Analysis of factors involved in etiology, assessment, medical consequences, treatment and prevention of eating disorders. 

FNS 661:  Macronutrients (3 credit hours)

Advanced study of nutrition, metabolism, and function of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids as related to human health and disease. 

FNS 662:  Micronutrients (3 credit hours)

Advanced study of the nutrition, metabolism, and function of vitamins and minerals as related to human health and disease.

FNS 670:  Seminar-Nutrition (1 credit hour) 

Student review and presentation of specific topics of current research in nutrition.

FNS 671:  Advanced Topics in Nutrition-Geriatrics (3 credit hours)

Presents key concepts in geriatric nutrition.  Provides students with skills needed to evaluate and utilize information regarding nutrition in health and disease among the elderly. 

FNS 672:  Advanced Clinical Nutrition (3 credit hours)

Advanced concepts of diet therapy and care for a variety of clinical disorders with nutritional implications.  Includes coverage of enteral and parenteral nutrition.

FNS 673:  Nutritional Assessment (3 credit hours)

Presents techniques for nutritional assessment of individuals and groups; evaluation of dietary intake, anthropometry, nutritional analysis software, and biochemical, and clinical indices.

FNS 674:  Dietetic Internship:  Clinical Experience (5 credit hours)

Application of dietary principles to human pathophysiologic status through documenting and counseling individuals, assessing, educating groups, and planning in an acute care environment.

FNS 675:  Dietetic Internship:  Foodservice Administration Experience (5 credit hours)

Application of administrative principles (budget decisions, cost containment, personnel management, leadership) involved in the production, distribution, and service of food in hospitals and schools.

FNS 676:  Dietetics Internship-Summary Experience (2 credit hours)

Integration and application of clinical, foodservice, and community nutrition principles and their implementation in acute care settings. 

FNS 677:  Nutritional Epidemiology (3 credit hours)

Presents key concepts of nutritional epidemiology.  Enables students to evaluate clinical research investigating the role of nutrition in disease causation and health promotion.

FNS 678:  Research Methods in Nutrition (3 credits) 

Students will review research methods, read and analyze related literature and develop a proposal for practice-oriented nutrition research. Students are expected to have completed FNS 678 in advance of enrolling in FNS 790 or 798. 

FNS 679:  Advanced Topics in Nutrition:  Obesity (3 credit hours)

Current theories and analysis of factors contributing to overweight and obesity throughout the life span; intervention and weight management options presented.

FNS 790:  Independent Study (3 credit hours)
Students are expected to have completed FNS 678 in advance of enrolling in FNS 790 or 798.  Typically, FNS 790 is completed in the student's final semester of coursework.

FNS 798:  Thesis (6 credit hours)
Students are expected to have completed FNS 678 in advance of enrolling in FNS 790 or 798. 

For more information about this program, contact Candace Maylee at mayle1ce@cmich.edu or 989-774-2613.