Nutrition Sciences

Faculty members offer many students opportunities to be involved in their research projects or develop projects. Some areas of current research include food insecurity, exercise and blood glucose, diabetes, inborn errors of metabolism, and diversity in dietetic education, among others. Please see the faculty profiles for more details on their research. 

The Department of Nutrition Sciences offers an online B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics with DPD verification. At the graduate level, we offer an M.S. in Nutritional Sciences with a choice of concentration in community nutrition educator, gerontological nutrition, obesity and weight management, pediatric nutrition or sports dietetics. For students who want to be registered dietitians, we offer an M.S. in Nutritional Sciences (dietetics concentration) or the FEM dietetics graduate certificate, which is an accredited Future Education Model graduate program.

The Department has approximately 30 undergraduate students and 80 graduate students. The department’s faculty consists of three tenure-track faculty, one clinical faculty, one fixed-term faculty and three adjunct faculty who provide education in the dietetic specialization. Six of our eight faculty members are registered dietitians/nutritionists. The faculty is committed to providing student-focused instruction and training through relevant courses, internships and research experiences.

The Future Education Model graduate program focuses on integrating didactic learning with hands-on experience. Courses focus on the application of didactic knowledge in real-life settings. Students practice in our simulation lab, Eagle General Hospital, and participate in interdisciplinary training with other health professional students. The Department offers a choice of over 50 supervised experiential learning sites in the professional areas of clinical nutrition, community nutrition and food service. Community rotations allow for training in specialty areas such as sports nutrition, eating disorders, wellness centers, public health, community outreach, women, infants and children (WIC), and others.

The Department of Nutrition Sciences provides a variety of nutrition services to support the NCCU campus and surrounding community. These include a free nutrition clinic offering individualized counseling, community outreach programs focused on health education, and a campus food pantry addressing food insecurity. Visit our Nutrition Clinic webpage and our NCCU Campus Pantry webpage to learn more about these services and how to access them.