MPH-65 NUT Field of Study Requirements – Depth in a Specific Area of Interest
MPH-65 Nutrition students are required to take 3 courses (7.5 credits minimum) in within a nutrition or public health related overall topic. Below is a list of possible areas of interest and approved courses. Please note that some courses have limited enrollment.
Within any of these areas of interest, students may seek approval of other courses, including cross-registered courses. Students may also propose another area of interest and request approval from the field of study leader, Chris Golden. If approved, documentation must be forwarded via email to mph@hsph.harvard.edu and Stef Dean for degree auditing purposes.
Public Health Nutrition - Health Disparities
SBS 201 Society and Health, Fall 1, 2.5cr
SBS 296 Leadership in Minority Health Policy, Fall – full term, 2.5cr
WGH 211 Gender and Health: Introductory Perspectives, Fall 1, 2.5cr
SBS 511 Social Policy and Health in International Perspective, January, 2.5cr
SBS 514 Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Concepts, Models, Effective Strategies, Spring 1, 2.5cr
SBS 254 Social Disparities, Stress, and Health, Spring 2, 2.5cr
Public Health Nutrition - Policy
SBS 296 Leadership in Minority Health Policy, Fall – full term, 2.5cr
SBS 246 Maternal and Child Health: Programs and Policies, Fall 2, 2.5cr
WGH 250 Embodying Gender: Public Health, Biology and the Body Politic, January, 2.5cr, has pre-req
DRPH 270 Strategic Management in Global Settings, Spring 1, 2.5cr
HLS 2359 Food Law and Policy*, Fall, 2.5cr
*Cross-registered course at Harvard Law School
Entrepreneurship
HPM 557 Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Care, Fall 2, 2.5cr
HBSMBA 1623 Public Entrepreneurship*, Fall – full term, 5.0cr
HBSMBA 1636 Entrepreneurial Management in a Turnaround Environment*, Spring – full term, 5.0cr
HBSMBA 2180 Innovating in Health Care*, Spring – full term, 5.0cr
*Cross-registered course at Harvard Business School
MLD 836M Social Entrepreneurship/Social Enterprise Deep Dive: How to Operationalize and Scale for Social Impact**, Spring 1, 2,5cr
**Cross-registered course at Harvard Kennedy School
NUTR 280 Nutrition and Entrepreneurship^, Spring, 5.0cr
^Cross-registered course at Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Global Health/Nutrition
NUT209, Seminar in Food Science, Technology, and Sustainability, Fall – full term, 2.5cr
GHP 272, Foundations of Global Health and Population, Fall – full term, 2.5cr
EPI 510 Global Cancer Epidemiology, January, 1.25cr
GHP 542 Field Trip to Brazil, January, 2.5cr
ID 217 Nutrition and Global Health, Spring – full term, 2.5cr
Nutrition Epidemiology
ID 221 Nutritional Epidemiology II, Fall – full term, 2.5cr, has pre-req, offered in alternate years
ID 537 Obesity Epidemiology, Fall – full term, 2.5cr
ID 510 Nutritional Epidemiology of Cancer, Fall 2, 2.5cr, offered in alternate years
ID 214 Nutritional Epidemiology, Spring – full term, 2.5cr
EPI 213 Epidemiology of Cancer, Spring 1, 2.5cr
EPI 223 Cardiovascular Epidemiology I, Spring 2, 2.5cr
Planetary Health
NUT 209 Seminars in Food Science, Technology, and Sustainability, Fall – full term, 2.5cr, offered in alternate years
EH 249 Built Environment, Nature, and Health, Fall 2, 2.5cr
EH 210 Social and Sustainable Innovation Driven by the Sustainable Development Goals, January, 2.5cr
ID 220 An Introduction to Planetary Health, Spring – full term, 2.5cr
EH 278 Human Health and Global Environmental Change, Spring 2, 2.5cr
Social and Behavioral Sciences
SBS 201 Society and Health, Fall 1, 2.5cr
WGH 211 Gender and Health: Introductory Perspectives, Fall 1, 2.5cr
SBS 246 Maternal and Child Health: Programs and Policies, Fall 2, 2.5cr
SBS 509 Health Communication in the 21st Century, Spring 1, 2.5cr
WGH 210 Women, Gender and Health: Critical Issues in Mental Health, Spring 1, 2.5cr
Last updated 08.21.2023