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Nutrition & Dietetics Master's Degree

Master's Degree Course Information

Public Health Nutrition

University:
South Dakota State University South Dakota State University logo
Course Number:
NUTR 715
Credit Hours:
3 credit hours - $610 per credit
Start/End Dates:
August 26, 2024 - December 18, 2024

Overview

Course Description

This course examines U.S. public health and nutrition concerns in diverse U.S. populations, examines nutritional status in communities, looks at health communication, and considers nutrition policies and community-based nutrition interventions. Students explore roles of dietitians, nutritionists, and others in developing and delivering nutrition policies and interventions in U.S. communities.

Contacts

Instructor

Samitinjaya Dhakal
Samitinjaya.Dhakal@sdstate.edu

Campus Coordinator

For course access questions, contact the teaching university’s campus coordinator. For enrollment questions, contact your home university campus coordinator.

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Disability Support Services

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Textbooks

Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice
Arlene Spark, Lauren M. Dinour, Janel Obenchain
Edition: 2nd or later
ISBN: 13-978-1-4665-899
Publisher: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group

Course Access

 
Approximately 2-3 weeks before the first day of class, the SDSU campus coordinator, Sarah (Heewon) Kim, will email course access information to visiting students. 
 
Your username and password for D2L will be the same when you first log in. For example, if your name is MaryJo McCullough, then your username will be MaryJo.McCullough and your password will be MaryJo.McCullough. Usernames and passwords are case sensitive and you will be required to change your password once you have logged in.
 
If you have trouble completing any of the steps above, forget your password, or have any questions, please contact the SDState Support Desk at 605-688-6776 for assistance.

Exam Proctor

This course does not require an exam proctor.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.

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