Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

561 Nutrition and Cancer Prevention
This course will explore the relationship between nutrition, food and lifestyle with the development of cancer.  Topics will include: international variations and trends of cancer; introduction of basic concepts and principles of the cancer process; evidence for physical activity (including body fatness) and cancer prevention; dietary and lifestyle recommendations for cancer prevention.  The goal of this course is for students to develop insight into dietary and lifestyle strategies for cancer prevention. 

572 Community Nutrition
Skills and techniques needed to effectively carry out community nutrition programs and nutrition education, including knowledge of agencies and programs, community assessment, legislation, nutrition education, and working with people. 

573 Community Nutrition Fieldwork
Supervised fieldwork experience in community nutrition programs. Prerequisites: NUTRITN 572 and consent of instructor. Credit, 3-6.

575 Culture, Nutrition and Health
How culture and ethnicity affect dietary practices and health in the U.S. Influence of food security, acculturation, and politics on food availability, food practices, and health outcomes. Health and health disparities in different cultural/ethnic groups, including overview of epigenetics. Emphasis on cross-cultural communication to address health and nutrition concerns.

577 Nutritional Problems in the U.S.
Reflect and integrate Nutrition, GenEd, and other courses with life experiences. Students develop insight into the epidemiologic, physiologic, biochemical and nutritional complexities of major diet-related disease in the Unived States. 

578 Nutritional Problems of Developing Nations
Malnutrition as it exists in developing countries and its socioeconomic background. Protein-energy malnutrition, famine, vitamin and mineral deficiency diseases, synergism between nutrition and infection, and the role of international agencies in fighting malnutrition. 

580 Medical Nutrition Therapy
Physiological and metabolic bases for nutritional care and the application of this knowledge to the treatment of specific diseases. Topics include surgery, burns, infections, cancer, liver diseases, renal failure, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and alternative modes of feeding. Also includes application of nutrition knowledge to specific diseases and problems encountered in the practice of clinical dietetics. Credit, 4.

585 Practical Skills in Nutrition Counseling
Knowledge of dietgary treatment of disease (Medical Nutrition THerapy) appliced in stimulated one-on-one counseling settings. Topics include: interviewing/listening skills, assessing readiness, developing care plans, multicultural counseling, and computerized diet analysis. Prerequisites: NUTRITN 580; may be taken concurrently.

597J ST - Nutritional Genomics
This course will provide a broad introductory overview of the molecular mechanisms of diet-induced changes in gene expression and the modulatory role of genetic polymorphisms, but will primarily be focused on group discussion of illustrative primary genomics research papers relevant to the development of disease or the response to various environmental exposures.

597M ST-MedNutrTherapy (Dietetics)
This 1-credit class is open to Dietetic Track students only.  It is designed to provide instruction and support for students in the application of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP).  With the help of the instructor, students will develop nutritional care plans for case studies as it relates to successful completion of NUTRITN 580 case students.

630 Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition: Macronutrients
Metabolism of nutrients and dietary constituents and its integration into biochemical mechanisms.  Critical reviews, evaluations and discussions of current research papers involving topics of nutrient metabolism and biochemistry relevant to human health and metabolic disorders. 

640 Public Health Nutrition
A practice-based approach to public health nutrition processes through readings, lectures, and active participation. Assessing community needs; priorities, goals and objectives; implementing an intervention; designing a nutrition plan; building coalitions; and preparing grant applications.

678 Topics in International Nutrition
Causes and consequences of malnutrition in developing countries from an interdisciplinary viewpoint. Some knowledge of agriculture nutrition and/or health sciences required. Student presentations and discussion of current issues pertaining to nutrition and development. Prerequisite: NUTRITN 578 or consent of instructor.

696 Research Problem
Mainly for candidates for the Master of Science degree who do not write a thesis. Original research expected. Two bound copies of a written report of the study required by the department. Credit, 3-6.

697C Journal Club
Review and discussion of current literature. Credit, 1.

697W ST Advanced Writing Seminar
This course will prepare students to write a systematic review. The purpose of a systematic review is to find as much research as possible that is relevant to particular research questions, and use explicit methods to identify what can reliably be said on the basis of this studies.  Such reviews synthesize research findings in a form which is easily accessible to those who may use it to make policy or practice decisions.  In this way, systematic reviews reduce the bias which may occur in reviewing research evidence. Credit, 1

698 Nutrition Practicum
Practical field experience in human nutrition. Prerequisite: NUTRITN 352 or consent of instructor.

698A Nutrn Prctcm DI P+1
698B Prac: Di Part II
698C DI Food Service Rotation 1
698D P-DI Food Service Rotation 2
698E P-DI/Clinical Rotations Part 1
698F P-DI Clinical Rotations Part 2

699 Master’s Thesis
Individual research. Credit, 1-10 Total.

714 Biochem & Molecular Nutrition: Micronutrients
This course is designed as a foundational course in micronutrient nutrition. The course will focus on specific vitamin and mineral functions, requirements and factors that influence them, methods for assessing vitamin status in individuals and populations, and the health consequences of deficiency or excess. The clinical and public health implications of micronutrient nutrition will be emphasized.

731 Nutritional Assessment
Procedures used in assessing human nutriture, including demographic, clinical, anthropometric, biochemical, and dietary intake methodologies. Standards of evaluation and validity of procedures used in national surveys and other pertinent studies.

741 Methods in Nutrition Research
Overview of laboratory and population research methodologies used in nutrition.  Students will increase familiarity with nutrition research methods and study design.

793 Seminar
Readings, reports and discussions on current literature in area of food or nutrition. Credit, 1.

794 Seminar
Review of current literature and research. Visiting lecturers. One class hour. Credit, 1.

796 Research Project
Research on problems not related to thesis. Credit, 1-6 Total.

896 Research Project
Consent of graduate instructor required. Not a thesis; for Ph.D. candidates only. Credit, 1-4.

899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.