Admissions to the Nutritional Studies Doctoral Minor have been suspended as of fall 2022 and will be discontinued as of fall 2024. If you have any questions, please contact the department.

The doctoral minor in nutritional sciences aims to articulate, critique, and elaborate the theories, research methods, and approaches to inquiry in nutritional sciences. Specific knowledge areas of focus include intermediary metabolism, functions and metabolism of vitamins and minerals, nutrition-related diseases such as obesity and diabetes, and fundamental principles of epidemiology and nutrition policy. 

Those completing the doctoral minor in nutritional sciences are expected to identify sources and assemble evidence pertaining to questions or challenges in nutritional sciences, recognize the most appropriate methodologies and practices, evaluate or synthesize information pertaining to questions or challenges in nutritional sciences, communicate clearly in ways appropriate to the field of nutritional sciences, and recognize and apply principles of ethical professional conduct.

Admissions to the Nutritional Studies Doctoral Minor have been suspended as of fall 2022 and will be discontinued as of fall 2024. If you have any questions, please contact the department.

Admissions:

Graduate Program Coordinator: Katie Butzen, MS.Ed. (kbutzen@wisc.edu) 

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Appropriate NUTR SCI 875 Special Topics courses can be used to substitute for any of the 1-credit courses above with prior approval of the graduate program coordinator.

See the program website for a list of faculty trainers.