Some courses are given every second year.
NUTR 501
Nutrition in Dev Countries
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will cover the major nutritional problems in developing countries. The focus will be on nutrition and health and emphasize young children and other vulnerable groups. The role of diet and disease for each major nutritional problem will be discussed.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Fall
- 2 lectures and one seminar
- Prerequisite: For undergraduate students, consent of instructor required
NUTR 503
Nutrition and Exercise
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Interaction of exercise physiology with nutrient and energy metabolism in healthy adults. Principles of physical training and role of physical activity and exercise in weight management and food intake regulation. Importance of physical activity in childhood, during pregnancy, in healthy adults and in improving functional capacity in the elderly.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde, Ross Andersen
NUTR 511
Nutrition and Behaviour
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: This course will integrate biological, social and psychological determinants of eating and food choices in both health and disease. Topics will include behavioural theories relevant to eating and food choice, neurobiology of appetite regulation, mental health, obesity, chronic disease and effectiveness of behaviour-change intervention strategies.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Kristine G Koski, Daiva E Nielsen
NUTR 512
Herbs, Foods&Phytochemicals
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: An overview of the use of herbal medicines and food phytochemicals and the benefits and risks of their consumption. The physiological basis for activity and the assessment of toxicity will be presented. Current practices relating to the regulation, commercialization and promotion of herbs and phytochemicals will be considered.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
NUTR 513
Course not available
NUTR 545
Clinical Nutrition 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Pathophysiology and clinical nutrition intervention for various medical conditions. Topics include gastrointestinal disorders, surgery and nutrition support.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
NUTR 551
Analysis of Nutrition Data
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Practical application of theoretical concepts in data analysis covering issues of study design, data collection, database organization, and statistical analysis using SPSS statistical software. Applications of statistical tests, reporting and interpretation of results, and data visualization.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
NUTR 602
Course not available
NUTR 604
Integrated Metabolic Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: An in-depth analysis of literature, concepts and investigative approaches to metabolic nutrition research with particular emphasis on molecular biology, biochemistry and stable isotope kinetics research. Critical analysis of metabolic research design, methodologies, and analysis of context and metabolism.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- 2 seminars and 1 lab visit
- Prerequisites: at least one 500 or 600-level course in nutritional biochemistry, e.g., ANSC 551, ANSC 552, ANSC 634, and permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2023 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 606
Human Nutrition Res Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Basic approaches, philosophy and techniques used in nutrition research with human population groups. The course will include the formation and criticism of designs for research, sampling techniques, measurement and analysis issues and human research ethics.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Winter
- 3 lectures
- Prerequisites: A graduate course in statistics or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Grace S Marquis, Ryan J Mailloux, Daiva E Nielsen
NUTR 608
Special Topics 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Prescribed reading, conference, lectures, assignments and/or practical work on selected topics in student's area of specialization. An approved course outline must be on file in the School's office prior to registration.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Director of School.
- Restriction: Graduate students in Nutrition.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 609
Special Topics 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: An individualized course to allow students to undertake projects in library, laboratory, or field study. An approved course outline must be on file in the School's office prior to registration.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Director of School.
- Restriction: Graduate students in Nutrition.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 610
Pediatric & Maternal Nutrition
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: The scientific basis for topical and controversial issues during pregnancy, lactation and pediatric nutrition. Physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of nutrient metabolism affecting maternal and pediatric health. Topics include molecular nutrition and birth defects, toxin-nutrient interactions and maldevelopment; epigenetics and metabolic programming; disrupted macro- and micronutrient metabolism and pregnancy complications; essential fatty acid metabolism and neural development;
antioxidants, oxidative distress, inflammation and maternal and pediatric health.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- NUTR 337 or course in nutrition across the lifespan at the intermediate undergraduate level.
NUTR 612
Grad Prof Pract 2 Management
8 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation in management of Food and Nutrition Systems. Focus is on application of management theory in dietetic practice.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): (NUTR 513 or NUTR 603), NUTR 515, NUTR 611
- Restriction: Limited to students registered in the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing, and Master of Science, Applied (M.Sc.A.) Human Nutrition (Non-Thesis): Dietetics Credentialing.
- The course NUTR 612 includes a $125 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 613
Grad Prof Pract 3 Clin Nutr
7 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Initial rotation(s) in clinical nutrition. Assessment, planning, implementation, communication and evaluation of clinical nutrition care. Focus is on application of medical nutritional therapy for individuals and groups with a variety of disease states.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): (NUTR 513 or NUTR 603), NUTR 515, NUTR 611
- Restriction: Only open to students in the M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing or Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing.
- Not open to students who have taken NUTR 613, NUTR 613D1/D2, or NUTR 613N1/N2 prior to 201909
- The course NUTR 613 includes a $125 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 614
Grad Prof Pract 4 Comm Nutr
8 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Assessment, planning, implementation, communication, and evaluation of public health and community nutrition programs for a variety of individuals and population groups. Focus is on intervention strategies and their evaluation.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite(s): (NUTR 513 or NUTR 603), NUTR 515, NUTR 611
- Restriction: Only open to students registered in the Graduate Diploma in Registered Dietitian Credentialing, and M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; NonThesis - Dietetics Credentialing.
- The course NUTR 614 includes a $125 fee for the working manual. The fee is essentially for printing costs and for the purchase of copyrighted material used in the preparation of the package. The fee is refundable until the end of the add/drop period as long as the manual is intact.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 651
M.Sc. (A) Literature Review
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Review of literature and definition of problem/objective for the project or practicum.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: NUTR 606, NUTR 695 Can also be taken as corequisites.
- Restriction: Only open to students registered in M.Sc. (Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing, M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Practicum, M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Project.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose, Hugues Plourde
- Maureen Rose, Hugues Plourde
NUTR 652
M.Sc.(Applied)Project 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Project design and planning.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde
- Hugues Plourde
NUTR 653
M.Sc.(Applied)Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Project execution. This project relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde
- Hugues Plourde
NUTR 654
M.Sc.(Applied)Project 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Continuation of project execution and data collection; preliminary analysis. This project relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde
- Hugues Plourde
NUTR 655
M.Sc.(Applied)Project 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Data analysis. Submission of project report. This project relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Hugues Plourde
- Hugues Plourde
NUTR 656
M.Sc.(Applied)Praticum 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Clinical or community placement (4 weeks). Submission of placement report. This practicum relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 657
M.Sc.(Applied)Praticum 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Continuation of placement (4 weeks). Submission of placement report. This practicum relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 658
M.Sc.(Applied)Praticum 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Continuation of placement (4 weeks). Submission of placement report. This practicum relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 659
M.Sc.(Applied)Praticum 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Continuation of placement (4 weeks). Submission of placement report. This practicum relates to the Human Nutrition M.Sc. (Applied) degree.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose
- Maureen Rose
NUTR 660
M.Sc.(A) Final Presentation
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Final oral presentation of the project or practicum.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Prerequisite: NUTR 629 or NUTR 654 or NUTR 658
- Restriction: Only open to students registered in M.Sc. (Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Dietetics Credentialing or M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Practicum or M.Sc.(Applied) in Human Nutrition; Non-Thesis - Project.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maureen Rose, Hugues Plourde
- Maureen Rose, Hugues Plourde
NUTR 680
Human Nutrition M.Sc. Thesis 1
7 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Independent research under the direction of a supervisor toward completion of the M.Sc. thesis.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 681
Human Nutrition M.Sc. Thesis 2
8 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Independent research under the direction of a supervisor toward completion of the M.Sc. thesis. Presentation of a thesis proposal.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 682
Human Nutr M.Sc. Thesis 3
9 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Independent research under the direction of a supervisor toward completion of the M.Sc. thesis.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 683
Human Nutrition M.Sc. Thesis 4
9 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Final submission and approval of the M.Sc. thesis.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023 academic year
NUTR 695
Hum Nutr Research Orientation
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Orientation to graduate studies in nutrition including research ethics and safety training, library and literature search skills.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Restriction(s): Open to graduate students in Human Nutrition only.
NUTR 696
Human Nutrition Seminar
1 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: Students will present a recent original research article in which the methods and data presentation will be critically analyzed. The article must be approved by the instructor.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
NUTR 701
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Nutrition and Dietetics: An examination that must be passed by all doctoral candidates in order to continue in the doctoral program.
Offered by: Human Nutrition
- Terms
- Instructors
- Ryan J Mailloux
- Luis B Agellon
NUTR 797
Course not available
NUTR 798
Course not available
Additional courses may be taken through other departments such as the Department of Animal Science, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Education, Division of Experimental Medicine, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.
