional Science, Food Management Concentration, BS + Nutritional Science MS

Admissions Requirements
Graduate Standing Requirements
Program Requirements (141 units)
Advising Roadmap

The Nutritional Science Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Scholars Program is designed to meet the needs of the student who has a baccalaureate degree and seeks advanced preparation in nutrition science, nutrition education, geriatric nutrition, and foodservice/restaurant management. The program is intended to prepare candidates to assume leadership roles in their profession and communities and to provide the opportunity to acquire a foundation for doctoral study.

Our Nutritional Science, MS graduates have earned doctorates, become college and university faculty, been employed in private, federal, and state research institutions, and have established their own private practice or consulting business.

The Nutritional Science SAGE Program enables qualified students in the Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science program to simultaneously complete the requirements for both the baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Students can progress from undergraduate to graduate status seamlessly, with a simplified application process and no application fee, and complete both degrees in a year’s less time as compared to completing them separately. This will provide significant cost savings to the student.

Summary of Degree Units
Nutritional Science, Food Management Concentration	120
Nutritional Science, MS	21
Total	141

For more information, contact the SAGE Scholars Program Coordinator Xi Feng.

Admissions Requirements

Be enrolled in or have completed the undergraduate Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (100W/GWAR) prior to admission into the SAGE Scholars program;
Successfully completed a minimum of 60 Nutritional Science BS applicable units and not more than 120 undergraduate degree applicable units at the time of admission in the program;
Completed NUFS 106A and NUFS 100W with grades of “C” or better;
Minimum 3.0 cumulative SJSU GPA at time of admission. GPA is calculated by the last 60 semester (or 90 quarter) units taken or a student’s SJSU cumulative GPA, whichever is higher; and,
Completed all lower-division work (designated 1-99, including lower-division general education courses and American Institutions courses).

Graduate Standing Requirements

Requirements for program continuation and advancement to candidacy in the graduate program, include:

Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Students in the first four years of the program who do not maintain these standards will be removed from the SAGE Scholars program and returned to the non-SAGE BS in Nutritional Science program.
Students may apply for the master’s program at that point like any other non-SAGE Scholars applicant.
Students are converted to graduate status when they have completed 120 SAGE program-applicable units. The following University Requirements are satisfied with required courses in the major: GE Area B and SJSU Studies Area S. Alternate courses that may satisfy these requirements are not counted in the calculation of the 120 SAGE program-applicable units.

Program Requirements (141 units)

Nutritional Science, Food Management Concentration (120 units)

Students must satisfy all of the major and Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements , which includes unit, GPA, and residency requirements as well as the below identified General Education , American Institutions, Graduation Writing Assessment, and Physical Education requirements. Courses that meet Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements are noted with an area designation (see Course Abbreviations ).

University Requirements (35 units)

The Lower and Upper Division General Education requirements may be satisfied by coursework outlined below. To satisfy the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) , students must pass both the SJSU Writing Skills Test (WST) and NUFS 100W or PH 100W with a grade of “C” or better (“C-” not accepted).

GE Areas A, C, D/American Institutions (US123) , F, and SJSU Studies Area R or V (30 units)
Physical Education (2 units)

Major Preparation (17 units)

BIOL 66 - Human Physiology 5 unit(s) (B2+B3)
CHEM 30A - Introductory Chemistry 3 unit(s) (B1+B3)
CHEM 30B - Introductory Chemistry 3 unit(s)
NUFS 100W - Writing Workshop 3 unit(s) (WID)
Complete one course:
- STAT 95 - Elementary Statistics 3 unit(s) (B4)
- PH 67 - Introductory Health Statistics 3 unit(s) (B4)

Major Requirements (68 units)

Major Core (34 units)

PH 135 - Health Issues in a Multicultural Society 3 unit(s) (S)
NUFS 8 - Nutrition for the Health Professions 3 unit(s)
NUFS 20 - Sanitation and Environmental Issues in the Hospitality Industry 2 unit(s)
NUFS 31 - Professionalism in Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging 1 unit(s)
NUFS 101A - Food Science 4 unit(s)
NUFS 103 - Food Processing and Packaging I 2 unit(s)
NUFS 106A - Human Nutrition in the Life Span 3 unit(s)
NUFS 106B - Research Methodology in Nutrition and Food Science 3 unit(s)
NUFS 111 - Foodservice Production Management 3 unit(s)
NUFS 151 - Food Microbiology 2 unit(s)
NUFS 192 - Field Experience in Nutrition and Food Science and Packaging Technology 1-6 unit(s)
PKG 107 - Principles of Packaging 3 unit(s)
Complete one course:
- NUFS 139 - Hunger and Environmental Nutrition 3 unit(s) (R)
- NUFS 144 - Food Culture: Consuming Passions 3 unit(s) (V)

Food Management Concentration (23 units)

BUS1 20N - Survey of Accounting 3 unit(s)
NUFS 21 - Culinary Principles and Practice 3 unit(s)
NUFS 22 - Catering and Beverage Management 3 unit(s)
NUFS 25 - Internship in Foodservice Management 1-2 unit(s) (2 units required)
NUFS 104A - Cultural Aspects of Food 3 unit(s)
NUFS 113 - Foodservice Systems: Mgmt & Proc 3 unit(s)
NUFS 114A - Community Nutrition for Majors 3 unit(s)
NUFS 190 - Nutrition Education and Counseling 3 unit(s)

Major Electives (11 units)

Complete 11 units from the following (or by advisement):

NUFS 10 - Basic Life Skills 3 unit(s) (E)
NUFS 103L - Food Processing Laboratory 1 unit(s)
NUFS 105 - Current Issues in Nutrition 3 unit(s)
NUFS 116 - Aging and Nutrition 3 unit(s)
NUFS 194 - Entrepreneurial Nutrition 1 unit(s)
PKG 169 - Food Packaging and Preservation 3 unit(s)
SPAN 1A - Elementary Spanish 4 unit(s) (C2) OR SPAN 4A - Basic Spanish I 4 unit(s)

Nutritional Science, MS (21 units)

Core Courses (18 units)

NUFS 201 - Colloquium in Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging 3 unit(s)
NUFS 217 - Issues in Nutrition, Food and Packaging 3 unit(s) (GWAR)
NUFS 257 - Biostatistics in Research 3 unit(s)
NUFS 295A - Research Methodology 3 unit(s)
Complete two courses:
- NUFS 219A - Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism 3 unit(s)
- NUFS 219B - Seminar in Advanced Topics in Human Nutrition & Dietetics 3 unit(s)
- NUFS 242 - Advanced Foodservice/Restaurant Management 3 unit(s)
- NUFS 243 - Nutrition and Dietetics Leadership 3 unit(s)
- NUFS 260 - Multidisciplinary Health Promotion in Later Life 3 unit(s)
- PKG 270 - Package Design for End Use 3 unit(s)

Culminating Experience (3 units)

Plan B (Project) For this plan, the student is required to complete NUFS 298 - Special Studies in Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging and submit a written project in publication format. A bound copy of the project must be submitted to the Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging Department and to the student’s project advisor.

NUFS 298 - Special Studies in Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging 1-6 unit(s) (3 units required)

Total Units Required (141 units)

The standalone Nutritional Science, MS program requires 9 units of courses in a Specialization Area. Students satisfy this requirement in this SAGE Scholars Program by completing 9 units from NUFS 104A , 111 , 113 , 114A , and 190 in the Nutritional Science, Food Management Concentration BS program. These 9 credits are considered to count toward both the graduate and undergraduate degrees, thus allowing SAGE students to meet the minimum unit requirements for both degrees.