NUTR 510 - Food, Health, and Social Justice

3 Credit Hours

This course will examine community-based solutions for eliminating health, nutrition education, and food access inequalities. Emphasis will be placed on examining policy implications and evaluation of strategies and programs. Additionally, mechanisms for increasing cultural sensitivity and creating cultural competence will be explored. Community participatory based research and interventions will be studied.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Master of Science-Nutrition program, Master of Science-Nutrition with Supervised Practice program, Master of Business Administration with a Coordinated Program in Dietetics program, or Individualized Supervised Practice Pathway (ISPP) Certificate program.