sign in sign up
<<
Home , Human nutrition

Public Major—M.P.H.

The Nutrition major emphasizes nutritional assessment, program planning, health behavior change and intervention strategies, research and evaluation methods, and policy development. A separate emphasis in nutritional is also available to help prepare public health nutrition professionals address significant issues in the field with up-to-date epidemiologic methods.

Coordinated Master’s Contact Information Program Curriculum Prerequisites for admission include: Public Health Nutrition Core Program Coordinator: one general biology course, (13–15 credits) Name: Shelley Cooksey two general courses with ○ Foundations of Public Health Email: [email protected] labs, one organic chemistry course, Nutrition Leadership (PubH 6901, Phone: (612) 626-8802 2 credits) Fax: (612) 624-0315 one biochemistry course, one www.sph.umn.edu/programs/phn/ microbiology course with a lab, one ○ Community Nutrition Intervention (PubH 6914, 3 credits) course, one introduction ○ Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915, Office of Admissions and to nutrition course, one introduction 2 credits) Student Resources to course, one food ○ Foundations of Inter-professional Email: [email protected] systems operation management Communication and Collaboration Phone: (612) 626-3500 course, one social science course (PubH 6920, 1 credit) Toll Free: (800) 774-8636 ○ Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Fax: (612) 624-4498 Note: final application deadline is (PubH 6933, 2 credits) sph.umn.edu/students/prospective December 1. CMP track for non- Plus 3 research methods credits ○ CMP track for non-nutrition/dietetics nutrition/dietetics undergrad from the following list of undergrad majors = 64 credits students must take three courses courses: ○ CMP track for nutrition/dietetics from the following list with the ▼ ○ Program Evaluation for Public Health undergrad majors = 61 credits note: Practice (PubH 6034, 3 credits) ○ Applied Research Methods (PubH Program Curriculum CMP track for nutrition/dietetics 6035, prerequisite 6034, 3 credits) undergrad students must take two ○ Data Processing with PC-SAS (PubH 6325, 1 credit) courses from the following list: The Coordinated Master’s Program ○ Epidemiologic Methods II (PubH 6342, prerequisite 6341, 3 credits) combines didactic coursework and ○ ▼ Maternal, Infant, and Preschool ○ Introduction to SAS Programming supervised practice leading to a Nutrition (PubH 6902, 2 credits) (PubH 6420, 1 credit) Master’s in Public Health (M.P.H.) ○ ▼ Child and Adolescent Nutrition ○ II (PubH 6451, (PubH 6903, 2 credits) degree in Public Health Nutrition prerequisite 6450, 4 credits) ○ ▼ Nutrition and Aging (PubH 6904, ○ Practical Methods for Secondary and eligibility to sit for the 2 credits) Data Analysis (PubH 6617, 3 credits) registration examination for ○ Global Nutrition (PubH 6906, ○ Community Based Participatory Registered . The 2 credits) Research (PubH 6650, 1 credit) concentration area is public health ○ Conducting a Systematic Literature Research Methods (6 credits) Review (PubH 6803, 2 credits) with an emphasis in working with ○ Critical Review of Research in Public ○ Principles of Public Health Research rural and disadvantaged Health Nutrition (PubH 6910, (PubH 6806, 2 credits) populations. 1 credit) ○ Program Evaluation in Health and Settings (PubH 6852, ○ Culminating Experience (PubH 7994, 2 credits) 2 credits) ○ (PubH 6389, prerequisite 6341, 2 credits)

○ Designing and Conducting Focus one biochemistry course, one ○ Conducting a Systematic Literature Group Interviews (PubH 7250, human nutrition course, one social Review (PubH 6803, 2 credits) 1 credit) ○ Principles of Public Health Research ○ Qualitative Research Design and science course. (PubH 6806, 2 credits) Methods (Nurs 8171, 3-4 credits) ○ Program Evaluation in Health and ○ STND track for nutrition/dietetics Mental Health Settings (PubH 6852, Field Experience (21 credits) undergrad majors = 44 total credits 2 credits) ○ Coordinated Field Experience ○ STND track for non-nutrition/dietetics ○ Nutritional Epidemiology (PubH 7996, 4 credits) undergrad majors = 50-55 total (prerequisite 6341) (PubH 6389, ○ Community Nutrition Practicum credits 2 credits) (PubH 6995, 8 credits) ○ Designing and Conducting Focus ○ Practicum Public Health Nutrition Core Group Interviews (PubH 7250, (PubH 6996, 9 credits) (13 credits) 1 credit) ○ Foundations of Public Health ○ Qualitative Research Design and Public Health Core Nutrition Leadership (PubH 6901, Methods (Nurs 8171, 3-4 credits) (11–12 credits) 2 credits) Note: courses designated as part ○ Community Nutrition Intervention Field Experience (2 credits) of the public health core must be (PubH 6914, 3 credits) Field Experience (1 credit each of two semesters) (PubH 7996, taken for a letter grade (A/F) ○ Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915, 2 credits)

2 credits) ○ (PubH 6101, 2 ○ Nutrition and Chronic Diseases credits) or Issues in Environmental Public Health Core (PubH 6933, 2 credits) and Occupational Health (PubH (11-12 credits)

6102, 2 credits) Note: courses designated as part All Standard Track students must ○ Fundamentals of Epidemiology of the public health core must be (PubH 6320, 3 credits) or take two courses from the following taken for a letter grade (A/F) Epidemiologic Methods I (PubH list: 6341, 3 credits) Maternal, Infant, and Preschool ○ Environmental Health (PubH 6101, ○ Biostatistical Literacy (PubH 6414, Nutrition (PubH 6902, 2 credits) 2 credits) or Issues in Environmental 3 credits) or Biostatistics I ○ Child and Adolescent Nutrition and Occupational Health (PubH 6450, 4 credits) (PubH 6903, 2 credits) (PubH 6102, 2 credits) ○ Ethics in Public Health: Professional ○ Nutrition and Aging (on-line) (PubH ○ Fundamentals of Epidemiology Practice and Policy (PubH 6741, 1 6904, 2 credits) (PubH 6320, 3 credits) or credit) or Ethics in Public Health: ○ Global Nutrition (PubH 6906, 2 Epidemiologic Methods I( PubH Research and Policy (PubH 6742, 1 credits) 6341, 3 credits) credit) ○ Biostatistical Literacy (PubH 6414, ○ Principles of Management in Health Research Methods (6 total 3 credits) or Biostatistics I Services Organizations (PubH 6751, credits) (PubH 6450, 4 credits) 2 credits) ○ Ethics in Public Health: Professional ○ Critical Review of Research in Public Health Nutrition (PubH 6910, Practice & Policy (PubH 6741, Electives (8–12 credits) 1 credit) 1 credit) or Ethics in Public Health: Additional Nutrition Science ○ Culminating Experience (PubH 7994, Research & Policy (PubH 6742, Courses for students in the CMP 2 credits) 1 credit) Track for non-nutrition dietetics ○ Principles of Mgmt in Health Service undergrad majors (10-16 credits) Plus 3 research methods credits Organizations (PubH 6751, 2 credits) instead of electives from the following list of courses Electives (11-12 credits) ○ Additional Nutrition Science Courses ○ Nutrition and (FScN ○ Program Evaluation in Public Health for Standard Track non-nutrition 4621w, 4 credits) or Advanced Practice (PubH 6034, 3 credits) dietetics undergrad major students Human Nutrition (FFcN 4612, ○ Applied Research Methods (4-8 credits) 4 credits) (prerequisite 6034) (PubH 6035, ○ Pathophysiology of Human Disease ○ Medical Nutrition Therapy I 3 credits) (PubH 6355, 4 credits) [not required if taken at the undergraduate level] (FScN 4665, 3 credits) ○ Data Processing with PC-SAS ○ Nutrition and Metabolism (FScN ○ Medical Nutrition Therapy II (PubH 6325, 1 credit) 4621W, 4 credits) or Advanced (FScN 4666, 3 credits) ○ Epidemiologic Methods II Human Nutrition (FScN 4612, (prerequisite 6341) (PubH 6342, 4 credits) 3 credits) Standard Program ○ Introduction to SAS Programming Nutritional Epidemiology Curriculum (PubH 6420, 1 credit) ○ Biostatistics II (prerequisite 6450) Emphasis Curriculum Prerequisites for admission include: (PubH 6451, 4 credits) Prerequisites for admission include: one general course, ○ Practical Methods for Secondary Data Analysis (PubH 6617, 3 credits) one general human biology course, two general chemistry courses with ○ Community Based Participatory two general chemistry courses with labs, one organic chemistry course, Research (PubH 6650, 1 credit) labs, one organic chemistry course,

one biochemistry course, one ○ Public Health Aspects of other factors. Test scores and GPAs human nutrition course, one social (PubH 6386, provide competitive points of 2 credits) science course. ○ Epidemiology (PubH 6387, reference for admission but are not 2 credits) used exclusively in the admissions ○ NEP track for nutrition/dietetics ○ Nutritional Epidemiology (PubH 6389, review. undergrad majors = 44 total credits 2 credits) ○ NEP track for non-nutrition/dietetics ○ Reproductive and Perinatal Health Preferred Performance Levels undergrad majors = 48-54 total (PubH 6605, 2 credits) ○ credits GPA of 3.0 ○ Combined GRE (verbal, quantitative) Field Experience/Culminating score of 300, and a 3.5 analytical Public Health Nutrition Core Experience (4 credits) (11–17 credits) writing score ○ Culminating Experience (PubH 7994, ○ TOEFL scores of 600 on the paper Both program options: 2 credits) test or 250 on the computer-based ○ Foundations of Public Health ○ Field Experience (PubH 7996, test or 100 on the internet-based Leadership (PubH 6901, 2 credits) 2 credits) (1 credit per semester) (iBT) test for applicants whose native ○ Community Nutrition Intervention language is not English (PubH 6914, 3 credits) Public Health Core Courses (5 ○ Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915, credits) 2 credits) Application Deadlines ○ Environmental Health (PubH 6101, ○ Coordinated Master’s Program ○ Nutrition and Chronic Diseases 2 credits) or Issues in Environmental Deadline: December 1 (PubH 6933, 2 credits) and Occupational Health (PubH ○ Scholarship Consideration Deadline: 6102, 2 credits) December 1 Plus one course from the following ○ Ethics in Public Health: Professional ○ Final Application Deadline for list: Practice and Policy (PubH 6741, Standard Track and Nutritional ○ Maternal, Infant, and Preschool 1 credit) or Ethics in Public Health: Epidemiology Track: April 15 Nutrition (PubH 6902, 2 credits) Research and Policy (PubH 6742, ○ Child and Adolescent Nutrition 1 credit) Admission Decisions (PubH 6903, 2 credits) ○ Principles of Management in Health ○ Nutrition and Aging (online) (PubH Services Organizations (PubH 6751, Applicants are notified by mail about 6904, 2 credits) 2 credits) admission decisions approximately ○ Global Nutrition (PubH 6906, six weeks after their completed 2 credits) Field Experience and application is received by the major. Culminating Experience NEP non-nutrition/dietetics Hands-on field experiences in the Admission to the CMP is a 2-step program option only: community allow students to explore process. Students must first be ○ Nutrition and Metabolism nutrition service delivery strategies admitted to the MPH degree program (FScN 4621w, 4 credits) in public health nutrition. Admitted and develop competency in providing Epidemiology Core nutrition community nutrition students who requested the CMP (24 or 28 credits) programs. Designing and completing option will then undergo a second ○ Epidemiologic Methods I an applied culminating experience admissions process specific to the (PubH 6341, 3 credits) CMP which will include both written ○ Epidemiologic Methods II allows students to develop research, (PubH 6342, 3 credits) organizational, and analytical skills in and telephone based interviews.

○ Epidemiologic Methods III an area of interest. Opportunities are (PubH 6343, 4 credits) Only 11 slots are available for the ○ Epidemiologic Methods III Lab available to work closely with faculty CMP program. Therefore, (PubH 6350, 1 credit) on research projects. admission to the MPH program ○ Nutritional Epidemiology (PubH 6389, does not guarantee or infer 2 credits) Admission Preferences admission to the CMP option. ○ Data Processing with PC SAS Admission requires a baccalaureate (PubH 6325, 1 credit) Students applying for the CMP will ○ Pathophysiology of Human Disease degree from an accredited college or be notified on or before February 15 (PubH 6355, 4 credits) [not required if university. Admissions committees in taken at the undergraduate level] on their status of admission to the each major review applicants ○ Biostatistics I (PubH 6450, 4 credits) CMP option. ○ Biostatistics II (PubH 6451, 4 credits) according to their personal Plus one of the following six courses: statements, background and ○ Genetics in Public Health (PubH Students may not accept 6381, 2 credits) experience, record of academic admission to the standard MPH ○ Epidemiology and Control of achievement, demonstrated program then transfer over to the Infectious Diseases (PubH 6385, academic potential, letters of CMP program at a later date. 2 credits) recommendation, compatibility of interests with program faculty, and