Graduate co-ordinator - Terry E. Graham (330 Animal Science/ Nutrition Bldg., Ext. 3028) (E-mail: tgraham.ns@aps.uoguelph.ca)
Graduate secretary - Andra Williams (353 Animal Science/ Nutrition Bldg., Ext. 6356) (E-mail: awilliams.ns@aps.uoguelph.ca)
Henry S. Bayley BSc Reading, PhD Nottingham - Professor
William J. Bettger BS, PhD Missouri - Associate Professor
Stan R. Blecher MD Witwatersrand, FCCMG - Professor
John D. Brooke DLC (Hons) Loughborough, MS Wisconsin, PhD Loughborough - Professor
James P. Dickey BSc, MSc Waterloo, PhD Queen's - Assistant Professor
Harold H. Draper BSA Manitoba, MSc Alberta, PhD Illinois - Professor Emeritus
Terry E. Graham BA & BPHE, MSc, PhD Queen's - Professor
Bruce J. Holub BSA, MSc, PhD Toronto - Professor
James B. Kirkland BSc, PhD Guelph - Associate Professor
Michael I. Lindinger BSc Victoria, MSc, PhD McMaster - Assistant Professor
Kelly A. Meckling-Gill BSc Calgary, PhD Toronto - Associate Professor
Laura E. Nagy BS Yale, MS, PhD California (Berkeley) - Associate Professor
Susan K. Pfeiffer BA Iowa, MA, PhD Toronto - Associate Professor
James R. Potvin BHK Windsor, MSc, PhD Waterloo - Assistant Professor
Lawrence L. Spriet BSc Waterloo, MSc York, PhD McMaster - Associate Professor
Brian A. Wilson BA & BPHE Queen's, MPE Windsor, EdD Tennessee - Assistant Professor
William D.H. Woodward BSc, MSc British Columbia, PhD Sheffield - Associate Professor
From the Department of Animal and Poultry Science:
James L. Atkinson BSc UMIST, Manchester, MSc London, PhD Guelph - Associate Professor
Brian W. McBride BSc, MSc Guelph, PhD Alberta - Professor
E. James Squires BSc, MSc, PhD Memorial - Associate Professor
Trevor K. Smith BSc British Columbia, MSc Manitoba, PhD Cornell - Associate Professor
Associated Graduate Faculty:
J. Craig Alexander BSA Ontario Agricultural College, MSA Toronto, PhD Wisconsin - Professor
Stephanie A. Atkinson BA Western Ontario, PhD Toronto - McMaster University
Rhonda Bell BSc, MSc Waterloo, PhD Cornell -University of Waterloo
Arend Bonen BA Western Ontario, MSc, PhD Illinois - University of Waterloo
Tammy M. Bray BS Fu Jen, MS, PhD Washington - Ohio State University
C. Young Cho BA Seoul, Cand Agro Royal Vet. & Agr. Univ. (Copenhagen), MSc Guelph, Dr Agro Kyushu (Japan) - Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Adjunct Professor
Douglas Friars BPHE McMaster, MD Queen's - Physician
George J.F. Heigenhauser BS Western Ontario, MSc, PhD Michigan - McMaster University
Laurie Hoffman-Goetz BA SUNY (Binghamton), MA, PhD Michigan - University of Waterloo
Eric Hultman MD Stockholm - Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Mario A. Lafortune BSc Ottawa, MSc, PhD Pennsylvania State - Nike
William R. Leonard BS Pennsylvania State, MA, PhD Michigan - University of Florida
William E. McIlroy BSc, MSc, PhD Guelph - Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, University of Toronto
Ranjit Singh MBBS London, FRCP - Guelph General Hospital
Mark Tarnopolsky BPE, MD, PhD McMaster, FRCPC - McMaster University
The department also offers an MSc by coursework and research project for students interested in a knowledge-based postgraduate degree. The objective is to provide an advanced understanding of nutritional sciences and the interface between nutrition and contemporary biology. The education in nutritional sciences offered by this option will provide a learning opportunity for scientists who have a strong undergraduate general-sciences background.
The department also offers a specialization in nutrition, exercise and metabolism at both the MSc and PhD levels. Its objective is to provide students with an interdisciplinary understanding of the interaction among nutrition, exercise and metabolism at the molecular, cellular, organ, and whole-body levels. This objective is met through formal course requirements and thesis research on the co- ordinate regulation of metabolism by nutrition and exercise.
Admission Requirements
In addition to the general university requirements for admission to graduate studies, applicants to each of the MSc options (By thesis; by coursework and project; and nutrition, exercise and metabolism specialization) must have an average grade of at least 'B' (75%) during their last two years of study and have taken undergraduate courses in nutrition, biochemistry, physiology and statistics.
Applicants who lack more than two of the prerequisite undergraduate courses designated below will be required to complete at least one semester as full-time undergraduate students and obtain an average grade of at least 'B' (75%). Applicants whose qualifications cannot be satisfactorily evaluated may be admitted as provisional students.
Applicants are expected to have taken the following courses. (Courses taken elsewhere will be evaluated for equivalency by the University of Guelph department which offers the course.)
- Nutrition At least one course in nutrition or nutritional metabolism. Students who have no background in nutrition will take Fundamentals of Nutrition (7103190).
- chemistry The equivalent of Introductory Biochemistry (1902580) and Structure and Function in Biochemistry (1903560).
- Biology The equivalent of Human Physiology (7503941:2). General courses in Biology are not equivalents.
- Statistics The equivalent of Statistics I (8902040). Applicants for the nutrition, exercise and metabolism specialization should also have basic courses in applied physiology. If this is lacking, students will take one of the following: Human Respiration, 7504060; Human Cardiovascular Physiology, 7504220; Work Physiology, 7504320; or Regulation of Human Metabolism, 7504460.
Degree Requirements
Msc by Thesis
Students undertaking a research-based MSc must defend a thesis based on original research and must complete at least 1.5 credits of coursework as follows:
- Nutrition
- Students must take two of the following three departmental nutrition courses:
- 7106400 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
- 7106420 Nutrition and Host Defence
- 7106440 Nutrition, Gene Expression and Cell Signalling
- And
- 7106500 Seminar1 - Participation is a continuing requirement of all students and one semester
- of credit, earned in part by a presentation of their research, is required of all Msc by thesis students.
- (Nutrition, exercise and metabolism students must also take the following two courses:
- 7106700 Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism
- 7106710 Advanced Topics in Nutrition and Exercise)
- Statistics
- 8906950 Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences.
- Advisory committees may require candidates to take additional courses relevant to the field of
- thesis research.
- Students must take two of the following three departmental nutrition courses:
MSc by Coursework and Project Program
Students in this category must complete at least 3.5 credits as follows:
- Nutrition
- Students must take three electives from the following five departmental courses (1.5 credits)
- 7106400 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals (0.5)
- 7106420 Nutrition and Host Defence (0.5)
- 7106440 Nutrition, Gene Expression and Signalling (0.5)
- 7106700 Nutrition, Exercises and Metabolism (0.5)
- 7106710 Advanced Topics in Nutrition and Exercise (0.5)
- And
- 7106090 Advances in Nutritional Research (0.5)
- And
- 7106500 Seminar (0.0) - Participation is required of all MSc by course-work-and-
- research-project students.
And
- 7106900 Research Project (1.0) - Students will present their research project findings in
- seminar format as part of 7106900.
- Statistics
- 8906950 Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences (0.5) `
- Students must take three electives from the following five departmental courses (1.5 credits)
Admission Requirements
Completion of an MSc degree and evidence of research accomplishment is required. The applicant must have completed the same background courses as candidates for admission to the MSc degree by thesis option in this department.
Degree Requirements
Coursework
- Nutrition
- Students take the following program unless completed (or the equivalent was completed) as part of the student's MSc program.
- Three electives from the following five departmental courses (nutrition, exercise and metabolism students - see below)
- 7106400 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
- 7106420 Nutrition and Host Defence
- 7106440 Nutrition, Gene Expression and Signalling
- 7106700 Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism
- 7106710 Advanced Topics in Nutrition and Exercise
- And
- 7106500 Seminar - Participation is a continuing requirement of all students and one semester of credit,
- earned in part by presentations of their research, is required of all PhD students.
- Statistics
- 8906950 Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
- Advisory committees may require candidates to take additional courses relevant to the field of thesis
- research.
- Qualifying Examination
- PhD students are required to pass the qualifying examination described in the Graduate Calendar.
- Thesis Requirements
- PhD students must present a thesis based on original research conducted in one of the areas encompassed by the research program of the department.
- Specialization in Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism
- PhD students in this specialization must meet the following requirements as part of the above PhD program in Nutritional Sciences (unless equivalent coursework was completed at the MSc level). Course Requirements
- Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism
- Students must take the following two courses as part of their three departmental
- electives
- 7106700 Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism
- 7106710 Advanced Topics in Nutrition and Exercise
- Exercise and Metabolism
- In addition, PhD students must take one of the following courses:
- 7506050 Sympathetic Nervous System and Human Metabolism
- 7506120 Topics in Biological Anthropology
- 7506130 Advanced Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Humans
- 7506180 Biology of Human Aging
- 5806000 The Structure and Function of Muscle
- 5806010 Regulation in Muscle Metabolism
- Students take the following program unless completed (or the equivalent was completed) as part of the student's MSc program.
The Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences participates in the master of science in aquaculture program. Professor Cho is a member of the Aquaculture Interdepartmental Group. This faculty member's research and teaching expertise includes aspects of aquaculture; he may serve as adviser for MSc (Aquaculture) students. Please consult the Aquaculture listing for a detailed description of the MSc (Aquaculture) interdepartmental program.
Toxicology MSc/PhD Collaborative Program
The Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences participates in the MSc/PhD program in Toxicology. Professor Kirkland is a member of the Toxicology Interdepartmental Group. This faculty member's research and teaching expertise includes aspects of toxicology; he may serve as advisers for MSc and PhD students. Please consult the Toxicology listing for a detailed description of the MSc/PhD collaborative program.
Biophysics Interdepartmental Group (BIG)
Several faculty members in the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences are members of the Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, which offers MSc and PhD programs in biophysics. Students admitted to and enrolled in the biophysics program and advised by a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences will be accommodated in the facilities of the department but are subject to the regulations of the biophysics program. Members of the graduate faculty in the Department of Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences who are members of the Biophysics Interdepartmental Group are permitted to advise MSc and PhD students in biophysics. These faculty members include J.D. Brooke, J.P. Dickey, T.E. Graham, M. Lindinger, J.R. Potvin and L.L. Spriet. Please consult the Biophysics listing for a detailed description of the graduate programs offered by the Biophysics Interdepartmental Group.
- Nutritional Sciences
Programs of study leading to the MSc and PhD degree in animal nutrition are available in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science.
