Courses Details
NUTR602: Professional Communication In The Nutritional Sciences
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Sarah Ball (Residential);
- Prerequisites: Only open to MPH students and MS NUTR with a dietetics subplan
- Description: This course provides future nutrition professionals with the skills and knowledge to communicate effectively with the public, consumers, organizations, and other professionals by disseminating evidence?based food and nutrition information in a meaningful way. Overall, this course aims to integrate goals, experiences, strengths, and growth as a public health nutrition expert through effective communication.
- Learning Objectives: Apply effective and ethical communication skills and techniques to achieve desired goals and outcomes. Select mode of communication appropriate to the messaging to meet the needs of the audience. Communicate at the appropriate level and understands emotions and emotional situations. Engage in self-reflective practice activities to develop and maintain ongoing competence and professional behaviors. Disseminate skills, knowledge, and data obtained from summer experience or research work. Apply feedback to meet and exceed personal standards of performance. Develop confidence in your expertise as a nutrition public health professional.
