Areas of Emphasis:
Human Nutrition:
Core courses (16 credit hours):
- STAT 703: Statistical Methods for Natural Scientists (3)
- DMP 708: Principles and Methods of Epidemiology (2)
- DMP 806: Environmental Toxicology (2)
- DMP 854: Disease Epidemiology (3)
- HRIMD 720: Administration of Health Care Organizations (3)
- KIN 818: Social and Behavioral Basis of Public Health (3)
Required courses (7 credit hours):
Students should have a grounding in human nutrition prior to acceptance into the MPH degree program with an emphasis in human nutrition. Prerequisite courses for students without an undergraduate degree in nutrition or dietetics or graduate work in nutrition include: HN 400 Human Nutrition and HN 450 Nutritional Assessment. These courses or the equivalent must be completed before the student is approved for full admission status in the program. Complete each of the following courses:
- HN 600: Public Health Nutrition (3)*
- HN 844: Nutritional Epidemiology (3)
- HN 880: Graduate Seminar in HN (1)
- *may substitute an elective if already taken
Elective courses (13-14 credit hours):
In addition to the above, students must select their remaining courses from the following or other courses as approved by the major advisor:
- HN 635: Nutrition and Exercise (3)
- HN 718: Physical Health and Aging (3)
- HN 735: Advanced Energy Balance (3)
- HN 780: Problems in Human Nutrition (1-2)
- HN 782: Topics in Human Nutrition (3)
- HN 995: Grantsmanship and Publication (3)
- PSYCH 510: Introduction to Behavior Modification (3)
- PSYCH 518: Introduction to Health Psychology (3)
- SOCIO 541: Wealth, Power and Privilege (3)
- SOCIO 570: Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (3)
- STAT 704: Analysis of Variance (2)
- STAT 705: Regression and Correlation Analyses (2)
- STAT 710: Sample Survey Methods (2)
- STAT 716: Nonparametric Statistics (2)
- STAT 735: Statistics in Health Related Industries (2)
Field experience OR master's thesis OR combined field experience and master's report (6 credit hours):
- HN 850: Public Health Field Experience (4-6)
- HN 898: Master's Report (2)
- HN 899: Master's Thesis (6)