Graduate Courses in Nutrition
500 Thesis (1-15)
P/NP only.
502 Registration for Use of Facilities (3-15)
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester
when student uses University facilities and/or faculty time before
degree is completed. May not be used toward degree requirements. May
be repeated. S/NC only.
509 Graduate Seminar in Public Health (1)
(Same as Public Health 509, Exercise Science 509, Nursing 509 and
Social Work 509.)
511 Advances in Carbohydrate, Lipid and Action Metabolism
(4)
Bioenergetics, flux control and hormonal interrelationships. Prereq:
Advanced Nutrition or equivalent.
512 Advances in Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism (3)
Advances in carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, and vitamins.
Nutrient requirements of humans. Prereq: Advanced Nutrition and 511.
513 Community Nutrition I (3)
Orientation to community; assessment of nutrition problems, needs,
and resources; functional roles of public health nutritionist. Concurrent
field experiences. Prereq: Advanced Nutrition or consent of instructor.
514 Community Nutrition II (3)
Planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health nutrition
programs. Concurrent field experiences. Prereq: 513 or consent of
instructor.
515 Field Study in Community Nutrition (1-12)
Personal participation in and analysis of state or regional community
nutrition program. Location of in-depth study to be selected in consultation
with instructor. Prereq: 513, 514 and consent of instructor. S/NC
only.
516 Maternal and Child Nutrition (3)
Nutrition principles related to growth and development during pregnancy,
infancy, and childhood to age 5, high risk conditions. Prereq: Advanced
Nutrition or consent of instructor.
517 Childhood and Adolescent Nutrition (3)
Application of nutrition principles to school age children; effects
of diseases on growth and health maintenance; nutritional assessment
and counseling for nutrition. Prereq: Advanced Nutrition or consent
of instructor.
518 Nutrition and Aging (3)
Nutritional problems of adults; nutritional requirements, dietary
intakes; affects of nutrition on biological aging. Prereq: Advanced
Nutrition or consent of instructor.
521 Physiological Basis for Diet and Disease (3)
Altered nutrient needs as result of metabolic changes that occur in
selected disease states. Prereq: Nutrition in Dise ase or consent
of instructor.
522 Nutrition Counseling (2)
Individual eating habits and disorders, evaluation strategies for
effectiveness of helping process. Prereq: Nutrition in Disease or
consent of instructor.
530 Molecular Application in Nutrient - Gene Interaction
(1)
Theories and applications of gene regulation methodologies. Experimentation
with DNA and RNA. RNA and DNA isolation and analysis to illustrate
nutrient regulation of gene expression.
540 Seminar in Nutrition (1)
May be repeated. S/NC only.
541 Research Methods (3)
Basic principles of planning, conducting, and interpreting nutrition
and foodservice systems administration research. Prereq: 6 graduate
hrs in nutrition and food system administration and statistics.
547 Field Experience (3-9)
Experience in food-related industry or agency under supervision of
faculty member. Prereq: Consent of instructor. S/NC only.
548 Directed Study in Nutrition (1-3)
Advanced study in nutrition. Prereq: Consent of instructor. May be
repeated. Maximum 6 hrs.
549 Special Topics (1-3)
Recent advances in nutrition or food systems administration. Prereq:
Consent of instructor. May be repeated. Maximum 6 hrs.
600 Doctoral Research and Dissertation (3-15)
P/NP only.
602 Advanced Topics in Nutrition Science (1-3)
Comprehensive individual study and group discussion of topics related
to current problems in nutrition. Prereq: 512 or consent of instructor.
May be repeated.
Contact the Department of Nutrition
1215 W. Cumberland Ave.
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
Brenda Hart
bhart57@utk.edu
Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491