Courses Taught by Kendrin Sonneville
NUTR621: Eating Disorders Prevention & Treatment
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Advisory Prerequisites: STAT250 or STAT280 or BIOSTATS501/521 (concurrent)
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: This course is designed to introduce students to eating disorders using a public health framework. Students will be exposed to key concepts and controversies in the eating disorders field.
NUTR622: Weight Bias & Health
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville (Residential);
- Last offered Winter 2023
- Not offered 2024-2025
- Prerequisites: BIOSTATS521 and/or 501
- Advisory Prerequisites: NUTR 621
- Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the pervasiveness and consequences of weight bias. Students will be introduced to weigh-inclusive alternatives (e.g. Health at Every Size) to weight-normative approaches common in public health and health care and will examine issues such as size diversity through a social justice lens.
- Learning Objectives: Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc. Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population's health
NUTR646: Approaches In Nutrition Counseling
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Description: The aim of this course is to familiarize dietetics students with counseling strategies that can be used for nutrition behavior change, including motivational interviewing. Students will participate in counseling activities/role-plays to practice motivational interviewing skills. This course has a strong emphasis on client/patient-centered counseling and cultural humility.
NUTR690: Supervised Experiential Learning
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 0.5-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville, Sarah Ball, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in the Department of Nutritional Sciences MPH or MS (Clinical Nutrition or Nutritional Sciences) Dietetics program.
- Description: This course will provide Supervised Experiential Learning hours for students enrolled in the Dietetics, Path to RDN training program. The course will integrated experiential learning each semester, relevant to the didactic content.
- Learning Objectives: See syllabus for list of competencies that are specific to each course section.
- This course is cross-listed with .
NUTR796: Special Topics in Nutritional Sciences
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1-6 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Dana Dolinoy, Suzanne Cole, Kendrin Sonneville, Karen Peterson, Peter Mancuso, Andrew Jones, Ana Baylin, Olivia Anderson, Susan Aaronson, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: This course will be used by faculty members to teach special topics related to Nutritional Sciences.
NUTR802: Professional Development and Technical Writing
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 2 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville (Residential);
- Not offered 2024-2025
- Prerequisites: EHS801
- Description: Doctoral students must learn to think critically about their own writing, the writing of their peers, and the process of writing in general. This course will center on peer review, written critiques, and lectures from experts to build the skills necessary to craft a piece of writing with these elements.
PUBHLTH321: Eating Disorders Prevention & Treatment
- Undergraduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Kendrin Sonneville (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Advisory Prerequisites: STATS250; this is already required for PH majors
- Description: This course is designed to introduce undergraduate students to eating disorders using a public health framework. Students will be exposed to key concepts and controversies in the eating disorders field.
- Learning Objectives: Discuss the science of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in population health, including health promotion, screening, etc. Explain biological and genetic factors that affect a population’s health Explain behavioral and psychological factors that affect a population’s health