Health Sciences

• SAR HS 750: The Physiologist's Toolbox
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Course in biology, cell biology or physiology, and consent of instruct or. Master and doctoral students only. - This course will cover the skills beyond benchwork that are necessary to be a competitive physiologist. The classes will be a mix of didactic information and group discussion. Methodological issues covered will include study design, techniques used, interpretation of research findings and the process of peer reviewed publication. Practical experience in grant writing and scientific seminar presentation will be included. Students completing this course will understand the principles underlying preparation and publication of scientific manuscripts, grants and seminars and will be able to apply these principles as they read the scientific literature and participate in research projects related to thesis work.
• SAR HS 755: Readings in Neuroscience
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor. - Review of basic principles of neuroscience at an intermediate level, followed by readings and discussion on topics from the current neurosciences research. 4 credits, 2nd semester every other year
• SAR HS 776: Nutritional Epidemiology
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SPHBS704 & SARHS551) Limited to students in the graduate nutrition program or consent of in structor. - This course examines epidemiologic methods for investigating the role of diet in long-term health. Students learn to critically review the epidemiologic evidence relating diet, anthropometry, and physical activity to heart disease, cancer, and other chronic health conditions including obesity and diabetes. The methodological issues covered include epidemiologic study design; dietary and nutritional status assessment; issues of bias, confounding, effect modification and measurement error; and interpretation of research findings including an understanding of statistical modeling. Students participate weekly in critical reviews of published research. Students completing this course will understand the principles of epidemiology and will be able to apply them as they read the scientific literature and participate in nutrition-related research.
• SAR HS 779: Advanced Clinical Nutrition
  Graduate Prerequisites: SAR HS561, HS584, and HS585 - This course will focus on the nutrition management of complex patient populations. The foundation of nutrition care is identification of patients at nutritional risk who require intervention, thus, nutrition screening and nutrition assessment will be covered in detail. Methods of determining malnutrition will be reviewed and practiced using case studies. Micronutrient assessment and methods of correcting deficiencies will be covered. A major challenge in clinical nutrition care is managing the patient with multiple medical problems. Students will discuss how to prioritize medical problems and how to develop a nutrition plan while considering many disease.
• SAR HS 783: Metabolic Regulation in Clinical Nutrition
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASCH373 OR CASCH421 OR CASCH422) or college-level course in biochemistry. - A review of metabolism as the basis for understanding human nutritional requirements. Metabolism of carbohydrate, protein, and fat, as well as the regulation of these processes during various physiologic states are examined. Application of these principles to current topics in both normal and therapeutic nutrition is discussed.
• SAR HS 785: Research in Clinical Nutrition
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (SPHBS704 & SARHS776) Limited to students enrolled in the graduate nutrition program. - This course teaches students to prepare a research proposal. Students are challenged to define a new area of research based on a critical review of existing literature on a specific nutrition-related health topic of personal interest. Course competencies include formulation of a testable research hypothesis and selection of an appropriate research design, study population, methodology, and analysis plan. This course helps students to refine their scientific writing skills, and introduces them to ethical issues related to research involving human subjects.
• SAR HS 788: Theory and Practice of Clinical Counseling
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Students enrolled in the graduate nutrition program only. - Lectures and supervised individual and group counseling experience. Focus is on appropriate skills for interviewing, stimulating behavior change, and conveying information. For students enrolled in the graduate nutrition program.
• SAR HS 791: Directed Study and Research
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Limited to students enrolled in the MS human physiology or nutrition p rograms. - For MS students conducting research projects, including thesis work, under faculty guidance.
• SAR HS 793: Critical Literature Review
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Limited to students enrolled in MS in human physiology program. - For MS students writing a critical literature review under faculty guidance.
• SAR HS 811: Practicum
  Structured clinical learning experience for graduate nutrition students accepted into the Dietetics Internship. Placement sites include in- and outpatient facilities, adult and pediatric hospitals, public health agencies, private agencies, newsletter agencies, and long-term care facilities.
• SAR HS 901: Directed Study and Research
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Limited to students enrolled in PhD in human physiology program. - For doctoral students conducting research projects under faculty guidance.
• SAR HS 905: Dissertation Research
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: Limited to students enrolled in PhD in human physiology program. - For doctoral students conducting dissertation work under faculty guidance.