The culminating experience of the Public Health Sciences Major, this course is designed for students to synthesize and integrate their learning from previous coursework, internship, and extra-curricular activities in the discipline. Course leads to a project, presentation, initiative, or research paper that is present at the Statewide Research Conference. Class also helps develop skills in teamwork, communication and leadership. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BS-PubHlth majors.

Students will develop fundamental skills in epidemiologic data analysis and interpretation. A major emphasis will be to gain practical experience in analyzing epidemiologic data using statistical software.

This course provides the student with an understanding of major theories used to understand health problems in communities. Grounded in social and behavioral sciences, students will examine the tools and strategies used by public health educators to educate and empower people about health issues.

This is a seminar/discussion-based course where readings from a range of areas in chronic disease epidemiology will be discussed. Topics will focus on areas of recent interest (e.g., cell phones and brain cancer) and areas where significant differences of opinion related to scientific findings have existed.

This course exposes the learner to theoretical concepts, practical skills and approaches that are integral to nutrition education. Students will be introduced to learning and communication styles, methods of conducting needs assessments in diverse environments and use of a framework for planning, designing, delivering and evaluating a nutrition education project. Students will conduct regular nutrition education projects in the field outside of class time.

Student presentations of topics which integrate previous coursework.

Concepts in basic nutrition, healthy weight and fitness. Topics include: dietary guidelines, meal planning, obesity and weight management, eating disorders, vegetarianism, sports nutrition, weight reduction diets, dietary supplements. (GenEd. BS)

How culture and ethnicity affect dietary practices and health in the U.S. Influence of food security, acculturation, and politics on food availability, food practices, and health outcomes. Health and health disparities in different cultural/ethnic groups, including overview of epigenetics. Emphasis on cross-cultural communication to address health and nutrition concerns.

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Explores the complex interactions between nutrition and fitness in humans.
To this end, we will examine the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, sports nutrition, obesity and weight management, eating disorders, and diets such as vegan and vegetarianism as they relate to fitness and health.