{"id":93,"date":"2022-08-15T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:25:05","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/ms-nep\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Required Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"breadcrumbs\" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\">\r\n\t<!-- Breadcrumb NavXT 7.2.0 -->\n<span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Medicine Network Sites.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">College of Medicine<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Nutrition and Exercise Physiology<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Private: News.\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/nutrition-exercise-physiology\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Private: News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div><header class=\"wsu-article-header \">\r\n\t<h1 class=\"wsu-article-header__title\">\r\n\t\tRequired Courses\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t<\/header>\r\n\n\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-color-background--white wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none\"  >\r\n        \n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<p>The Master of Science in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (MS NEP) degree consists of a minimum 30 credits, 21 credits of which are graded and 8 are which support thesis research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">For official&nbsp;NEP course descriptions, see the WSU catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta \" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/catalog.wsu.edu\/General\/Courses\/BySubject\/NEP\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView WSU Catalog\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MS NEP Degree Plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students select one of three tracks: combined, human nutrition, or exercise physiology. Sample degree plans for each track are shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small wsu-color-background--gray-5\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__26978\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Combined Track<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__26978\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 520 Research Methods (3)<\/td><td>NEP 521 Research Methods 2 (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NURS 526 Statistics 1 (3)<\/td><td>NEP 525 Adv Human Nutrition (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TMP 550 Biochemistry (3)<\/td><td>NEP 582 Adv Ex Physiology (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 526 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (7)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 586 Physical Activity Epidemiology (3)<\/td><td>Elective (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elective (3)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small wsu-color-background--gray-5\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__52419\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Human Nutrition Track<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__52419\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 520 Research Methods (3)<\/td><td>NEP 521 Research Methods 2 (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NURS 526 Statistics 1 (3)<\/td><td>NEP 525 Adv Human Nutrition (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TMP 550 Biochemistry (3)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td>Elective (3)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 526 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (7)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td>Elective (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electives (6)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-accordion  wsu-accordion--size-small wsu-color-background--gray-5\">\r\n    <h3 id=\"unique-id-1__63562\" class=\"wsu-accordion__title\">\r\n        <button class=\"wsu-accordion__title-button wsu-accordion--toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"unique-id-1__content\">Exercise Physiology Track<\/button>\r\n    <\/h3>\r\n    <div id=\"unique-id-1__content\" class=\"wsu-accordion__content\" aria-labelledby=\"unique-id-1__63562\">\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-accordion__content-inner\">\r\n            \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 1 (11 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><td>NEP 505 Seminar (1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 520 Research Methods (3)<\/td><td>NEP 521 Research Methods 2 (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NURS 526 Statistics 1 (3)<\/td><td>NEP 582 Adv Ex Physiology (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TMP 550 Biochemistry (3)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td>Elective (3)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table  wsu-color-background--white\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Fall Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><th>Spring Semester 2 (10 credits)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>NEP 586 Physical Activity Epidemiology (3)<\/td><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (7)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NEP 700 Master\u2019s Research (1)<\/td><td>Elective (3)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Electives (6)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column wsu-color-background--gray-5 wsu-spacing-top--none wsu-spacing-padding-left--none wsu-spacing-padding-right--none wsu-spacing-after--none\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-decorator  wsu-decorator--style-lines-crimson wsu-position--relative\" style=\"top:-10;left:0;right:-20;height:40px;width:auto\"><\/div>\n\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card wsu-spacing-top--none wsu-spacing-padding-left--medium wsu-spacing-padding-right--medium wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading 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