Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

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Overview

College: College of Applied Medical Sciences
Campus: Dammam
Track: Health
Level: Postgraduate
Degree: MSc
Gender: Female, Male
Years of study: 2 (Completing 6 courses (24 credit hours) and Thesis (6 credit hours).)
Credit hours: 30
Additional requirements: Defence for the thesis

Minor Specialization

Pediatric Nutrition (Available)
Nutrition Support Therapy (Available)
Nutrition & Mental Health ( not Available)

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Study plan

The program includes two full years of study consisting of 24 credit units (6 courses) and 6 units of research work (thesis).

Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition

First year

Semester one

Course ID	Course title	Credit hours	Contact hours	Pre-requisite
NUTR 611	Advanced Human Nutrition and Metabolism	4	-	-
NUTR 612	Nutritional Research Methods and Biostatistics	4	-	-
NUTR 621	Food and Nutrition Instrumentation	4	-	-

Semester two

Course ID	Course title	Credit hours	Contact hours	Pre-requisite
NUTR 622	Focused Medical Nutrition Therapy	4	-	-
NUTR 631	Clinical Nutrition Seminar	4	-	-
	Specialty course*	4	-	-

Second year

Semester one

Course ID	Course title	Credit hours	Contact hours	Pre-requisite
NUTR 699	Thesis	6	-	-

Semester two

Course ID	Course title	Credit hours	Contact hours	Pre-requisite
NUTR 699	Thesis	6	-	-

Electives

Course ID	Course title	Credit hours	Contact hours	Pre-requisite
Pediatric Nutrition
NUTR 632	Pediatric Nutrition and Dietetics		-	-
Nutrition Support Therapy
NUTR 633	Nutrition Support Therapy		-	-
Nutrition & Mental Health
NUTR 634	Nutrition & Mental Health		-	-

Published on: 11 May 2022

Last update on: 21 October 2025

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