Recommended Supporting Courses

GENETICS 160 Heredity. (Crosslisted with Botany, Zoology) I; 3 cr (B-E). Heredity; genetics for students not specializing in life sciences; principles of heredity; current advances in genetics applied to humans, animals and plants with their impact on life sciences and society. Lectures and discussion. P: Crse open to all So; Open to Fr with cons inst; HS or college crse in biol recommended; not open to pre-med or sci major without cons inst.

NUTR SCI 350 World Hunger and Malnutrition. (Crosslisted with Agronomy, Inter-AG, AAE) II; 3 cr (B-I). Hunger and poverty in developing countries and the United States. Topics include: nutrition and health, population, food production and availability, and income distribution and employment.

NUTR SCI 540 Community Nutrition Programs and Policy Issues. II; 1 cr (B-I). Students will increase their understanding of community-based nutrition needs, intervention programs and policy issues in the U.S. Written assignments will demonstrate students' positions on related issues. P: Nutr Sci 431 or cons inst.

NUTRI SCI 621 Introduction to Nutritional Epidemiology. (Crosslisted with Pop Hlth) I; 1 cr (A). Techniques used to evaluate relationships of diet to health and disease in human populations; integration of knowledge gained with results of animal and clinical studies toward understanding dietary risk or protective factors for disease. Includes advanced diet assessment and basic epidemiologic approaches. P: Stat 301 or equiv & Nutr Sci 332 or cons inst.

NUTR SCI 672 Herbals, Homeopathy, and Dietary Supplements. (Crosslisted with Phm Prac) II; 2-3 cr. Covers regulations and clinical science regarding the use of herbals, homeopathic remedies, and dietary supplements, focusing on peer-reviewed studies and integration with allopathic drugs; includes discussion of marketing issues. P: Phm Sci 432 or Biochem 501 or Bmolchem 314; Physiol 335; or cons inst.

PATH 404 Pathophysiologic Principles of Human Diseases. II; 3-4 cr (B-A). Primarily for students of pharmacy and nursing to provide a basic understanding of the causes, pathophysiology, pathology and clinical manifestations of disease states. Required course for pharmacy and nursing programs. P: Physiol 335.

POP HLTH 575 The Biological Processes of Aging. (Crosslisted with Anatomy) II; 3 cr (B-I). Lecture. Theories and mechanisms of the aging process with special reference to biological changes within and between cultures. Studies of decreasing ability to adapt to environment with age, due to anatomical and physiological changes in the human body, organ systems, cellular and molecular levels. P: Jr st, 2 sems of chem, gen biol or zool, intro physiol or cons inst.

RUR SOC 222 Food, Culture, and Society. (Crosslisted with Soc) I or II; 3 cr (S-E). Social and cultural dimensions of the production, preparation, and consumption of food. Uses historical and cross-cultural analytical frameworks. Treats a wide variety of topics including pre-capitalist food systems, hunger, vegetarianism, sustainable agriculture, food and gender, genetic engineering. P: Open to Fr.

SOC 531 Sociology of Medicine. I or II; 3 cr (S-A). Cultural, social, and social psychological factors in disease processes, distribution of disease, social definitions of illness, and organization of the health professions and health facilities. P: Jr st and intro course in soc or cons inst.