4+1 B.S. in Food and Nutrition to M.Ed. in Nutrition Education

Who can apply

• Framingham State Food and Nutrition majors in the Nutrition and Dietetics Education concentration
• Junior status with an overall GPA of 2.7 and a science GPA of 2.5
• Students who meet the academic qualifications for the Didactic Program in Dietetics and who are not in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics can also apply

How to apply

• Apply in your junior year, or after you hear back from the Coordinated Program in Dietetics committee
• Two letters of recommendation: one from a Food and Nutrition faculty member and one from another STEM faculty member, or two from Food and Nutrition faculty members
• Submit the 4+1 program application

• Years 1 to 3: Complete the Food and Nutrition major core and pre-concentration courses.
• Year 4: Finish your bachelor's degree and take three online graduate courses, which appear as transfer coursework on your undergraduate transcript.
• Year 5: Complete your M.Ed. online.

Nutrition and Dietetics Education concentration (undergraduate)

These courses are in addition to the major core and pre-concentration requirements.

• PSYC 101 General Psychology, SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology or ANTH 161 Cultural Anthropology
• STAT 117 Introduction to Statistics, STAT 208 Biostatistics or ENVS 202 Data Analysis for Scientists
• BIOL 228 Microbiology
• NUTR 400 Preparation for Academy Dietetic Internship (non-credit)
• NUTR 374 Human Nutrition Science
• NUTR 481 Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• NUTR 495 Internship in Food and Nutrition

Graduate courses in your senior year (3)

• NUED 914 Contemporary Nutrition Issues for Educators
• NUED 970 Technology in Nutrition Education
• EDIL 920 Learning and Human Development

Master's degree

The M.Ed. is nine graduate courses: two education core courses, four nutrition core courses (including a capstone) and three electives or specialization courses. You can follow the Nutrition Education Specialist or the School Nutrition Specialist track. All courses are online.

See the full requirements for the M.Ed. in Nutrition Education in the graduate catalog.

A 4+1 (or 4 + 1) program lets you earn a bachelor's and a master's degree in about five years. In this program, you take three graduate courses in your senior year that count toward both degrees, then finish your M.Ed. in one more year.

About five years: four years for your bachelor's degree and one more for your master's.

Framingham State Food and Nutrition majors in the Nutrition and Dietetics Education concentration with junior status, an overall GPA of 2.7 and a science GPA of 2.5. Students who meet the academic qualifications for the Didactic Program in Dietetics and who are not in the Coordinated Program in Dietetics can also apply.

In your junior year, or after you hear back from the Coordinated Program in Dietetics committee.

Yes. All graduate courses are online and asynchronous, so you can work while you complete your degree.

Graduates work in schools, health care, community organizations such as YMCAs, WIC, Senior Nutrition and Extension, health clubs, insurance wellness programs, and food education programs for youth and adults.

Yes. The graduate courses you take in your senior year still count toward your bachelor's degree.