• A minimum of 36 credit hours, 24 of which must be taken in residence at the University at Buffalo.
• Participation in a research project that can range from a small study to a thesis eligible for peer-reviewed publication.

• NTR 500 Energy/Protein Nutrition
• NTR 501 Vitamins and Minerals
• NTR 503 Nutrition and Health
• CHB 550 Public Health and Population Wellbeing
  
• NTR 600 Pathophysiology of Nutrition Related Diseases
• NTR 630 Nutrition Seminar
• STA 527 Introduction to Medical Statistics or CEP 532 Understanding Statistical Research or OS 518 Statistical Methods Oral Science or equivalent
• Research depending on your selected option of exam, project or thesis

You may need to complete specialty training or certification to participate in certain research studies.