
Anna Aguilera
- Associate Professor
Our students complete the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Public Health and Master of Science in Nutrition and Health Promotion program in five years.
We'll help you get into the field faster with this dual degree in public health and nutrition.
Graduates find opportunities and careers in a variety of fields promoting better health, including research, government programs, weight loss centers and exercise facilities.
Students complete this accelerated BS/MS program in five years and receive a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Public Health and a Master of Science degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion. Graduates of this program will find opportunities and careers in a variety of fields promoting health, which include research, government programs, weight loss centers, and exercise facilities. Working with an advisor, two graduate courses, CNHBS 410 Research Methods and CNHBS 450 Health Care Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, are taken in the senior year.
Requirements for the undergraduate Public Health major and graduate degree in nutrition:
***Note that one of these courses would be taken as a fifth course during the senior year. Students need 127 unique credits to graduate with an undergraduate degree. This allows them to substitute one 3-credit course for the usual 4-credit offerings at Simmons. Since both of the graduate courses are 3 credits, then the student would have to take one of these as a fifth course, if they didn’t have an extra course prior to the senior year.
Working with their advisor, a student will take SNHS 410 Research Methods and SNHS 450 The Health Care System: Interdisciplinary Perspectives during the fall and spring of senior year. Students need to maintain a 3.0 GPA to continue in the program. Please view the Nutrition Catalog for graduate requirements.
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