密歇根州立大学食品科学与人类营养学系提供了出色的教育计划，这些计划对食物和健康提供系统的界面产生独特的影响。计划构成了生产农业和消费粮食使用之间的连续体。人类营养学研究生课程为基于社区的实际应用提供了强大的生化研究基础。该系在整合其计划领域方面显示出了领导才能，通过跨学科的经验为教职员工和学生提供发展机会。通过教师与私营企业和政府机构的互动，加强了安全，有益健康和营养食品的供应。我们的计划受益于MSU一所多维，研究密集型，赠地大学在环境中广泛开展的协作互动。
The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Michigan State University offers outstanding educational programs that uniquely impact at the interface of the food and health delivery systems. Programs form a continuum between production agriculture and consumer food use. Human nutrition graduate programs provide a strong biochemical research base with practical community-based applications.<br>The department has demonstrated leadership in integrating its program areas that provide faculty and students development opportunities through diverse transdisciplinary experiences. Implementation of a safe, wholesome and nutritious food supply is enhanced through interaction of faculty with private industry and governmental agencies. Our programs benefit through extensive collaborative interactions espoused within the environment at MSU a multidimensional, research intensive, land-grant university.<br>The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition offers graduate programs leading to a master's of science degree and a doctoral degree in human nutrition under the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Also offered are numerous opportunities for postdoctoral research.<br>Graduate applicants are expected to meet the academic background requirements of the program of his/her choice. Programs of study and research are flexible and designed to meet the needs and objectives of individual students. Emphasis is placed on a sound educational program to develop a high degree of professional competence in a scientific program area.<br>The candidate selects a graduate program, which emphasizes either biochemical or community-based research. The applicant is expected to have had courses in the following areas: organic and quantitative chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, mathematics and nutrition.<br>The master's degree program in human nutrition includes research, coursework in advanced nutrition, statistics, seminars and appropriate selections from one or more of the following areas: anthropology, pathology, genetics, psychology, sociology, epidemiology, or family and child ecology.