Courses Taught by Suzanne Cole
NUTR593: Food Security, Policy, and Programs
- Graduate level
- Both Residential and Online MPH
- This is a second year course for Online students
- Fall term(s) for residential students; Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students; 3 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Suzanne Cole (Residential);
- Prerequisites: PUBHLTH511
- Advisory Prerequisites: None
- Description: This course is a critical exploration of the health issues related to domestic food security, food policy, and food programs, with a focus on maternal and child health. We will examine the array of negative health outcomes associated with food insecurity, discuss potential mechanisms underlying these associations, how food policy is made, the intersection of food policy with public health nutrition, and the influence of federal food assistance programs on diet-related outcomes for children and families.
- Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the terminology and measurement of food insecurity 2. Understand families’ lived experiences of food insecurity 3. Articulate the process for creating federal food policy and national dietary guidelines 4. Participate in the policy process through public comment 5. Identify the primary federal food assistance programs that serve the MCH population and their recent policy changes 6. Critically evaluate research on food security and food policy 7. Develop strong written and verbal communication skills
NUTR640: Nutritional Assessment
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall term(s) for residential students;
- 3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Suzanne Cole (Residential);
- Prerequisites: EHS 630, Nutrition Science
- Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods and approaches for conducting nutrition assessment of individuals and populations throughout the lifecycle. The course is structured into three assessment components: dietary, biochemical, and body size and body composition. Main topics include in-depth overview of the assessment methods, strengths and limitations of methodology, evaluation and interpretation of assessment data, sources of measurement errors, validity of assessment methods, and basic analytical approaches used to interpret assessment data.
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | NUTR | MPH | Apply the principles and methods of nutrition assessment to monitor nutritional status and trends, identify at-risk individuals & groups, and investigate diet and disease relationships | NUTR640 | NUTR | MS | Apply the principles and methods of nutrition assessment to monitor nutritional status and trends, identify at-risk individuals & groups, and investigate diet and disease relationships | NUTR640 | NUTR | Molecular and Biochemical Nutrition | PhD | Propose appriopriate nutritional assessment methodologies in a research context | NUTR640 | NUTR | Nutritional Epidemiology | PhD | Apply the principles and methods of nutrition assessment to monitor nutritional status and trends, identify at-risk individuals, monitor progress of programs, and investigate diet/disease relationships | NUTR640 |
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NUTR690: Supervised Experiential Learning
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 0.5-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Patti Ramos, Liz Hudson, Suzanne Cole, Kendrin Sonneville, (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.
