By Zoe Finholm\/\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hood College Graduate School will be offering two new programs next semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the director of graduate admissions, Tanith Fowler Corsi, the new programs include sustainability and nutrition science and a new health informatics master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are always looking at the local and regional market\u2019s work demands,\u201d Fowler Corsi said. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing if there\u2019s any niche that Hood College can fill,\u201d Fowler Corsi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The health informatics master\u2019s degree \u201ccombines studies in health, which is where a lot of jobs are, and computing and IT, which is in every single field,\u201d Fowler Corsi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 4PLUS track in sustainability and nutrition science will prepare students for careers as nutritionists, dieticians and other careers related to health and wellness. The 4PLUS program allows students to get both their bachelor’s and master\u2019s degrees in around five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both new programs provide \u201ca lot of good options for in-demand careers,\u201d Fowler Corsi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fowler Corsi said that some departments are in the process of hiring new faculty, but it will be up to those departments to decide who will be teaching the graduate classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Students in the program can begin taking graduate courses in their junior year. According to Hood\u2019s website, some incentives for taking those classes include waived application fees and priority advising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help Hood alums <\/a>further <\/a>their education, the <\/a>graduate <\/a>school offers <\/a>an <\/a>Alumni of the <\/a>Last Three <\/a>Years (ALTY) scholarship. The incentives for the ALTY scholarship are similar to the 4Plus program. According to the Hood <\/a>website, the scholarship would give students expedited admission, a waived application fee, undergraduate credits applied to master\u2019s degrees and the last three graduate credits at no cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fowler Corsi encouraged students to attend events hosted by the graduate school to ask any questions they may have. The graduate school is located on the third floor of the Apple building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"