Accelerated Masters Pathway
Save time and money in this dual B.S. and M.S. program
The Accelerated Masters Pathway (AMP) offers highly motivated students the opportunity of integrating their undergraduate and graduate courses of study in a single continuous program culminating in both a B.S. in Dietetics or Human Nutrition and an M.S. in Nutrition and Food Systems. AMP students will save time and money by receiving dual graduate credit hours for courses taken during their senior year of undergraduate studies. AMP students are classified as undergraduates until they have completed the number of credit hours required for their undergraduate degree.
Fast Facts
12
Dual Credit Hours
0
GRE Requirements
3
Semesters to Graduate
How AMP Works
When you have earned between 60–105 credit hours as an undergraduate and meet eligibility requirements, submit the online AMP Intent Form, which will go to your advisor for their approval.
Then during your last undergraduate semester, apply to the Graduate School for your program.
Following completion of your undergraduate degree, you move into your graduate program with up to 12 graduate credits from AMP.
Admissions
Admission to the AMP program is selective and competitive. Students must be currently enrolled at UK, pursuing the Dietetics or Human Nutrition degree. Applicants should have completed at least 60-105 credit hours of work toward the bachelor's degree. Their overall UK undergraduate grade point average must be at least a 3.0. Before registering for your courses, complete the AMP Intent Form for advisor approval.
Effective January 1, 2024, the minimum degree requirement to be approved for eligibility for the registration examination for dietitians changed from a bachelor's degree to a graduate degree. This decision was made by the Commission on Dietetic Registration based on the recommendations of the Council on Future Practice Visioning Report (2012).
Additional Opportunities
Graduate Research
Our goal is to provide students with expertise in nutrition and food systems for applying practical and critical thinking skills to address nutrition-related problems in an evolving global society. To start the process, graduate students identify a faculty advisor to serve as their committee chair. Together, the student and their faculty chair discuss research interests and develop a thesis proposal, which is approved by the student’s thesis committee. In the last semester of the student’s program of study they will submit their written thesis to their committee, as well as the Graduate School, and defend their work during an oral defense.
Learn More about ResearchAssistantships
Teaching and research Assistantships are available for qualified students on a competitive application basis. Assistantships include a stipend and scholarship. To be considered for an assistantship, applicants must apply to the graduate program by March 1 for admission the following fall semester and October 1 for admission the following spring semester. Each semester, current students must reapply for a graduate assistantship as they are awarded every semester based on performance. The Director of Graduate Studies will provide current and admitted students with the assistantship application each semester.
Learn More about AssistantshipsConnect With Us
Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition
204 Funkhouser Building
Lexington, KY 40506
859-257-3800
dhn@uky.edu
