Admission Requirements

Admission is open to those who hold a bachelor’s degree in Business, Nutrition or a related field with an appropriate general education component from an accredited institution. The admission committee bases its decision on the applicant’s total academic and professional history and potential. Admission materials must include:

• An adequate GPA
• Two references from the applicant’s professors and/or supervisors
• A one page statement from student indicating their career interests and goals
• Satisfactory scores on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)

A student may be provisionally accepted if all admission requirements are met except the submission of acceptable GMAT scores. The applicant must submit a letter requesting provisional acceptance along with all other admission documents. A student who is accepted provisionally may take classes through the candidacy period, but is expected to submit acceptable scores by the end of this designated period.

Prerequisite Courses

College level courses in Anatomy, Physiology, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, and Microbiology.

A biochemistry course (Chem. 260 or equivalent) and normal nutrition and metabolism (NUTR 250) must have been taken within 10 years prior to beginning the program, or will be added as part of the Integrated Program.

Foundation Courses

If not fulfilled, students will be required to complete the following foundation courses in conjuction with the MBA/Supervised Practice Course Sequence, or demonstrate that comparable competencies have been met. From one to six of the MBA foundation courses may be waived if undergraduate equivalent courses were taken and students provide grade demonstrating adequate mastery of work to move to graduate level Business courses.