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NUTR 300 Nutrition for Today (3) NW Kirk
Science of nutrition as it relates to individual food choices, health behaviors, public health. Health topics include wellness, obesity, eating disorders, sports nutrition, prevention of chronic disease. Nutrients and nutritional needs across the lifespan. Issues facing society including food safety, biotechnology, use of supplements and botanicals. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Elizabeth Kirk
Elizabeth A Cartwright
NUTR 302 Food Studies: Harvest to Health (3) I&S Kirk
Examines the many facets of the modern food supply from production and processing to distribution, marketing, and retail. Systems approach to foods studies considers geopolitical, agricultural, environmental, social, and economic factors along the pathway from harvest to health. Offered: Sp.
NUTR 405 Phys Activity in Health and Disease (3) Duncan
Impact of physical activity on individual and public health. Overview of physiological adaptations to activity, exercise prescription, exercise epidemiology, and prevention of chronic diseases. Public health recommendations for activity in the U.S. population, and the effects of the build environment on activity. Prerequisite: BIOL 118. Offered: jointly with EPI 405; Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Glen E Duncan
NUTR 441 Molecular Gastronomy: Chemistry and Culinology of Food (3) Peck
Studies the scientific principles behind modern culinary techniques, with emphasis on sensory evaluation, nutrient quality, and health. Recommended: general and organic chemistry. Offered: even years; S.
NUTR 465 Nutritional Anthropology (3) I&S/NW Neill
Concerns interrelationships between biomedical, sociocultural, and ecological factors, and their influence on the ability of humans to respond to variability in nutritional resources. Topics covered include diet and human evolution, nutrition-related biobehavioral influences on human growth, development, and disease resistance. Prerequisite: BIO A 201. Offered: jointly with BIO A 465.
NUTR 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5, max. 10)
Independent study and research supervised by a faculty member with appropriate academic interest. Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 500 Graduate Seminar: Current Issues in Nutrition (1, max. 4)
A review of current topics in nutritional science and public health nutrition. Provides a forum for student and faculty presentation, and review of current research efforts. Prerequisite: graduate student in nutrition. Offered: AWSp.
NUTR 505 Phys Activity in Health and Disease (3) Duncan
Impact of physical activity on individual and public health. Overview of physiological adaptations to activity, exercise prescription, exercise epidemiology, and prevention of chronic diseases. Public health recommendations for activity in the U.S. population, and the effects of the build environment on activity. Prerequisite: BIOL 118. Offered: jointly with EPI 502; Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Glen E Duncan
NUTR 511 Survey of Advanced Nutrition (2-3) Chan, Charney
Advanced introduction to nutritional sciences. Topics include macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism, energy balance and obesity, nutrient utilization in physical activity, nutritional needs and recommendations throughout the lifecycle, and the relationships between nutrition and atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer risk. Offered: A.
NUTR 520 Nutrition and Metabolism I (3) Rosenfeld
Metabolic/physiologic concepts related to energy balance, carbohydrate, and protein nutrition. Addresses energy producing pathways, as well as food sources, digestion, absorption, and utilization of carbohydrates, protein, and various micronutrients. Additional topics include low carbohydrate diets, vegetarianism, protein deficiency, and inborn errors in carbohydrate, and protein metabolism. Prerequisite: biochemistry. Offered: A.
NUTR 521 Nutrition and Metabolism II (3) Rosenfeld
Discussion of normal lipid components of animal tissues, with review of their metabolism and physiological functions. Topics include digestion, absorption, transport, and utilization of dietary fats, cholesterol, and fat-soluble vitamins. Discusses in depth the roles played by lipids and various micronutrients in altering risk of atherosclerosis. Prerequisite: biochemistry. Offered: W.
NUTR 522 Nutrition and Metabolism III (3) Rosenfeld
Advanced Study of biologically essential minerals and vitamins. To include absorption, transport, function, storage, excretion; imbalance, deficiency and toxicity; dietary structures; role of these nutrients in prevention diseases directly or indirectly. Offered: Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Elizabeth Kirk
NUTR 526 Maternal and Infant Nutrition (3) Johnson
Influence of maternal and infant nutrition on the health of populations. Nutrition-related physiological, psychological, and social factors in pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. Application of evidence-based approaches to maternal and infant nutrition recommendations and interventions for populations and high-risk individuals. Prerequisite: human nutrition and human physiology. Offered: A.
NUTR 529 Nutrition Research Design (3) Duncan
Critical review of selected nutrition literature. Evaluation of experimental design, research protocols, data analyses, and data presentations. Prerequisite: BIOST 511. Offered: odd years; A.
NUTR 530 Nutrition for Children with Special Health Care Needs (3) Lucas, Trahms
Principles of nutrition screening and assessment, clinical nutritional care, family-centered care, and health services as applied to meeting nutritional needs of children with special health care needs. Both population-based and individual care concepts are explored for children with a variety of chronic conditions. Offered: odd years; Sp.
NUTR 531 Public Health Nutrition (4) Johnson
Explores the functions and essential services of public health as they apply to assuring access to a safe and nutritious food supply. Examines the practice of public health nutrition: nutrition environment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation; policy development, implementation and evaluation, and links between basic science and public health nutrition practice. Prerequisite: introductory nutrition. Offered: W.
NUTR 532 Fieldwork in Public Health Nutrition (1-12, max. 12) Peck
Experience and service learning in organizations that plan, deliver, and promote population-based nutrition education and nutrition services. Prerequisite: Nutritional Sciences graduate student and permission of instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 536 Nutrition Education Principles and Practice (2) Peck
Examines principles of design and presentation of nutrition education for specific groups including developing goals and objectives, selection of components including activities, visual aides, and specifications of evaluation processes. Explores principles of communication, written and oral, in presenting nutrition education including learning styles, cultural competence, literacy levels, including, working with the media. Offered: W.
NUTR 537 Laboratory Rotation (1-4, max. 6)
Exposure to research being conducted in the laboratories of the graduate nutrition faculty. Provides hands-on experience in laboratory research. Introduces the student to on-going research for preparation of dissertation topics. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 538 Nutritional Epidemiology (3) Beresford
Application of epidemiological methods to current studies of diet, nutrition, and chronic disease. A discussion of current issues and controversies enable students to plan studies in nutritional epidemiology and disease prevention. Prerequisite: EPI 511 or EPI 512 and BIOST 511 or permission of instructors. Offered: jointly with EPI 538; A.
Instructor Course Description:
Shirley A. Beresford
NUTR 545 Food Safety and Health (3) Bruemmer
Presentation of emerging issues in food safety, sustainable agriculture and biotechnology. Examines both domestic and global pressures on the food supply. Examines international policies that promote regional solutions for a safe food supply and access to nutritious foods. Recommended: course in microbiology. Offered: W.
NUTR 550 Obesity: Prevention and Control (3) Drewnowski
Integrated biomedical and social approached to obesity and provides opportunities to design and evaluate strategies for obesity prevention and control. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
Adam Drewnowski
NUTR 551 Nutrition and Gene Expression (3) Rosenfeld
Lectures, student presentations, and discussions of current research on nutrient:gene interactions. Focus on how dietary factors act both directly as transcriptional regulators or indirectly as inducers of signal transduction cascades leading to alterations in expression of proteins associated with cellular nutrient metabolism. Prerequisite: NUTR 520, NUTR 521, NUTR 522, or permission of instructor. Offered: W.
NUTR 555 Nutrition in Developing Countries (3) Gorstein
Introduces issues of nutrition in developing countries, with an emphasis on the control and prevention of under nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Offered: jointly with G H 555; Sp.
NUTR 560 Nutritional Counseling for Chronic Disease (1) Peck
Examines nutritional intervention strategies and counseling skills that pertain to chronic disease prevention and management. Builds appropriate knowledge base and skills levels needed to create appropriate care plans and counseling strategies designed to meet individual client assessment/counseling situations. Offered: Sp.
NUTR 562 Nutrition and Chronic Disease (4) Bruemmer
Epidemiology/pathophysiology of chronic disease related to nutrition (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes). Examines nutritional risk/protective factors in relation to public health, individual nutrition, and clinical intervention. Prerequisite: physiology, biochemistry. Offered: Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara Bruemmer
NUTR 563 Nutrition in Acute Care (4) Bruemmer
Assessment of the nutritional demands and hypermetabolic response of trauma, surgery, organ failure, burns, AIDS, and neoplastic disease. Examines specialized nutritional support and substrate requirements in the acute care setting. Prerequisite: NUTR 562, or permission of instructor. Offered: S.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara Bruemmer
NUTR 564 Management of Nutrition Services (3) Charney
Examines healthcare policy and administrative issues that impact delivery of nutritional services in different healthcare settings. Topics include organizational behavior, productivity, project management, financial reporting, and human resources. Offered: odd years; S.
NUTR 590 Special Topics in Nutritional Science (1-4, max. 4)
Examines emerging issues in nutrition. Reviews the evidence and potential policy implications. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 595 Nutritional Sciences Master's Practicum (1-12, max. 12) Peck
Supervised practice experience providing students an opportunity to learn how nutritional sciences are applied to public health settings and in the formulation and application of public health policy. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: HSERV 511; NUTR 531; EPI 511; NUTR 520; 521; 522: Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 700 Master's Thesis (*)
Offered: AWSpS.
NUTR 800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)
Credit/no credit only. Offered: AWSpS.
