Accelerated Master’s Degree in Food and Nutrition Services
This accelerated program lets undergraduate students begin taking graduate-level courses during their final years of undergrad, saving time and money while deepening expertise and advancing careers sooner.
The Accelerated Master’s Degree in Food and Nutrition Services
The graduate program in food and nutrition provides students with a broad background in nutrition, food service management, and hospitality management. Students will have ample opportunity to develop the necessary analytical skills to exceed in their future careers, and will gain exposure to cutting-edge research.
Undergraduate students at UM that are interested in graduate study in Food and Nutrition Services can get a head start through the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program.
Application and Course Requirements
Undergraduate students that would like to qualify for the Accelerated Master's Degree Program must meet the following requirements:
- Dietetics and Nutrition major or Hospitality Management major
- 3.0 minimum GPA overall
- 90 completed credit hours as an undergraduate
Number of credit hours a student can earn towards the graduate degree while completing their undergraduate studies:
- 15 credit hours
Courses undergraduate students in the Accelerated Master’s Degree Program can take to earn credit towards the graduate degree:
- NAHM 5610: Adv Nutrition
- NAHM 5720: Nutrition Policy
- NAHM 5750: Research I – Principles of Research (recommended)
- NAHM 5760: Statistics I in NHM (recommended)
- NAHM 5810: Community Nutrition: Theory and App
- NAHM 5820: Nutrition Ed and Counseling: Theory and App
- NAHM 5830: Foodservice Management: Theory and App
- NAHM 5840: Medical Nutrition Therapy: Theory and App
- NAHM 6120: Nutrition & Exercise in Hlth and Disease Mgmt
- NAHM 6140: Foundations in Child Nutrition Management
- NAHM 5680: Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition
- NAHM 6190: Sports Nutrition
Remember: For students who participated in the accelerated program prior to fall of 2026, 500-level courses for graduate credit required the student to reserve the course for graduate credit. A student who did not do so will be unable to use the 500-level course for the graduate degree and it will be considered the same as a course between 5000 and 5499 in the new course-numbering system.
Students enrolled for the graduate credit in a 5500- to 5999-level course must complete the graduate work. Should they decide they do not wish to do so, they need to work with the instructor, their dean's office, and the Registrar to change their enrollment to the appropriate undergraduate course number. Otherwise, they will be graded based on the criteria for the graduate course number.
Meet the Graduate Program Coordinator
If you have any questions about the Accelerated Master's Degree in Food and Nutrition Services, don't hesitate to get in touch! I'm always happy to help.
Nadeeja Wijayatunga
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Hospitality Management and Graduate Program Coordinator of Nutrition