Public Health Nutrition Major—M.P.H.
The Public Health Nutrition major emphasizes nutritional assessment, program planning, health behavior change and
intervention strategies, research and evaluation methods, and policy development. A separate emphasis in nutritional
epidemiology is also available to help prepare public health nutrition professionals address significant issues in the field
with up-to-date epidemiologic methods.
Standard Curriculum
STND Track for nutr/dietetics undergrad majors = 44 total credits
STNG Track for non nutr/dietetics undergrad majors = 50-55 total credits
Public Health Nutrition Core (13 credits)
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PubH 6901 Foundations of Public Health Nutrition Leadership (2)
PubH 6914 Community Nutrition Intervention (3)
PubH 6915 Nutrition Assessment (2)
PubH 6933 Nutrition and Chronic Diseases (2)
Students must take two courses from the following list:
PubH 6902 Maternal, Infant, and Preschool Nutrition (2)
PubH 6903 Child and Adolescent Nutrition (2)
PubH 6904 Nutrition and Aging (on-line) (2)
PubH 6906 Global Nutrition (2)
Contact Information
Program Coordinator:
Name: Shelley Cooksey
Email: epichstu@umn.edu
Phone: (612) 626-8802
Fax: (612) 624-0315
www.sph.umn.edu/programs/phn/
Student Services Center
Email: sph-ssc@umn.edu
Phone: (612) 626-3500
Toll Free: (800) 774-8636
Fax: (612) 624-4498
sph.umn.edu/students/prospective
Research Methods (6 total credits)
○ PubH 6910 Critical Review of Research in Public Health Nutrition (1)
○ PubH 7994 Culminating Experience Project (2)
Plus 3 research methods credits from the following list of courses.
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PubH 6034 Program Evaluation in Public Health Practice (3)
PubH 6035 Applied Research Methods (3)
PubH 6325 Data Processing with PC-SAS (1)
PubH 6342 Epidemiologic Methods II (3)
PubH 6415 Biostatistical Methods II (3)
PubH 6420 Introduction to SAS Programming (1)
PubH 6451 Biostatistics II (4)
PubH 6617 Practical Methods for Secondary Data Analysis (3)
PubH 6705 Community Health Assessment (2)
PubH 6803 Conducting a Systematic Literature Review (2)
PubH 6806 Principles of Public Health Research (2)
PubH 6852 Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings (2)
PubH 6389 Nutritional Epidemiology (prerequisite 6341) (2)
PubH 7250 Designing and Conducting Focus Group Interviews (1)
Nurs 8171 Qualitative Research Design and Methods (3-4)
Field Experience (2 credits)
○ PubH 7996 Field Experience (1 credit each of two semesters)
Public Health Core (11-12 credits)
○ PubH 6101 Environmental Health (2) OR PubH 6102 Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health (2)
○ PubH 6320 Fundamentals of Epidemiology (3) OR PubH 6341 Epidemiologic Methods I (3)
○ PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods I (3) OR PubH 6450 Biostatistics I (4)
○ PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice & Policy (1) OR PubH 6742 Ethics in Public Health: Research & Policy
(1)
○ PubH 6751 Principles of Mgmt in Health Service Organizations (2)
Electives (11-12 credits)
Students choosing one of the School of Public Health Interdisciplinary Concentrations which require a minimum of 12
credits can use those courses as electives.
Students can elect to complete other related Regents Certificates.
Additional Nutrition Science Courses for the non nutr/dietetics undergrad majors
(6-10 credits)
○ PubH 6355 Pathophysiology of Human Disease (4) OR Phsl 3051 Human Physiology (4)
○ PubH 6905 Nut. for Pub Hlth Promo. & Dis. Prev. (2)
○ FScN 4621w Nutrition and Metabolixm (4)
Standard Program Option for nutr/dietetics undergraduate students [44 credits]
Fall Semester I
Course
Title
Credits
PubH 6101
Environmental Health [1st half semester]
2
PubH 6414
Biostatistical Methods I
3
PubH 6751
Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations [2nd half semester]
2
PubH 6901
Foundations of Public Health Nutrition Leadership
2
PubH 6902
Maternal, Infant and Preschool Nutrition
2
Electives
2
Spring Semester I
PubH 6320
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
3
PubH 6852
Program Evaluation in Health and Mental Health Settings (on-line)
2
PubH 6910
Critical Review of Research in Public Health Nutr. (2nd half-semester)
1
PubH 6914
Community Nutrition Intervention
3
PubH 6933
Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
2
PubH 7996
Field Experience
1
Electives
2
May Session I
Summer Session I
PubH 6904
Nutrition and Aging (on-line)
2
PubH 7996
Field Experience
1
PubH 6325
Data Processing with PC-SAS
1
PubH 6741
Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice & Policy [1st half semester]
1
PubH 6915
Nutrition Assessment
2
PubH 7994
Culminating Experience Project
2
Electives
8
Fall Semester II
Standard Program Option for non nutr/dietetics undergraduate students [50-55 credits]
Fall Semester I
Course
Title
Credits
PubH 6355
Pathophysiology of Human Disease
4
PubH 6414
Biostatistical Methods I
3
PubH 6901
Foundations of Public Health Nutrition Leadership
2
PubH 6905
Nutrition for Public Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
2
Electives
2
Spring Semester I
PubH 6034
Program Evaluation for Public Health Practice
3
PubH 6101
Environmental Health
2
PubH 6320
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
3
PubH 6751
Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations
2
Electives
3
May Session I
Electives
2
Summer Session I
PubH 6904
Nutrition and Aging (on-line)
2
FScN
4621W
Nutrition and Metabolism
4
PubH 6741
Ethics in Public Health: Professional Practice & Policy (1st half semester)
1
PubH 6902
Maternal, Infant and Preschool Nutrition
2
PubH 6915
Nutrition Assessment
2
PubH 7996
Field Experience
1
Electives
4
Fall Semester II
Spring Semester II
PubH 6910
Critical Review of Research in Public Health Nutrition [2nd half-semester]
1
PubH 6914
Community Nutrition Intervention
3
PubH 6933
Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
2
PubH 7994
Culminating Experience Project
2
PubH 7996
Field Experience
1
Electives
2