NUTRITION Field of Study Required Courses

Required Courses (16.0 credits)

Griffin GSAS credits

Harvard Chan credits

NUT200: Introduction to Nutrition Science

2.0

2.5

NUT 201: Introduction to Nutrition and Public Health

2.0

2.5

BPH 222: Biological Basis of Human Nutrition

4.0

5.0

NUT 203: Nutrition Seminar Part I (P/F)

1.0

1.25

EPI 205: Practice of Epidemiology

2.0

2.5

NUT 206: Nutrition Seminar Part II (P/F)

1.0

1.25

NUT 209: Seminars in Food Science, Technology, & Sustainability

2.0

2.5

ID 214: Nutritional Epidemiology

2.0

2.5

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Nutritional Epidemiology

Nutritional Epidemiology Courses (8.0 credits) Griffin GSAS credits Harvard Chan Credits
EPI 203: Study Design in Epidemiological Research 2.0      2.5
EPI 204: Case Control Cohort Epi Data or EPI 215: Advanced Topics in   Case-Control & Cohort Studies 2.0      2.5
ID 221: Advanced Nutritional Epidemiology 2.0      2.5
ID 512: Molecular Basis of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 2.0      2.5
 

Epidemiology Electives (suggested courses, minimum 4.0 credits)

EPI 223: Cardiovascular Epidemiology I 2.0      2.5
EPI 213: Epidemiology of Cancer 2.0      2.5
ID 537: Obesity Epidemiology 2.0      2.5
ID 541: Advanced Topics in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention 2.0      2.5
ID 217: Nutrition and Global Health 2.0      2.5
 

Biostatistics Courses, intermediate/advanced (suggested courses, minimum 8.0 credits)

BST 233: Methods II 4.0      5.0
BST 222: Basics of Statistical Inference? 4.0      5.0
BST 223: Applied Survival Analysis? 4.0      5.0
BST 226: Applied Longitudinal Analysis? 4.0      5.0
EPI 515: Measurement Error and Misclassification for Epidemiologists 1.0        1.25

Public Health Nutrition

Public Health Nutrition Courses (14.0 credits) Griffin GSAS credits Harvard Chan Credits
SBS245: Social and Behavioral Research Methods 4.0 5.0
SBS522: Multi-Level Theoretical Approaches to Population Health and Health-Related Behavior Change 2.0 2.5
SBS514:  Reducing Socioeconomic & Racial/Ethnic Inequalities in Health: Concepts, Models, Effective Strategies 2.0 2.5
Policy Option, choose the following:

ID541: Adv. Topics in Publiv Health Nutrition Reseearch & Practice

HPM213: Public Health Law

HLS2359:  Food Law and Policy

SBS296:  Leadership in Minority Health Policy

SBS246:  Maternal and Child Health:  Programs & Policies

2.0 2.5
NUT232: Designing and Evaluating Behavioral Interventions Targeting Diet and Physical Activity 4.0 5.0
Methods Courses (4.0 credits, suggested courses)
SBS231: Community Intervention Research Methods 2.0 2.5
SBS288:  Qualitative Research Methods in Public Health 2.0 2.5
SBS501: Community-based Participatory Action Research? 2.0 2.5
HPM543: Quantitative Methods in Program Evaluation? 2.0 2.5
BST212: Survey Research Methods in Community Health 2.0 2.5
HPM 206: Economic Analysis 4.0 5.0
RDS 280: Decision Analysis for Health and Medical Practices 2.0 2.5
RDS 282: Economic Evaluation of Health Policy & Program Management 2.0 2.5
SBS 210: Introduction to Dissemination and Implementation Science 2.0 2.5