Master of Advanced Study in Maternal & Child Nutrition; Faculty

Graduate Study

The Nutrition Department offers the degree of M.A.S. in Maternal & Child Nutrition. This program consists of four required 4- to 6-unit core courses (Nutrition During Pregnancy, Lactation & Infant Nutrition, and Child & Adolescent Nutrition), 6-8 units of special topics seminars, 2 units of electives, and a 6-unit student project (produced in consultation with a three-member guidance committee) for a total of 36 units. Most of the core courses will comprise 10 weeks of in-class instruction twice per week for two-and-a-half hours per meeting. Classes will also include online discussions of related material and readings.

Each student will be assigned a three-member guidance committee consisting of two members of the teaching faculty and an additional qualified member to advise the student in completing a student capstone project.

The program includes an option for students to complete the didactic training required to take the exam to be an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant.

Preparation

Admission to the program requires a bachelor's degree with prior course work that includes (or is comparable to): one year of general chemistry, two quarters (one semester) of organic chemistry, a course in statistics, one course in general physiology, and two quarters (one semester) of the biochemistry of nutrition.

Courses in Maternal & Child Nutrition

See courses under Maternal & Child Nutrition (MCN).

Graduate Advisors

Laurie Nommsen-Rivers, PhD, RD, IBCLC, Academic Administrator (Nutrition), Reina Engle-Stone, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Nutrition), Lauren Au, PhD, RDN, Associate Professor (Nutrition)