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Department of Nutrition

Housed in the School of Health Sciences (SHS), the program in nutrition offers undergraduate majors preparation for careers in food science and nutrition or in dietetics, for graduate work in these areas, and for a track in food service management. The program provides opportunities for all students in the College to become knowledgeable about the fundamental principles of nutrition and food science and current scientific concepts of the relationship between diet and health.

Events & Community Involvement

Programs in Nutrition Seminars

Each semester the Programs in Nutrition hosts seminars on various topics in the nutrition, food science or food service fields. These seminars are open to the general nutrition community in the greater Boston area. All undergraduate nutrition concentrators are required to attend.

Community Service Projects

The Programs in Nutrition and the Nutrition Liaison lead and participate in many community service events, including:

  • Food Drives for the Boston City Hospital Failure to Thrive Clinic
  • Sponsoring a booth at the Simmons Community Outreach Halloween Party for Inner City Youth
  • Working with Project Bread to create a Simmons Team at the Walk for Hunger
  • Running a Nutrition Awareness Month every March

Resources & Opportunities

Technology, labs, software available to students in the department.

The Simmons College Programs in Nutrition maintains a Food Science laboratory with equipment such as a Hydrogen Breath Analyzer, Warner-Bratzler Shear and Nutrition Analysis Software.Internships, field work placements, foreign study options.

Undergraduate and graduate students have been placed at the following sites for their fieldwork or internship experiences:

  • Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network
  • The Children's Museum
  • Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
  • Project Bread
  • Department of Mental Retardation
  • Crittenton Hastings House
  • The Joseph Smith Health Center
  • South Boston Health Center
  • Whitter Street Health Center
  • Boston City Hospital Growth and Development Clinic
  • Simmons College Athletics
  • Boston Food Bank
  • Women, Infants and Children Supplemental Food Program
  • Mystic Valley Nutrition Program
  • Department of Public Health
  • Department of Youth Services

Post-graduate Opportunities

After graduation from the undergraduate program in nutrition students move on to a variety of experiences. Among these are careers in research, industry, education, health care, government and entrepreneurial enterprises.

In addition to entering the work force, many students choose to continue their education. Simmons College offers a Masters degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion, as well as a Dietetic Internship as graduate education programs.

Those students who participate in the Dietetic Internship take graduate level classes and are placed in fieldwork positions at locations such as:

  • Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Neighborhood health centers
  • Acute care hospitals
  • Nutrition education and counseling facilities
  • Long term care facilities