Graduate Certificate in Nutrition
Prepare for Your Future in Public Health with a Graduate Certificate in Nutrition
Now that you’ve completed your bachelor’s degree, you may be wondering what’s next. If you are interested in pursuing a master’s degree but want to get your feet wet first, a graduate certificate is a great route to take. And if your dream career involves the health and nutrition field, Liberty’s Graduate Certificate in Nutrition can help you get started.
Our nutrition certificate is designed to help prepare you for the world of public health, specifically as it relates to human nutrition. Our courses can help you develop best practices in disease prevention while helping to equip you to improve the quality of life across various populations. As obesity and dietary complications rise in our nation, your skills in this field will be very marketable and sought after.
Aside from completing master’s level courses, you may wonder what you can gain by earning a graduate certificate in this field. First, our nutrition certificate is a great way to see how you do at the graduate level while adding to your professional resume. Second, if you foresee future graduate studies in our Master of Public Health – Nutrition degree, you can transfer in all of your completed credits and finish your degree in a third of the time.
Credit Hours
View CoursesNext start date: Aug 18, 2025
Liberty University is accredited by SACSCOC
Highlights
Highlights of our Nutrition Certificate
Expand Your Network
You will have the opportunity to join Eta Sigma Gamma and improve career opportunities and professional growth development.
Join a Community Committed to Health
Meet with like-minded professionals who have the same goals of improving community health locally and globally.
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At Liberty, you’ll find an affordable, high-quality education designed to help equip students like you for the real world. Our commitment to excellence has earned us recognition as the #4 Best College Campus in America by Niche.com.
Earning your degree from a nonprofit university with state-of-the-art resources like ours can help set you apart from your peers.
Courses
What Will You Study in Our Graduate Certificate in Nutrition?
Our Graduate Certificate in Nutrition focuses on major areas of illness and disease prevention. Discover how to combat diabetes, obesity, and eating disorders using current research in genetics, chronic disease, and medical nutritional therapy. Since this certificate is not geared to the medical field, you will develop more holistic methods for supporting healthy lifestyles at a larger scale, not just for individuals.
Required Nutrition Certificate Courses
- HLTH 640 – Principles of Nutrition
- HLTH 642 – Food-borne Illness Prevention
- HLTH 643 – Public Health Nutrition
- HLTH 644 – Diabetes, Obesity, and Eating Disorders
- HLTH 645 – Performance Nutrition for the Physically Active
Certificate Information
- This program falls under the School of Health Sciences
- View the Certificate Completion Plan
- Check out our course catalog
- Transfer in up to 50% of the certificate total
Admissions
How Do You Become a Student in the Graduate Certificate Program?
Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and all applicants must submit the following documents and meet the minimum requirements for admission:
- Admission application
- Official transcripts showing a regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 2.5 GPA for admission in good standing
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