Capstone Experience

As a Nutritional Sciences/Natural Science major, one great way to satisfy your Capstone Experience requirement is to do research in a nutritional sciences lab here on campus. This experience will prepare you well for a future in research if that's your career direction.

After you arrange with a faculty member to do research in his or her lab (see below), you will need to register for Nutritional Sciences 681/682, 691/692, or 699 for 2 or more credits to satisfy this requirement. To identify faculty who you might do research with, review the Nutritional Sciences departmental and IGPNS graduate faculty web pages. Once you identify labs in which you'd like to work, contact those professors directly by telephone or email and ask them if you could meet with them in person to determine whether they would consider mentoring you in your research. If possible, talk with several professors so you can make comparisons and achieve the best match to your interests. Circumstances in each laboratory constantly change and some professors might not be in a position to take you. If a faculty member declines, you should keep looking. This campus has a large number of laboratories and if you are persistent, you should be able to find an appropriate fit.