Undergraduate Research Honors Program

Qualifications & Application for The Undergraduate Research Honors Program: Nutrition

Academic Criteria

Requirements for admission to program:

• Admission to Nutrition and Dietetics program (selective admission occurs in spring of sophomore year for admission in fall of junior year).
• Current ETSU student: must enter in their junior year with overall GPA of 3.2.
• Transfer student: must enter in the junior year with an overall GPA of 3.2
  
  

Application

Requirements for Applicants

• Completed online application
• 1-2 page personal essay describing your interest in studying nutrition and how participation in the Undergraduate Research Honors Program will benefit you (included in online application).
• Contact information for 2 letters of support from previous professors or professional mentors who can attest to your ability to successfully participate in additional work and meet deadlines.

For more information, please contact:

Mary Andreae, PhD, RD, LDN
Assistant Professor of Nutrition


Hutcheson Hall, Room 104
PO Box 70260
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN  37614
423-439-7538

andreae@etsu.edu

Retention in program

• All Nutrition Undergraduate Research Honors Program students must be nutrition majors and achieve a minimum GPA of 3.5 in the courses in the discipline.
• Enrollment with a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester; scholarship recipients must enroll in a minimum of 15 credit hours per semester.
• Students must maintain the following cumulative GPAs : up to 45 hours 3.2; 46-60 hours 3.2; 60+hours: 3.25.