Program Overview

College of Health Sciences

The College of Health Sciences offers various undergraduate and graduate programs.

Accelerated Bachelor to Master Program (ABM)

The Accelerated Bachelor to Master (ABM) program allows qualified undergraduates to simultaneously earn credits toward completion of both bachelor's and master's degrees. Students may earn up to 12 graduate credit hours toward the requirements of both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. The ABM process is entered by the Registrar's Office as institutional credit. Undergraduate tuition will be assessed for both undergraduate and graduate courses for an undergraduate student who is taking part in the ABM program.

Qualifying Programs

• Dietetics to Clinical Nutrition
• Dietetics to Environmental Nutrition
• Dietetics to Nutrition Science
• Exercise, Sport & Movements Sciences (ESMS) to ESMS
• Health Sciences to Lifestyle Medicine

Eligibility

To be eligible for the ABM program, students must:

• Complete at least 18 hours of course work at the University of Memphis before taking courses as part of the ABM program
• Have a GPA of ≥ 3.25
• Be within 40 semester hours of graduation

Process

The process for applying to the ABM program involves the following steps:

1. Gain approval from a faculty member within the student's concentration to be their mentor for the program.
2. Complete the ABM application.
3. The advisor approves the application, and the form automatically forwards to the program's undergraduate/graduate Unit Coordinator(s).
4. The Unit Coordinator(s) confirms with the faculty mentor, approves the application, and automatically forwards it to the Director of Academic Programs.
5. The Director of Academic Programs approves the application.
6. Schedule an appointment with the academic advisor to finalize program acceptance.

Deadlines

The deadlines for applying to the ABM program are:

• April 15 for Fall admission
• October 15 for Spring admission
• April 15 for Summer admission

Course Equivalents

The following are the course equivalents for the ABM program:

MS Environmental Nutrition with UG Dietetics concentration

• Graduate course taken: NUTR 7182 Environmental Nutrition, Undergraduate course replaced: NUTR 4602 Community Nutrition
• Graduate course taken: NUTR 7712 Cultural Foods & Nutrition, Undergraduate course replaced: HMSE 4999 Senior Project
• Graduate course taken: HMSE 7010 Research Methods in H.S., Undergraduate course replaced: Upper-division Elective (3000/4000)
• Graduate course taken: HPRO 7780 Health Counseling, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4520 Health & Lifestyle Coun.

MS Nutrition Science with UG Dietetics concentration

• Graduate course taken: NUTR 7412 Cellular Nutrition I, Undergraduate course replaced: NUTR 3002 Adv. Human Metabolism I
• Graduate course taken: NUTR 7422 Cellular Nutrition II, Undergraduate course replaced: NUTR 4812 Adv. Human Metabolism II
• Graduate course taken: HMSE 7010 Research Methods in HS, Undergraduate course replaced: Upper-division Elective
• Graduate course taken: ESMS 7020 Pub/Prop in Health & Biomed, Undergraduate course replaced: Upper-division Elective

MS Clinical Nutrition with UG Dietetics concentration

• Graduate course taken: NUTR 6010 Clinical Nutr. & Food Service Mgmt., Undergraduate course replaced: NUTR 4010 Advanced Foods/Food Systems
• Graduate course taken: HLSC 6400 Statistics for Health Sciences, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4400 Statistics for Health Sciences
• Graduate course taken: NUTR 6112 Nutrition Assessment, Undergraduate course replaced: NUTR 4112 Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• Graduate course taken: HPRO 7780 Health Counseling, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4520 Health and Lifestyle Counseling

MS Exercise Sport & Movement Sciences with UG ESMS concentration

• Graduate course taken: ESMS 6000 Exer Test Interp Lab, Undergraduate course replaced: ESMS 4000 Exer Test Interp Lab
• Graduate course taken: ESMS 6603 Adv Meth Strength Cond, Undergraduate course replaced: ESMS 4603 Adv Meth Strength Cond
• Graduate course taken: HMSE 7010 Research Methods in HS, Undergraduate course replaced: Upper-division Elective (3000/4000)
• Graduate course taken: ESMS 7020 Pub/Prop in Health & Biomed, Undergraduate course replaced: Upper-division Elective (3000/4000)
• Graduate course taken: ESMS 7800 Internship in ESMS, Undergraduate course replaced: ESMS 4605 (3 credit hours)

MS Lifestyle Medicine with UG in Health Sciences concentration

• Graduate course taken: HPRO 7712 Epidemiology, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4530 Epidemiology
• Graduate course taken: HPRO 7780 Health and Lifestyle Counseling, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4520 Health and Lifestyle Counseling
• Graduate course taken: HPRO 6400 Statistics in Health Sciences, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 4400 Statistics in Health Sciences
• Graduate course taken: HPRO 7710 Health & Wellness Program Planning, Undergraduate course replaced: HLSC 3800 Strategic Planning & Program Dev.