Overview
The Nutrition Major covers the many aspects of human nutrition and food.聽This is a flexible program聽that聽offers you聽a聽chance to participate in research and field studies, as well as internships.聽You will take courses聽in areas like biochemistry, physiology, statistics, genetics, food chemistry and more.聽聽
You can choose from聽several聽specializations:聽
- Food Function and Safety聽
- Global Nutrition聽
- Health and Disease聽
- Sports Nutrition聽
McGill鈥檚 School of Human Nutrition is Canada鈥檚 longest established teaching and research institution in the field of human nutrition. Its main goal is to improve human health,聽focusing聽on聽the interplay of聽nutrients, health, environment and society. With a variety of areas of study for you to choose from, the School trains future leaders in areas聽like聽dietetics, nutrition, food function, food security, global nutrition, and nutritional biochemistry in health.
Careers
The Nutrition Major equips students for many careers and is a great preparation for graduate studies or professional schools such as medicine. The Nutrition Major does not lead to professional licensure as a Dietitian/Nutritionist.聽Program graduates have gone on to develop professional careers in:聽
- International nutrition and health promotion聽
- Public health services聽
- Pharmaceutical industries聽
- Food product research and development, food labeling and food inspection聽
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Courses
As a Nutrition student, you can take courses like:
Student experience
Hear it from one of our students:
"I chose to study Nutrition at McGill, with a concentration in Global Nutrition. I took courses ranging from Food Fundamentals, where we learned the role of ingredients and nutrients while preparing food in the food lab, to the Herbs, Foods and Phytochemicals class, which taught us about herbal medicine and featured guest speakers such as farm-to-table chefs, entrepreneurs in Montreal and farmers. While interning at a community center in Montreal, creating and cooking healthy meals, I developed a passion for Food Security. This led me to the Nutrition in Developing Countries and Public Health and Nutrition classes, which taught us about nutrition interventions. Lastly, I had the opportunity to take a research course where I assisted my Professor in a nutrition sensitive agriculture intervention that took place in rural Ghana."
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Ready to apply?
For this program, you'll need to apply to the School of Human Nutrition.
Check the full admission requirements for聽information about聽deadlines and whether supporting documents are required as part of聽your application.聽