Enrollment is open to any degree seeking graduate student or Honors Program student, as well as non-degree seeking students who hold a bachelor’s degree. All students who wish to earn the Graduate Certificate in Obesity and Weight Management must submit the following materials:

• Graduate Certificate in Obesity and Weight Management Application for Admission
• Most current transcript

Specific details about the application process can be found in the application for admission.

Nutrition (choose one):

• FDNS 6240E – Nutrition and Obesity Across the Lifespan (3 hours – offered Fall Semester)
• FDNS 6590 – Metabolism and Physiology of Energy Balance and Obesity (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)

Physical Activity (choose one):

• KINS 6500 – Physical Activity, Exercise and Obesity Across the Lifespan (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 8300 – Exercise, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Diseases (3 hours – offered Spring Semester, odd years)

Policy:

• HPAM 7050E – Health Policy and Obesity (3 hours – offered Fall and Spring Semester)

Survey:

• FDNS/KINS/HPAM/HPRB/ECHD 8595 – Survey of Obesity and Weight Management (1 hour – offered Spring Semester)

Recommended for learning in a variety of disciplines, as well as for the application of foundational knowledge in applied, clinical, and/or research settings.

• ECHD 6020 – Interpersonal Relationships (3 hours – offered Fall Semester)
• ECHD 8125 – Introduction to Health Psychology (3 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• ECHD 9110 – Approaches in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (3 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• FDNS/KINS 6220 – Nutrition in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• FDNS 6240E – Nutrition and Obesity Across the Lifespan (3 hours – offered Fall Semester)
• FDNS/HDFS 6260 – Childhood Obesity (3 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• FDNS 6590 – Metabolism and Physiology of Energy Balance and Obesity (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• FDNS 6800 – Nutrition and Pharmacotherapy for Disease Management (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• FDNS/KINS 7940 – Nutrition, Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport Internship (3-9 hours – offered Fall and Spring Semester)
• FDNS/KINS 8230 – Advanced Nutrition in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sport (3 hours – offered Fall Semester)
• FDNS/KINS/HPAM/HPRB/ECHD 8595 – Survey of Obesity and Weight Management (1 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• FDST 7070E – Functional Foods (3 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• HPAM 7050E – Health Policy and Obesity (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 6300 – Exercise Epidemiology (3 hours – offered Fall and Spring Semester)
• KINS 6310 – Exercise Prescriptions for Special Populations (3 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• KINS 6500 – Physical Activity, Exercise and Obesity Across the Lifespan (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 6600 – Measurement and Surveillance of Physical Activity (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 6640/L – Scientific Principles of Conditioning and Fitness (4 hours – offered Fall and Spring Semester)
• KINS/FDNS 6700 – Weight Management Coaching (3 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 7310/L – Clinical Exercise Physiology (4 hours – not offered on a regular basis)
• KINS/HPRB/FDNS 7600 – Public Health, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Interventions (4 hours – offered Spring Semester)
• KINS 8300/L – Exercise, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Diseases (4 hours – offered Spring Semester)

Please note:

• 7000, 7300, 9000, 9300, or other course numbers that involve internships, practicums, and/or service learning may be approved as electives.  These courses should be obesity-related as certified in writing by the supervising faculty member (with at least 50% of the course is related to obesity)
• With prior approval by the Steering Committee, other courses can be considered for approval when at least 50% of the course is related to obesity (as verified in writing by the instructor of the course)
• Other obesity-related courses will be added as they become available

Check with your academic advisor for advice about internships in your home department.

• Aspire Clinic, College of Family and Consumer Sciences
• Center for Counseling and Evaluation, College of Education
• Center for Physical Activity and Health, College of Education
• University Health Center
• Workplace Health Group, College of Public Health