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NSCI 5960 Master’s Seminar in Nutritional Sciences Prerequisites: NSCI graduate students. Description: Individual and group seminars on current issues and research in nutritional sciences. Previously offered as NSCI 5961. Offered for fixed credit, 1 credit hour, maximum of 2 credit hours. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Discussion Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 5963 Environmental Scanning and Analysis Prerequisites: Admission to Great Plains IDEA online MS in Dietetics or consent of instructor. Description: Discussion of changes in the economic, social, ethical, political, legal, technological, and ecological environments in which dietitians practice. Implications of these changes for education, practice and research within the field with particular emphasis on the healthcare industry. Web-based instruction. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6000 Doctoral Dissertation Prerequisites: Consent of major professor. Description: Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, maximum of 45 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-12 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study

NSCI 6223 Nutrition in Immunology Prerequisites: NSCI 5043 or consent of instructor.

Description: Principles and issues related to nutrition and immunology. Impact of nutrients and nutritional status on integrity of the immune system. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6243 Nutrition and Cancer Description: Examination of basic cancer biology and methodology used to study nutrition and cancer relationships. The role of nutrition in specific cancers, cancer prevention and cancer treatment will be explored. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6451 Advanced Grant Writing in Nutritional Sciences Prerequisites: Admission to the PhD in NSCI and NSCI 5123 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Description: Grant writing, identifying external funding and managing grants for nutritional sciences research projects. Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6453 Advanced Research Methods in Nutritional Sciences Description: Components of the research process for students who have completed an advanced degree. Development, application and interpretation of research methodology. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6643 Clinical Aspects of Nutrition Support Prerequisites: Medical nutrition therapy; or consent of instructor. Description: Specialized nutrition assessment and support. Review of energy expenditure and substrate utilization in specific disease states. Current methods for the initiation and management of enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy including access, metabolic and mechanical complications. Evaluation of nutrition support methodology in selected

Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6022 Advanced Energy Metabolism Prerequisites: NSCI 5033 and NSCI 5043

Description: Critical discussion and directed study of current literature and concepts in the nutritional control of gene expression and regulation of energy homeostasis from the cellular to organismal level. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6033 Phytochemicals Prerequisites: Advanced human nutrition/metabolism or consent of instructor. Description: Identification of basic structural, functional and metabolic properties of phytochemicals (substances in plants that have been linked to reducing chronic disease). Special attention placed on health benefits and chronic disease risk reduction. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences

disease states. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Nutritional Sciences NSCI 6870 Independent Study in Nutritional Sciences

Description: In-depth analysis of research issues in nutritional sciences. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Nutritional Sciences