Public Health Nutrition Ph.D. Program

Course Requirements

A minimum of 24 hours of graduate coursework (graded A-F), beyond the Master’s degree is required.  In addition, an original nutrition research project with 24 hours of dissertation work is required.

Required Coursework

16 hours in Nutrition; these must include
NTR 511 Advances in Carbohydrate, Lipid and Protein Metabolism (4 credits)
NTR 512 Advances in Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism (3 credits)
NTR 540 Nutrition Seminar (4 credits)*
NTR 541 Research Methods (3 credits)
9 hours at the 600 level (exclusive of dissertation); at least 4 of these hours must be in Nutrition
Stats 500+ Graduate-level Statistics Course (6 credits)
Cognate area hours outside NTR (6 credits)
Students without college teaching experience are required to take the Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation offered by the Graduate School

*Attendance is required even if not registered for credit

Comprehensive Examination

This is a learning experience that provides students with the opportunity to “pull together” information and knowledge acquired while working on the PhD.  The examination is composed of questions from the student’s approved coursework and the student’s research interests.

Dissertation
The dissertation is an original research project, of which the organization, procedure, findings, and implications are conveyed in a written dissertation.  Dissertation topics closely align with research interests of the faculty.  Dissertation manuscript(s) will be submitted to a peer-reviewed, scientific journal for publication as well as to a national professional association meeting for presentation. An oral examination is required upon completion of the dissertation.

 

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491