Student review [#23616] for Nutritional Sciences
at Toronto Metropolitan University

Some of the core nutrition courses are very useful. Especially the mandatory courses for dietetics (if you want to become a registered dietitian). The skills you learn in these core courses are transferable and can be applied to future jobs related to food and nutrition. However, some of the content in some courses do overlap and it can feel repetitive. Since it is such a small program, it is hard to take the same course with a different professor as the classes are very limited. Some of the core courses only run once a year (either Fall, Winter, or Spring/Summer) so if you fail a course you would have to wait an entire year before you can retake it. Some of the courses with lab components were very fun but some may have mixed feelings about labs. As you need to pass both the lab component and lecture component separately in order to pass courses like biochemistry and food management.

In terms of student life, if you don’t live on campus or live in Toronto, student life is pretty much non-existent. The majority of students at Ryerson are commuters who live outside of Toronto and it may hard to find a sense of community if you aren’t actively involved in clubs or events. The location of the campus can be considered both bad and good. There is always something you can do after school as it is situated in the heart of Toronto. However, safety is a concern as there are many notifications of security incidents that occur on campus (such as criminal harassment, assault, and robbery). The school can definitely improve in terms of campus safety and tightening security measures.

In terms of career prospects, there are many industries that nutrition and food graduate students can branch out into. After graduation, you can choose to pursue a master’s program or the PMDip program to become a registered dietitian in the future. Those that choose not to become registered dietitians, can still work in health care, food service, government agencies, marketing, product development, food safety, etc.