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NSCI 5422 Dietetic Internship Clinical Practicum Prerequisites: Acceptance as a dietetic intern.

NSCI 5473 Pediatric Clinical Nutrition Prerequisites: Admission to Great Plains IDEA MS in Dietetics or consent of instructor. Description: Examination of the physiological, biochemical and nutritional aspects of disease processes relevant to infants and children up to 18 years of age. Medical nutrition therapy for a variety of medical conditions found in this population including inborn errors of metabolism, food hypersensitivity, obesity and diseases of the major organ systems. Web- based instruction. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5513 Public Health Nutrition Prerequisites: Admission to Great Plains IDEA MS in Dietetics or consent of Instructor. Description: Information and activities related to public health nutrition with focus on how nutrition research, policies and programs impact populations. Web-based instruction. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5543 Obesity Prevention Across the Lifespan Prerequisites: Introductory and lifespan nutrition; or consent of instructor. Description: Obesity in the population from childhood to the adult age groups. Examination of the impact of obese conditions on disease development throughout the life span. Critical analysis of prevention efforts and interventions used in the behavioral and clinical management of overweight and obese individuals in community and clinical settings. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5553 Global Nutrition and Food Security Description: Advanced study of the magnitude, causes, and nature of hunger and under-nutrition in low income countries; emphasis on programs, policies and planning directed toward alleviating hunger and malnutrition. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5563 Nutritional Assessment Prerequisites: Lifespan nutrition, human nutrition & metabolism, or equivalent. Description: Dietary, physical, and biochemical assessment techniques and their application to patient or client nutritional status assessment in health care systems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences

Description: Supervised learning experiences in approved clinical for the achievement of performance requirements for entry level dietitians. Graded on a pass-fail basis. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5423 Food Writing for Professionals Prerequisites: Admission to Great Plains IDEA MS in Dietetics or consent of instructor. Description: Writing skills needed by the food professional in order to communicate effectively in writing about food and food-related topics. Includes hands-on projects in research and writing for various audiences and types of publications. Web-based instruction. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5432 Dietetic Internship Community Nutrition Practicum Prerequisites: Acceptance as a dietetic intern. Description: Supervised learning experiences in approved community nutrition settings for the achievement of performance requirements for entry level dietitians. Graded on a pass-fail basis. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5443 Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics Prerequisites: Consent of Instructor.

Description: Fundamental concepts of the ways in which nutrients regulate gene expression (nutrigenomics) and how an individual's genotype influences their nutrient requirements (nutrigenetics). Includes a focus on the role of lipids in nutritional genomics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5453 Nutrition and Health Disparities Prerequisites: Lifespan nutrition; or Consent of Instructor.

Description: Examination of nutrition and health disparities in the U.S. Identification of sociocultural determinants of health and their influence on nutrition and health outcomes. Exploration of interdisciplinary strategies to reduce nutrition and health disparities. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences