Public Health Nutrition Major—M.P.H. The Public Health 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 epidemiology 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 human biology course, (13–15 credits) Name: Shelley Cooksey two general chemistry 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) physiology course, one introduction ○ Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915, Office of Admissions and to nutrition course, one introduction 2 credits) Student Resources to food science 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 ○ Biostatistics 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 Dietitians. 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 Mental Health Settings (PubH 6852, ○ Culminating Experience (PubH 7994, 2 credits) 2 credits) ○ Nutritional Epidemiology (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 ○ Clinical Nutrition 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) ○ Environmental Health (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 Metabolism (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 human biology 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 Cardiovascular Disease (PubH 6386, provide competitive points of 2 credits) science course. ○ Cancer 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