Nutrition and Health Sciences Course Information

Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS)

Coursework

Entering NHS students take required coursework during the first year. All students take the same classes during the first semester. In the second semester, different courses are required of students depending on their subspecialty. Group One is typically taken by students who plan to conduct mainly laboratory research while Group Two is typically taken by students likely to pursue population-based research. Prior related coursework may be substituted for these classes by agreement with the Director of Graduate Studies.

All students in years two and beyond will have a customized set of electives, agreed upon by the student, thesis mentor, and Director of Graduate Studies that will provide the appropriate background for their thesis work. These electives may be taken from the relevant offerings of any of the graduate or professional programs at the University. In addition, students are required to take the graduate seminar class for a total of 4 years (2 years at the introductory level and 2 years at the advanced level).

Semester 1 - Fall
Course #	Course Title	Credits
IBS 555 IBS 580 NHS 570r EPI 530 BIOS 500 IBS 606	Basic Biomed. & Biol. Sciences I Human Nutrition I Introductory Graduate Seminar Epidemiology I Biostatistics I Values in Science	6 4 1 4 4 1

Semester 2 - Spring GROUP 1
Course #	Course Title	Credits
IBS 556 IBS 581 IBS 587r NHS 570r NHS 597r	Basic Biomed. & Biol. Sciences II Human Nutrition II Current Topics in Nutritional Sciences Introductory Graduate Seminar Lab Rotations	6 4 2 1 VC

Semester 2 - Spring GROUP 2
Course #	Course Title	Credits
IBS 556 IBS 581 IBS 587r EPI 534 BIOS 501 NHS 570 NHS 597	Basic Biomed. & Biol. Sciences II Human Nutrition II Current Topics in Nutritional Sciences Epidemiology 2 Biostatistics 2 Introductory Graduate Seminar Lab Rotations	6 3 2 3 4 1 VC

Semester 3 - Fall
Course #	Course Title	Credits
NHS 570r NHS 597r	Introductory Graduate Seminar Lab Rotations	1 VC

Semester 4 - Spring
Course #	Course Title	Credits
NHS 570r IBS 599r	Introductory Graduate Seminar Thesis Research: Master's Level	1 VC

Elective Courses:

The only specific requirements in the program are those listed above. However, each Ph.D. student must meet minimum requirements of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences with regard to total credit hours in course work. Before graduation (usually in years 3 and 4) the students are required to take at least 4 advanced courses (totaling at least 12 credit hours) in or closely related to their area of concentration. The courses are selected by the graduate student in consultation with the student's advisory committee and the Program Director. Following are the courses which are particularly appropriate for advanced study in the Nutrition and Health Sciences Program.

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology:

Course #	Course Title	Credits	Semester
IBS 505 IBS 519 IBS 524 IBS 532 IBS 542 IBS 543 IBS 544 IBS 702 IBS 716G IBS 728 IBS 742 IBS 747r	Human and Molecular Genetics Foundations in Dev. Biology Cancer Biology Intro to Pharmacology Concepts of Immunology Medical Microbiol Lectures Medical Microbiol Laboratory Molec Mech/Signal Transduction Graduate Pharmacology Physical Biochemistry Regulation of Cell Growth Current Topics in Immunology	4 3 4 3 4 6 2 4 5 3 4 4	Spring Fall Spring Spring Fall Fall Fall Fall Spring Fall (biennial) Spring Spring

Clinical Nutrition:

Course #	Course Title	Credits	Semester
IBS 506r IBS 518 IBS 531 IBS 782r EPI 541 EPI 746	Basic of Neurological Disease Human Embryology Prin of Molec Therapeutics & Toxicology Medical Genetics Seminars Hospital Infections Reproductive Epidemiology	2 2 4 1 2 2	Spring Fall Fall Fall/Spring Fall Fall

Environmental and Health Sciences:

Course #	Course Title	Credits	Semester
IBS 740 EOH 500 EOH 530 EOH 537 EOH 546 (IH 580)	Molecular Toxicology Perspectives in Environ Health Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Methods in Occupational and Environ Epidemiology Environmental Microbiology	3 2 2 2 2	Spring (biennial) Fall/Spring Spring Fall Summer

Nutritional Epidemiology and Surveillance:

Course #	Course Title	Credits	Semester
IBS 591 BIOS 500 BIOS 501 BIOS 503 BIOS 520 EPI 504 EPI 505 EPI 533 EPI 537 EPI 538 EPI 552 EPI 739 EPI 740 EPI 743 EPI 744	Population Biol & Evol Disease Statistical Methods I (+ Lab) Statistical Methods II (+ Lab) Intro to Biostatistics Clinical Trials Methodology Fundamentals of Epidemiology Essentials of Modern Epi Programming in SAS Chronic Disease Epidemiology Advanced Epidemiologic Methods I Human Genome Epidemiology Advanced Epidemiologic Methods II Epidemiologic Modeling Epidemiology of Cancer Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology	4 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2	Spring Fall Spring Fall Fall Fall Fall Fall Spring Spring Summer Fall Fall Fall Spring

Community and Preventive Health:

Course #	Course Title	Credits	Semester
BSHE 520 BSHE 522 BSHE 524 BSHE 530 BSHE 538 BSHE 540 BSHE 542 BSHE 550r IH 512 IH 532 IH 540 IH 552 IH 551 IH 546 IH 547 NHS 797r	Theory in Behav. Science & Health Education Prin of Curriculum & Instruction in Health Ed Community Needs Assessment Conduct of Eval Research Qual Research Methods Behavioral Research Methods Measurement in Health Behavior Research Theory-Driven Research in the Behav. Sc. Health in Complex Emergencies Survey Methods Population Dynamics Global Elimination of Micronutrient Malnutrition Diet and Chronic Disease Maternal and Child Nutrition Maternal and Child Health Demography Directed Study	3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 1-2 3 2 2 2 3 3 VC	Fall Spring Fall/Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Spring Summer Fall Fall Fall Fall Spring Fall Fall/Spring/ Summer